As previously disclosed, on September 2, 2022, Signify Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Signify” or the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with CVS Pharmacy, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (“CVS”), and Noah Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CVS (“Merger Subsidiary”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions described therein, Merger Subsidiary will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of CVS (the “Merger”). On September 19, 2022, Signify filed a preliminary proxy statement (the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and on September 30, 2022, Signify filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the SEC, in each case in connection with the Merger.
Since the filing of the Preliminary Proxy Statement, nine complaints have been filed in federal courts in Delaware and New York by purported Signify Stockholders against Signify and members of the Signify board of directors in connection with the Merger: Stein v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8048 (filed September 20, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); O’Dell v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8074 (filed September 21, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); Wolfson v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8373 (filed September 30, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); Bruton v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8425 (filed October 3, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); Bushansky v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8527 (filed October 6, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); Lifshitz v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8564 (filed October 7, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); Minzer v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8540 (filed October 7, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); Coffman v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-8622 (filed October 11, 2022) (S.D.N.Y.); and Dixon v. Signify Health, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-1339 (filed October 11, 2022) (D. Del.) (collectively, the “Stockholder Litigation”). Each of the complaints in the Stockholder Litigation alleges that, among other things, the Preliminary Proxy Statement and/or the Proxy Statement omitted certain material information in violation of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder.
Additionally, on September 28, 2022, October 3, 2022, October 12, 2022, October 13, 2022, and October 18, 2022, eight purported Signify stockholders sent demand letters alleging similar insufficiencies in the disclosures in the Preliminary Proxy Statement and/or the Proxy Statement in violation of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder (such letters, the “Demand Letters” and collectively with the Stockholder Litigation, the “Litigation Matters”). The plaintiffs in the Stockholder Litigation seek various remedies, including an order enjoining the defendants from proceeding with the Merger, requiring the defendants to disclose allegedly material information that was allegedly omitted from the Proxy Statement, rescinding the Merger in the event that it is consummated or granting rescissory damages, declaring that the defendants violated Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder, awarding costs, including attorneys’ and expert fees and expenses, and granting such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper.
Signify believes that the claims asserted in the Litigation Matters are without merit and no additional disclosures are required under applicable laws. However, in order to avoid the risk of the Litigation Matters delaying or adversely affecting the Merger and to minimize the costs, risks and uncertainties inherent in litigation, and without admitting any liability or wrongdoing, Signify has determined to voluntarily make the following supplemental disclosures to the Proxy Statement, as described in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Nothing in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, Signify specifically denies all allegations in the Litigation Matters that any additional disclosure was or is required.
These supplemental disclosures will not change the consideration to be paid to Signify stockholders in connection with the Merger or the timing of the special meeting of Signify stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to be held virtually via live webcast on October 31, 2022, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Special Meeting can be accessed by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SGFY2022SM. The Signify board of directors continues to unanimously recommend that you vote “FOR” the proposals to be voted on at the Special Meeting described in the Proxy Statement.
Supplemental Disclosures to the Proxy Statement in Connection with the Litigation Matters
The following disclosures in this Current Report on Form 8-K supplement the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement, which in turn should be read in its entirety. In each instance, the bold and underlined language is added and the struck language is removed. All page references are to the Proxy Statement and terms used below, unless otherwise defined, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Proxy Statement.