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The following is a transcript of the SXC Health Solutions Corp. investor call held on April 18, 2012.
OPERATOR: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the SXC and Catalyst Conference Call to discuss the recently announced agreement to combine SXC and Catalyst.
SXC and Catalyst issued a press release and an investor presentation this morning, both of which have been filed with the SEC
on Form 8-K, and are also available on the Investor Information section of the companies websites.
Before we begin, I
need to read the following Safe Harbor statement. Slide statements or comments made on this conference call may be forward-looking statements and may include, but are not necessarily limited to, financial projections or other statements of
SXCs or Catalysts plans, objectives, expectations, or intentions. These matters involve certain risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ significantly from the projected or suggested in any forward-looking statement due to a variety of factors, which are discussed in detail in the SXCs and Catalysts
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the press release filed by each company announcing the execution of the merger agreement.
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In addition, you should refer to the various informational legends included at the end of
this presentation for additional information regarding the matters discussed.
I would like to remind
everyone that this call is being recorded on
April 18
th
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todays call will be available on the SXCs and Catalysts website approximately one hour after the conclusion of this call.
Now I am pleased to introduce Mark Thierer, Chairman and CEO of SXC Health Solutions.
MARK THIERER (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SXC Health Solutions Inc.): Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Im joined today by David Blair, Chairman and CEO of Catalyst Health Solutions,
and Jeff Park, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SXC.
We are absolutely delighted to be here to discuss
the details of a compelling business combination we announced this morning. By joining SXC and Catalyst, two of the PBM industrys fastest growing middle market players, we will create a $13 billion market leader in PBM services and health care
information technology that will be very well positioned to deliver increased value to our clients, our members, and our shareholders.
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The combination brings together two highly complementary businesses, which collectively will
have an increased scale and scope to better control drug costs and deliver customized solutions to payers, including employers, health plans, and government clients.
From a financial perspective, the combination will be highly accretive to 2013 non-GAAP earnings. We expect to generate $125 million in anticipated cost synergies from improved scale and operating expense
optimization.
Now because our two companies have a long-standing technology relationship, our two organizations actually know
each other very well. Many of you know that Catalyst has been a long-time SXC HCIT client, and this will reduce the integration risk as we combine the two companies.
Let me touch on a few highlights of the transaction before turning it over to David to share his perspective. The transaction consideration is $4.4 billion in cash and stock, representing a 28 percent
premium to Catalysts share price as of yesterdays close.
SXC shareholders are expected to own 65 percent, and
Catalyst shareholders are expected to own 35 percent of the company on a pro forma basis. I will continue to lead the company as Chairman and CEO, and Im delighted that David will join us to help guide the company through the integration. Jeff
Park will serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the combined company.
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In addition, following the close of the transaction, the SXC Board of Directors will include
two current Catalyst directors. Our corporate headquarters will continue to be here in Lisle, Illinois.
The transaction is
subject to votes by both sets of shareholders as well as regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. We anticipate the close will take place in the second half of this year.
And with that, now let me introduce David Blair, Chairman and CEO of Catalyst Health Solutions.
DAVID BLAIR (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.): Thank you, Mark, and good morning. First, let me
begin by echoing Marks comments regarding how excited we are to announce this combination.
Clearly, this is a
compelling transaction from both a strategic and financial perspective. Together we will be better positioned to serve the needs of our clients through a broader range of product offerings, more effective cost management, and increased investment in
innovative programs and technologies.
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We also expect the transaction to create tremendous value to the shareholders of both
companies. Specific to Catalyst shareholders, the combination offers attractive and immediate value for their investment, and with a 35 percent ownership stake in the combined company Catalyst shareholders will benefit meaningfully from the
long-term growth and earnings potential we expect to generate.
As Mark mentioned, over the years our companies have grown in
the industry, both organically and through acquisitions, and we know how important a solid integration plan is to all stakeholders. Fortunately, we are long-term partners, we know each other well, and I look forward to working closely with Mark and
his leadership team to ensure we meet our integration objectives together.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I want to
acknowledge Catalysts talented and dedicated employees, without whom this transaction would not be possible. Over the last 10 years, our dedicated team has built Catalyst one client at a time to one of the nations leading PBMs, servicing
over 18 million members across the country.
Thank you for your time this morning, and we look forward to sharing
additional news and updates on our progress as we bring these two great companies together.
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And so with that, Ill turn it back over to you, Mark, to discuss the transaction in
more detail.
MARK THIERER: Well, thank you, David, and we are looking forward to working with you and your talented team.
The highly complementary nature of our two businesses in terms of our mix of services, solutions, and clients makes this a
truly compelling strategic transaction. On a combined basis, we will leverage our increased scale and scope to provide best-in-class services and solutions to help a broader set of clients drive down their health care costs and to improve patient
outcomes.
We will also have the flexibility and product reach to deliver the types of customized and unbundled services our
clients and the marketplace is demanding today. Following the transaction, we will be the second largest independent PBM in the country in terms of prescription volume, and with our increased size well strengthen our leadership position among
middle market PBMs and be very well positioned to compete against the nations largest PBMs.
From a solutions
standpoint, the combination of SXC and Catalyst enhances our ability to meet the needs of multiple client verticals. Clearly, SXC and Catalyst are both doing this today, but the transaction will expand
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our reach in terms of larger clients to which we can provide this capability. The ability to offer a truly customized solution is an important competitive advantage as we move forward and serve a
much larger addressable market.
Because theres very little client overlap across our two businesses, we are
dramatically expanding the size of the market we are able to reach. As you know, both companies have a long-standing presence in the middle market.
Catalysts deep relationships with large employers, combined with SXCs strengths in servicing technology and health plans, positions us very well to serve the full range of PBM clients.
Additionally, Catalysts strong presence in state employers will be combined with our fee-for-service state Medicaid
footprint, truly differentiating us in a market as we are striving to serve all aspects of the federal, state plans, including Medicare Part D, managed Medicaid, Medicaid fee-for-service, and state employee populations.
In addition, our niche segments, such as TPAs, Workers Compensation, hospice, and long-term care, provide us with the broadest
range of clients of any competitor in the PBM industry today. By combining our specialty and mail order services, we will be able to bring a more valuable solution to our clients as we help them utilize the most cost effective distribution channels.
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Our flexible models are centred around client choice and how they want to best manage their
costs. We offer clients a pathway to control, beginning with our core technology, all the way through to full-service PBM.
We
also give our members a choice of where they want to fill their prescriptions, whether through an open retail network, mail order, or specialty pharmacy. The combination of our unique value proposition and expanded client reach creates significant
potential for revenue growth for our businesses going forward.
Now it goes without saying that the PBM market has undergone
significant change as clients sharpen their focus on managing health care costs. With a greater premium placed on flexibility, the meteoric growth in the specialty pharmacy space, and a rapidly changing health industry landscape, we are seeing
significant growth opportunities with clients seeking a more flexible and innovative PBM offering to meet their needs. By combining our two businesses, we enhance our ability to capitalize on these opportunities and to capitalize on them now.
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And with that, let me now turn it over to Jeff Park, our CFO, to provide some additional
details on the financial metrics in this transaction.
JEFF PARK (Chief Financial Officer, SXC Health Solutions Inc.): Thank
you, Mark. This is a very exciting transaction for both our shareholders. The combined company will be approximately double our current size, bringing us to 13 billion in annual drug spend.
Looking at 2011 audited results for both companies, the combined organizations would have reported 10 billion in revenues and generated
approximately 200 million in cash from operations. Both organizations have grown rapidly, and although we expect the transaction to be dilutive to GAAP EPS in the first 12 months post-close due to an estimated $200 million in deal amortization
annually, we expect this to be highly accretive to adjusted EPS, excluding deal amortization and costs, in the first full year post-close on a non-GAAP basis.
The scale and operating leverage of the combined organization will help us generate an estimated 125 million in annualized synergies. These synergies will be created through efficiencies in our
organizations as well as improved leverage. Our ability to organize our mail order and specialty pharmacy operations will create value to our clients, our prospects, and our members.
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We expect the synergies to be achieved in 18 to 24 months following the close of the
transaction, which we expect early in the second half of 2012; as we are forecasting, 40 to 45 million in transition costs to achieve the outlined annual synergies over that same period of time. We look forward to providing you more clarity on
the timing when the transaction is closer to being completed.
The mix of consideration of 65 percent stock, 35 percent cash
allows for both Catalyst and SXC shareholders to meaningfully participate in the synergies of the combined organization as well as ensure the company is optimally utilizing debt. SXCs stand-alone EBITDA guidance for 2012, which is 248 to
255 million, and then adding in Catalyst and synergies as well as strong cash flow generation, we expect to pay the debt down quickly if we so choose.
We are very pleased to have this deal fully underwritten, and we estimate that the 1.7 billion in debt will carry approximately 70 million in annual interest expense in the first year. Importantly,
we will continue to have the flexibility to prudently deploy capital in pursuit of our strategy to invest in growth initiatives while repaying our debt.
With that, Ill turn it back to Mark for some concluding remarks.
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MARK THIERER: Thank you, Jeff. Before we open it up for your questions, let me just conclude
by saying that this is truly an ideal partnership.
The combined company will be uniquely positioned to drive value to clients
and members, which in turn will drive shareholder value. SXC and Catalyst are two fast-growing, very complementary PBMs that have enjoyed a strong working relationship for years, and now have the opportunity to expand that relationship.
Our shared vision and complementary mix of tools, services, and capabilities fit hand-in-glove together, and itll enable us to
create a truly differentiated competitor in our marketplace.
Now with that, we would love to take your questions. Operator?
OPERATOR: At this time, I would like to remind everyone in order to ask a question press *, then the number 1 on your
telephone keypad.
Your first question comes from the line of Larry Marsh with Barclays. Your line is open.
LARRY MARSH: Thanks, and good morning. So in my mind, this is a day I had on my calendar for a while from now but, Mark, no one has ever
accused you and your team of not being proactive, so congratulations to you and congratulation to you, Dave, and your group as well.
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So my question is really the following: given all the talk about the disruption with Express
Medco and their selling season, Mark, can you elaborate on the rationale for combining now, especially when both SXC and Catalyst are having great success on their own? And I have a quick follow-up question. Thanks.
MARK THIERER: Yeah, Larry, and I appreciate the question. First of all, there is a tremendous amount going on in this industry, as you
well know, with this large merger of the two largest competitors, combined with some disruption with some public disputes. And so there is no doubt there are a lot of moving parts.
But the fact of the matter is Catalyst and SXC have been competing in the middle market for years and weve been business partners
for years. And so the combination right now we think is perfect timing to capitalize on all the moving parts in this industry. And so when we think about the selling season and our opportunities to compete, we think that theyve then increased
substantially and we expect to benefit from that.
LARRY MARSH: Okay. And then finally to follow up with that, I would assume
this transaction doesnt trigger any change in terms with any of your larger contracts, such as HealthSpring? And I know you said that
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that initially extends through 2013, perhaps to 2015. Can you confirm that thats the case for any larger contracts? And around that, I know Cigna has said theyre looking at options. I
assume thats still well premature to speculate on what happens there. Any comment on where that stands, if any update?
MARK THIERER: Yeah. Larry, I mean were not going to get too specific about any single client. Weve talked at length about our
relationship with HealthSpring Bravo and now Cigna. That is a very strategic relationship for us and one that is going well, obviously.
Theyre fully live with all our HealthSpring Bravo capabilities and were working closely with Cigna leadership. So we feel good about our status there, and Ill let Jeff comment on any
other client-related issues.
JEFF PARK: Sure, Mark. Just to add a little to that, most of the clients, obviously client
contracts are one thing, but client relationships are built on just that, relationships. Its important to understand that we have relationships.
David and Rick and their team have built great relationships with their accounts, one of the core assets of both of our businesses. And we really think the combination of the two companies will enable us
to take full advantage of both of our relationships in these marketplaces and ensure
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that these clients have an opportunity that they will only not see any negative impact on service, but theyd be able to enjoy the same or even better access to more services. And its
important to know were looking forward to getting out and communicating with more of the clients post this announcement.
LARRY MARSH: Great. And finally, I know both, Mark, you and David, have talked about the importance of retail choice in the marketplace
and how that could benefit the client in this time of change. Can you comment about how you see the combined companies providing access to networks? And do you anticipate getting much in the way of cost savings as you use your incremental buying
scale to negotiate better retail pricing?
MARK THIERER: Yeah, Larry. Thanks. I will, because I do think there is a sea change
going on in the industry. I think that theres a reordering in terms of how pharmaceuticals are delivered in this industry, and I think that the retail channel is a critically important piece of the service model. And if you think about the
high-touch nature of the retail chain distribution network, its an important component, and still in and around 80 percent of the pills that get filled go through a store.
So our strategy is to make certain were aligned with retail pharmacy in a constructive way, and employing all that they have to
offer
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and doing it on a cost competitive basis so that the payers, the employers health plans, plan sponsors, benefit both from the lower prices as well as the higher level of care.
Now Ill just to the fact that mail order is strategic. Specialty is highly strategic, but our view is the choice in terms of drug
distribution is a very important driver. And thats how we go to market. We allow clients to call the plays on how they want to build their benefit to deliver the best value to their members.
LARRY MARSH: Okay. Ill stop there. Congrats again.
MARK THIERER: Thanks.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of David
MacDonald with SunTrust. Your line is open.
DAVID MACDONALD: Hey. Good morning, guys; just a couple of questions. One, Mark,
can you talk a little about specialty and the opportunity at Catalyst? Its an area where I think they were looking to add and you guys obviously have that capability. Can you give us some sense or a frame of the size of the opportunity there?
And then I just had one quick follow-up.
JEFF PARK: David, this is Jeff. As youd expect, specialtys a great
opportunity, as Mark was just outlining. Its very exciting for us. Our footprint has certainly been growing in specialty. Were really, really proud of what our team has been able to establish.
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Specialty is an area where clients are really looking for clinical and cost savings to help
them manage their members better. And as you outlined, Catalyst has been vocal at looking at how they could establish and build more inside their specialty operations and how they can service their clients better. Thats one of the real value
propositions of this merger.
We havent broken out; they havent broken the size of specialty inside the operations
of their businesses, et cetera, but as you know, specialty represents around 15 percent of the total drug spend in the US.
DAVID MACDONALD: Okay. So when we think about the amount thats kind ofbesides the opportunity, that 15 percents
probably a pretty decent number to think about?
JEFF PARK: Its the right average across the industry. Thats for
sure, Dave.
DAVID MACDONALD: Okay. And then you guys mentioned in the release just an intention to maintain and expand the
Centre of Excellence strategy. Can you just give us a little bit more detail there in terms of what youre thinking there and what opportunities that could create?
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MARK THIERER: Yeah. Ill kick it off and then, and then ask David to add in terms of
the value hes created over the years with this model. But if you step back and think about what is it that Catalyst really did well? Theyve built a business that I think if you were to do a channel check youd find that client
satisfaction, client retention, and the overall service that they provide to their clients is best of breed. I mean thats the reputation this company has.
And so I think from our chair, the Centre of Excellence models been a really an important part of it, and Ill let David offer his thoughts on kind of the value its created.
DAVID BLAIR: So thats absolutely right. And, Mark, I think when you said we allow the clients to call the plays, I think we both
share that vision. And historically, Catalyst has taken the approach of differentiated or customized services. So within our Centres of Excellence, as you folks know, the scope of service might vary dramatically, and I believe SXCs taken that
same approach from a technology perspective with their industry-leading PBM tools and technology.
So in that respect we very
much share the same vision and we want to build upon that.
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DAVID MACDONALD: Okay. And then guys, Im sorry, one last follow-up. Mark, can you just
talk about the advantage of some of the state accounts that Catalyst has coming on and frankly the hunting license that should provide in terms of a cross sell of potentially Medicaid, PBM, and coordination of benefits business?
MARK THIERER: Yes, Dave. And I appreciate the question. We seeif you step back and evaluate the number of states that Catalyst
services today on the funded employee retirement side and pension funds and whatnot, its a pretty substantial footprint. And then you overlay our fee-for-service Medicaid footprint and then you kind of superimpose on that whats going on
in each state on an individual basis, you could envision a time when states are forced, through exchanges, to get very creative about managing the state spend overall.
And its our view that there will be a coming together, maybe not in every state, but where theyre going to come and bring these services together, were going to very well positioned to
have high-level discussions with numerous states for now what could be a combined offering.
Let me just add one other
concept, and that is you know that weve sort of broken out as a first mover in terms of offering specialty pharmacy to the fee-for-service Medicaid space. And thats a strategy that we plan to continue to employ as well as pull into the
Catalyst book of business on their state footprint.
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DAVID MACDONALD: Okay. Thank you, guys.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of Charles Rhyee with Cowen & Company. Your line is open.
CHARLES RHYEE: Yeah. Thanks. Hey, I wanted to get maybe to Larrys question and ask it a little bit differently. I mean I think this
combination of these two companies, a lot of investors have talked about how it made a lot of sense. So maybe asking a different way, maybe why did it perhaps take as long as it did maybe for the two companies to come together? And can you talk
about it in the context, and I think you kind of alluded to a little bit, Mark, is in the shadow of Express merging with Medco, how has the landscape changed around you? And was that a big factor in the decision to do it now? And maybe if you could
just also give us a little bit more details on when discussions started? Maybe who approached whom? And if you could give us a sense of that, thatd be great.
MARK THIERER: Okay, Charles. Well, kind of back to the question of what have we been doing and whyd this take so long? The one thing that both companies have been doing, if you were to do a time
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line over time, is weve been very focused on growing this business, and both businesses, faster than the market; year-over-year growing aggressively by selling and by making acquisitions.
So since Jeff and I plugged in here weve done a half a dozen deals. David has done more deals than that over his tenure
as the CEO at Catalyst, and both companies have created serious shareholder wealth. So I think that thats what weve been doing.
Now in terms of timing, the ESI-Medco deal had nothing to do with our decision on when to best put these businesses together. The market is asking for different things, and the combination of these two
companies puts us in position A to answer. Many of the sophisticated and larger buyers are looking at coming at this with a different solution, and that is what were doing.
Were coming to the largest buyers in the market with a different solution to save money in their prescription drug plan. And by
putting the businesses together today we just think the timing is perfect to take advantage of a lot of the moving parts that are out there.
CHARLES RHYEE: Thats helpful. Maybe a question, Jeff, you talked about getting to the run rate of synergies in 18 to 24 months. Can you talk about sort of the pace that we should expect the
synergies to be
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captured? Should we think about it as more of a ratable run rate that were going to get in 18 to 24 months? Or could it be bulk of it pushed out to the back part of the time line as you
think about it?
JEFF PARK: Sure, Charles. So if you think, first of all, were effectively doubling our revenue, and
this scale allows for increased leverage across our business, as well as operating efficiencies inside the businesses, as we look really for the best ways to find the complimentary fit between our two organizations.
When you think about the timing and how they can be achieved, obviously we have our integration plans that are going to behave been
set off and will be really executed post the announcement clearly. But from our planning perspective, you should expect to see some of these synergies achieved quickly: 20 to 25 percent perhaps in the first six months. And then you look to see more
of those achieved, 80 to 90 percent, over the next 18 months would really probably be a good way to think about it.
CHARLES
RHYEE: Okay. Thats really helpful. And can you give a sense of the split in the synergies, cost synergies versus purchasing synergies?
JEFF PARK: No, not at this time.
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CHARLES RHYEE: Okay. But does it include those?
JEFF PARK: Yes.
CHARLES RHYEE: Okay. Great. Thanks a lot. And Ill hop off. Congrats.
JEFF PARK: Thanks, Charles.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of George Hill with Citigroup. Your line is open.
GEORGE HILL: Hey. Good morning, guys. Congrats, and thanks for taking the questions. And I guess both, Mark and David, this is one question you wont have to hear from us anymore around when you guys
get this deal done. One of theI guess just a couple of I-dotting and T-crossing questions at this point. I guess what has changed with respect to this base, Mark, and kind of what drovewhat has changed in the industry, if you can be
specific, that kind of drove the two of you getting together? And what does this merger change going forward in the industry in both of the companies?
MARK THIERER: Yeah. George, I appreciate the question because Ive been doing this a long time and so has the leadership team on both sides of the fence here.
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Whats changed in this business is that theres been a maturing of the PBM model,
and in some ways its become a little long in the tooth relative to the service model being very mail order-centric and really wrapped around kind of a huge pharmacy footprint. Whats happening is youve got very large buyers
evaluating the model and asking themselves, is there a better way? Is there a better way to drive choice, access, and are my members getting the best interaction? And are my outcomes the best?
And so its our view that coming to the marketplace and inverting the traditional model, effectively unbundling the way
sophisticated buyers buy the service, whether thats through the service model that Davids team deployed on a customized basis or whether thats through using the picks and shovels that weve developed to create an unbundled and
customized service offering for a health plan, we think that that in and of itself will set us apart as a competitor and that will be our go-to-market strategy.
So thats whats changed. And thats why I think the timing is perfect because the traditional model just got bigger and not everybody is going to pick it.
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GEORGE HILL: Okay. And I guess as we think about this selling season, it sounds like
youre not concerned at all about what Ill call the penalty box effect of the merger going into the selling season?
MARK THIERER: George, Im not. Candidly, will this put a few decisions on ice for us? I suppose it could.
Weve already posted some nice wins, and obviously Davids team, with Rick Bates in the sales organization, have posted some
serious wins and so were in a pretty good place. And do I think that now the pipeline will shut down and we wont win any? Absolutely not. We will have to talk about the conversion process, which I think is going to be something we can
address in a little more detail, if youre interested, but the fact of the matter is we will be selling and we will not skip a beat. We wont be the only ones talking about integration.
GEORGE HILL: Right, exactly. Jeff, two real quick ones for you; by how you talked about the interest expense, am I thinking about cost to
debt rate in the 5 percent range?
JEFF PARK: It should be a little less than that, George.
GEORGE HILL: Okay.
JEFF PARK: Yeah.
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GEORGE HILL: And then probably very early to ask this question, but you said, Jeff, you
could use cash flow to pay down debt, if you so choose. Given where interest rates are and what youre going to pay on this debt, that wouldnt seem to necessarily be a high priority. Given that theres still a lot of consolidation
opportunity in this space, how quickly after the close of this deal should we think of SXC being in the market again?
JEFF
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youve come to expect both of our organizations to do and thats really the principle focus. There continues to be a lot of opportunities in the marketplace. As you know, weve been active, but our first job is this acquisition and
merger.
MARK THIERER: And, George, Ill just finish by saying we obviously structured this from a capital structure
standpoint with forethought, and that is we have a lot of gunpowder and there still is a lot of running room in this industry. And so we thought about that when we talked about the best structure with David and his team.
GEORGE HILL: Okay. Thanks, guys. I appreciate the comments.
JEFF PARK: Thank you.
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OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of Brooks ONeil with
Dougherty & Company. Your line is open.
BROOKS ONEIL: Good morning, and congratulations to you all. I think
its a great deal.
MARK THIERER: Thanks, Brooks.
JEFF PARK: Thanks, Brooks.
BROOKS ONEIL: So I guess one question I have is could David just talk a little bit about the state of integration? Obviously, our sense is that FutureScripts is fairly completely integrated, at
least based on the plan that they had, but Im curious where theyre at from an IT perspective in particular. And then maybe just give us an update on the Walgreens Health Initiative integration and status. And then maybe one of you could
just talk a little bit about sort of IT integration as it goes forward, what steps you think you need to take to kind of get the company on the platform thats best suited to run the business going forward?
DAVID BLAIR: Right, Brooks. So obviously, Ill take the first part of your question; then Ill let Mark handle the IT
integration. So youre right, so FutureScripts fully integrated, achieving all of the financial objectives that we had set out.
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WHI is well on track both from a timing perspective and a certainty of reaching the
financial targets that we had shared with investors. Then of course, we have our investor call in a couple weeks and so well give everybody a little bit more detail about the nuances of that, but suffice it to say, both of those integrations
are either complete or well on their way to being complete.
MARK THIERER: Yeah, Brooks, and to your second half of your
question regarding integration in the IT platform, I mean you know this; youve been following our story. This is a central thesis to why this makes a tremendous amount of sense.
Obviously, Davids team and the Catalyst engine has been running on our operating platform for a long time, and we now after having
done six deals have a track record on building out a core competency on getting integration work done and putting points on the board in terms of generating synergies.
So we do have a template, and this work has already begun on our side in terms of laying out a 1-, 30-, 60-, 90-, and 360-day plan. Now on the technology part itself, obviously David and the Catalyst team
have some amount of integration work on Walgreens yet to go from a technology standpoint. And what you may not know is keep in mind that
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was our technology platform. And for the other integration work, weve been a service provider to Catalyst for years and so weve been working on integration plans and conversion plans
with them.
This isnt going to be a new drill. And so its already underway and this is why weve laid out the
time frame that we have and the expected synergies. I actually think we will be successful in driving this conversion process.
BROOKS ONEIL: Absolutely. Thats great; very helpful. Could you just talk a little bit about the relationship with Walgreens?
Obviously, Catalyst had a fairly significant relationship with Walgreens enhanced by the transaction. How would you envision that relationship going forward?
MARK THIERER: Yeah, Brooks. Well, keep in mind, Davids organization in Catalyst won the bidding process to acquire Walgreens, and as you might expect, that was something we were interested in as
well.
And so Walgreens, weve had just about a 10-year relationship with them from a service provider standpoint, and
weve had a very strong network relationship on our side, the SXC side, for years. And so if youre a PBM and you look at your pharmacy chain distribution, it could vary, but 18 to 20 percent of all your prescriptions are running through
Walgreens.
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And if you look at the client satisfaction scores and the service they deliver, its
outstanding and they are one of the best operators in this industry. My view is if you dont have Walgreens in a network, you dont have a competitive network. And so our relationship with Walgreens is very strong, as it is with the
balance of the retail network, and so we strive for good working relationships and good contract relationships with CVS, with Rite Aid, and with all the food and mass merchandisers as well as the independents.
Network is important, and I think access and flexibility is important, and I also think choice and driving members into the stores when
they want to be in the stores is important. So hopefully that helps you understand a little more on our perspective on Walgreens.
BROOKS ONEIL: Sure. Thats great. And then just one last question. If Im reading the press release correctly, it looks like a fixed number of SXC shares for each Catalyst share. So if
Im understanding it correctly, as SXCs share price goes up, the value of the transaction to Catalyst shareholders will go up as well. Is that right?
JEFF PARK: Brooks, this is Jeff. Thats right. Its a fixed exchange ratio, so what you said is correct.
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BROOKS ONEIL: Okay. Great. Again, congratulations. Im real excited for you guys.
MARK THIERER: Thanks, Brooks.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of Michael Minchak with JPMorgan. Your line is open.
MICHAEL MINCHAK: Thanks, and good morning. I just wanted to first offer my congratulations on the deal. And then just in terms of questions, going back once more to the retention theme, which obviously is
a key concern around any deal, given the disruption thats already occurring in the marketplace I think that should be something that would help with your retention rates over the course of the integration. So I was just wondering, first, if
you can comment on whether Catalysts larger contracts have change of control provisions that would allow them to put the business out to bid before the scheduled end date?
DAVID BLAIR: Sure.
MARK THIERER: Yeah.
DAVID BLAIR: This is David. So were not going to
comment on individual client contracts, but I can assure that we will maintain the same high level of annual client retention rates that we have always achieved.
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MICHAEL MINCHAK: Okay. Great. And then just withIm sorry. Go ahead.
MARK THIERER: You can ask your second question. No problem.
MICHAEL MINCHAK: Okay. Yeah. I was just going to say with respect to mail, Catalyst have been pursuing a strategy that incorporated their existing facility as well as Walgreens as a preferred provider.
SXC obviously has its own operation as well. How do you start to think about your mail footprint in terms of capacity? And do you see an opportunity to drive the Catalyst business over to the internal mail operations over time?
JEFF PARK: This is Jeff, Michael. Just to give you some perspective on our mail footprint. As you mentioned, we each have a good-sized
mail footprint. With our acquisition, SXCs acquisition last year of PTRx, we increased our mail capacity as well.
We
think its important to be able to have a competitive and compelling mail solution for our clients, but as Mark was outlining, clients are really driving their own agenda. They dont want the PBM to dictate whether its mail or
retail. They want to be able to make that choice themselves.
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The 90-day retail has been a growing piece in both of our books of business, and we look
forward to see that trend grow and having mail as the right additive solution into our offering.
MICHAEL MINCHAK: Great.
Thanks for the comments.
JEFF PARK: Mm-hmm.
MARK THIERER: Thanks.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of Amanda
Murphy with William Blair. Your line is open.
AMANDA MURPHY: Thanks. Good morning. I just had a question, actually a
follow-up on some of the prior questions on the selling season. Just curious if you can talk, Mark and David, to how the selling seasons are going for you guys independently? Im assuming youll stay as competing independently for now, not
competing against each other, obviously. And then also just if you guys can talk a little more about the ways that youre looking to mitigate some of the risk around the combination from a selling season standpoint, just a little more clarity
there would be helpful. Thanks.
MARK THIERER: Sure, Amanda. This is Mark, and Ill take a swing at our perspective and
then turn it over to David for his.
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If you go back and listen to our last call, we talked about having a new business pipeline,
an RFP pipeline, that was in order of magnitude larger than what weve seen year-to-date last year. And that is a byproduct of, I think, three things: one, the dislocation at the high end with the ESI-Medco merger; two, the public dispute that
exists between ESI and Walgreens; and three, in our case, the fact that weve just really scaled this business up and we are on the radar for every meaningful consultant and every meaningful opportunity. So we were going to get more looks on
our own.
I think those three things taken together have created a scenario here where were oversold in the bids group
and were busy, and so obviously we have to finish. Weve posted some wins from that activity already this year, and were just right in the early phases of the selling season.
If you look at the schedule, theres a scenario that this deal could be closed well in advance of decision making for next
years employer plans. And so hope that helps a little from our perspective and Ill ask David to share his at Catalyst.
DAVID BLAIR: Yeah. So, Amanda, youll recall on our last call we described our sales pipeline as 8 million lives as compared to 5.5 million lives the year before. Weve seen a tick-up
of 30 percent more RFPs in-house that were responding to 50 percent more. Those trends continue.
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And youre absolutely right. Were going to compete aggressively for new business
as a stand-alone company until this transaction closes, and we certainly expect to pick up our fair share of business. And I think if you think about perspective clients, whats unique about this strategic combination, not only do we share a
similar vision, how do we go to market, again, allowing customers choice and customized solutions, but we also share the same platform. So I think thatll make the decisions for prospective clients a little bit easier.
AMANDA MURPHY: Okay. Thats helpful. And then, Jeff, also curious as you think about the accretion targets that youve laid
out, how are you thinking about potential attrition over the next couple of selling seasons into that accretion number?
JEFF
PARK: Sure. Weve had veryboth organizations have enjoyed very strong client retention.
As you know, last year we
posted a 99 percent client retention rate. We continue to expect to maintain great client relationships.
As Mark was
outlining earlier, part of the Catalyst model with the Centres of Excellence is to put the services and the member support
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closer to the clients, embedded in the clients, and thats certainly been a winning combination for them. So were not modelling or expecting anything but a successful, continued
successful client retention strategy as weve enjoyed and into the future.
AMANDA MURPHY: Got it. Okay. And then just
last one. Im curious from a pricing standpoint what youre seeing at this point? I know the Express-Medco deal just closed, but I thought it was interesting what the FTC had to say about pricing competitive dynamics in the industry, just
that the middle market players being pretty price competitive, especially at retail. So Im curious how youre seeing pricing evolve? And then also, does this added scale or combination give you any more power from a pricing perspective?
MARK THIERER: Right, Amanda. This is Mark. We talk about pricing kind of every quarter since I can remember, and pricing in
this marketplace has always been the same.
And from a PBM standpoint you need two things to deliver good price: you need
skill and you need scale. And so you dont win these large national health plans the way that Catalyst has or the way that we have in the last six and 12 months unless you can compete on price with the best players in the market. It just
doesnt happen.
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And so I think the results speak for themself in that regard, and what were doing with
this combination is were taking some proven skills on both sides of the ledger and then were adding the combined scale of those businesses. And so the goal here is to the extent we were competitive before, competing for very large
opportunities, we will be more competitive tomorrow competing for similar opportunities, and its that simple. Thats our strategy to take that asset to the market.
AMANDA MURPHY: Okay. Actually, I just had one more question.
MARK THIERER: Sure.
AMANDA MURPHY: What are you thinking from a FTC standpoint? Are you anticipating a second request? Or do you expect it to
close without further scrutiny?
JEFF PARK: Amanda, this is Jeff. Obviously, its hard for us to speak for the
regulators, but we feel confident with the complementary state of our two organizations and really our ability to provide members the best level of service they deserve and to continue to provide the market with a strong alternative.
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Its hard again to estimate what the FTC, so I dont want to put myself in that
position, but clearly with the merger that has occurred we feel very confident with where we sit today.
AMANDA MURPHY: Okay.
Thanks, guys.
JEFF PARK: Yeah.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of Michael Baker with Raymond James. Your line is open.
MICHAEL BAKER: Yes. Thanks. In terms of the Medicare Part D approach, it sounds like there were some differences there. I was wondering, Mark, if you could give us a sense of, and David also, I know that
you had applied to CMS for approval, just kind of trying to get some sense around that, as well as relatedly, focus in on the larger employer segment of the market?
MARK THIERER: Sure, Michael. Let me address your Medicare Part D question first. This is a segment that were very excited about in terms of the coming together of our businesses.
First of all, you know that as a back office provider we have a very strong position in the market providing Medicare Part D services to
some of the largest and most prestigious health plans in the country in that respect. And I mean thats been pretty well discussed and chronicled. I
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see the Medicare Part D space as a growing space, whether its PDP or MAPD type plans, and obviously were a CMS-approved PDP here without a product that we take directly to the market.
So building out a full-scale egg whip offering and all the requisite offerings on the Medicare Part D side is something
weve been hard after and built out a dedicated organization to do it.
On Davids side of the ledger, this is
actually a skill set that theyve developed over the last 12 to 18 months, and really beefed up their capabilities in this segment as well. And by the way, they have a number of very large Medicare Part D clients.
So I see our muscle when we combine in Medicare Part D as growing pretty substantially. I like our chances relative to competing for new
opportunities in the MAPD and PDP space in the open market.
Secondly, you asked about large accounts and large employers.
Were seeing more large employers come to market than we ever have before. And this is back to the thesis of theyre looking at it and wanting to look at alternatives, if for no other reason than just to validate what theyve got, but
the fact is large employers are coming out to bid. Were seeing them today more than we ever have in the past, and I know that as David just said on his RFP pipeline, hes busy as well. So we like our positioning to compete for large
business.
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MICHAEL BAKER: And then I was wondering if David would be willing to update us on expected
approval?
DAVID BLAIR: Expected approval of what?
MARK THIERER: Approval of what?
MICHAEL BAKER: Of the Part D, he had the CMS
approval?
DAVID BLAIR: So that would be this year wed expect approval, but as you think about how these two
organizations complement each other, I mean clearly that would be a terrific fit for us and that would be a redundancy essentially that we would essentially not need and create additional value for shareholders.
MICHAEL BAKER: All right. Thank you.
DAVID BLAIR: Sure.
OPERATOR: Your next question comes from the line of Andrew
Schenker with Morgan Stanley. Your line is open.
ANDREW SCHENKER: Great. Good morning, everyone; just real quick
MARK THIERER: Good morning, Andrew.
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ANDREW SCHENKER: Following up on a few past questions. You clearly highlighted specialty as
an opportunity, but I just want to make sure to understand, does SXC currently have the capacity in-house to bring in Catalysts business? And are there any contracts with providers on Catalysts front that would prevent SXC from bringing
in that business in the near term?
JEFF PARK: Sure, Andrew. This is Jeff. Catalyst doesnt have its own pharmacy
fulfillment; that they have used multiple partners to do those services; not dissimilar to most PBMs, they have multiple providers of specialty. Thats really one of the areas inside of specialty in aggregate is to consolidate and to show
clients how you can serve their members better, you can drive better clinical outcomes, you can integrate it to how they see their medical offering if youre a health plan, and how you can save them money.
So we look at this as really an opportunity to augment and add to the specialty footprint that Catalyst has been building, and see it as
a great growth opportunity candidly for our combined businesses.
MARK THIERER: The other thing that Ill add, Michael
(sic) [Andrew], from a capacity standpoint is we have 14 specialty facilities and a lot of running room. We have a single system operating platform that
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were going to leverage, and were making bets in specialty and the fact that Catalyst manages a very large specialty spend on behalf of their clients, that is an opportunity.
ANDREW SCHENKER: Great. And are there any contractual...
OPERATOR: Sir, your line is open. And your next question comes from the line of Tom Liston with Versant Partners. Your line is open.
TOM LISTON: Good morning. Thanks for taking my call. Just you talked a lot about the synergies, Jeff, but can you comment on
with the 40 or 45 million in costs, you must have a fairly good allocation of where thats going. Can you give us a high level view onyou gave us the timing, but the timing relating to tech and people and facilities and cost of goods
and how much of the synergies are roughly related to each?
OPERATOR: Sorry, please stand by. It looks like we are having
technical issues. Just one moment, please. Are you there?
TOM LISTON: Yes.
OPERATOR: And we have Tom Liston from Versant Partners in the queue.
TOM LISTON: Hi. Are we back? Jeff? Mark?
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TOM LISTON: Okay. Jeff, just a question on the synergies again; you gave us the timing, but can you give us a rough breakdown some of the
components of that? I believe you said it was 40 to 45 million of costs relating to getting to these synergies. Can you break it down between technology and people and facilities and cost of goods and give us a rough allocation between the
groups?
OPERATOR: Sorry, it looks likethis is the conference Operator. It looks like theyre continuing to have
technical difficulties. Please stand by. Speakers on line, can you hear me?
DAVID BLAIR: Yes. This is David Blair.
OPERATOR: Okay. We can hear you now in the conference.
TOM LISTON: Okay. Am I set to go?
OPERATOR: Yeah. And we still have Mr. Liston; line open.
TOM LISTON: Okay.
Jeff, just to follow-up on the synergies with relation to different components; can you give us a rough outline of how much is technology, which maybe takes some time but easier to do, versus the people, facilities, cost of goods leverage and as it
relates to that 40 to 45 million you allocated to cost of getting to those synergies?
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And my apologies, due to technical difficulties the conference call has ended. Thank you
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risks that may cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Numerous factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including without
limitation, the possibility that the expected efficiencies and cost savings from the proposed transaction will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected time period; the risk that the SXC and Catalyst businesses will not be
integrated successfully; the ability to obtain governmental approvals of the proposed transaction on the proposed terms and schedule contemplated by the parties; the failure of shareholders of SXC or Catalyst to approve the proposed transaction;
disruption from the proposed transaction making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; the risk of customer attrition; the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close, including, but not limited to, due to
the failure to satisfy the closing conditions; and the ability to obtain the financing contemplated to fund a portion of the consideration to be paid in the proposed transaction and the terms of such financing. Further information concerning SXC and
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