As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 1999 Registration No. ================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. --------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 95-3615709 -------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or Identification No.) organization) 1149 South Broadway Street Los Angeles, California 90015 (213) 765-2000 ---------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Full title of plan) RICHARD A. LINK Chief Operating Officer Chief Financial Officer Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 1149 South Broadway Street Los Angeles, California 90015 ------------------------------ (Name and address of agent for service) (213) 765-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Barry L. Burten, Esq. Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP 2121 Avenue of the Stars, 10th Floor Los Angeles, California 90067 (310) 203-8080 If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following line: [X] CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ======================================================================== Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of Title of Securities to be Price Per Offering Registration to be Registered Registered* Share** Price** Fee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock ($.01 par value) 750,000 $4.57 $3,427,500 $952.85 ======================================================================== * This Registration Statement also includes an indeterminable number of additional shares that may become issuable, pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan. ** Amounts in these columns have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457 (h) and Rule 457 (c) these amounts have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market on September 24,1999. EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement on Form S-8 includes a Prospectus, prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-3, which, pursuant to General Instruction C of Form S-8, may be delivered in connection with the offer and sale by certain officers and directors of the Registrant who may be deemed "affiliates" of the Registrant, as that term is defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended of the Registrant's Common Stock registered pursuant to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 and certain other shares of the Registrant's Common Stock issuable in connection with other employee benefit plans. ------------------------ Approximate date of commencement of sale to public: From time to time after the Registration Statement becomes effective. ------------------------ Part I ------ INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS Item 1. Plan Information.* Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* * Information required by Part I to be contained in the section 10(a) Prospectus has been omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. Documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to holders of options under the Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan. PROSPECTUS 1,386,467 Shares MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. Common Stock $ .01 par value per share This Prospectus covers the reoffer and resale by executive officers and directors of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. of up to 1,381,467 shares of Common Stock of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. which have been issued or which may be issued in the future upon exercise of options under the Maxicare Health Plan, Inc. 1990, 1995 or 1999 Stock Option Plan or the Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. Outside Directors 1996 Formula Stock Option Plan. The Common Stock is quoted on The Nasdaq National Market System under the trading symbol MAXI. The Common Stock may be offered for sale from time to time in the market or in privately negotiated transactions. Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares of Common Stock. -------------------- NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS COMPLETE OR ACCURATE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. ------------------- The date of this Prospectus is September 28, 1999. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION......................... 3 THE COMPANY................................................. 4 SELLING STOCKHOLDERS........................................ 4 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION........................................ 7 EXPERTS AND COUNSEL......................................... 7 USE OF PROCEEDS............................................. 8 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS................... 8 WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION We are required to file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's home page located at (http://www.sec.gov) or you may read and copy any document at the SEC Public Reference Rooms located at: 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024 Washington, D.C. 20549-1004; CitiCorp Center 500 W. Madison Street Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661; and 7 World Trade Center 13th Floor New York, New York 10048 Please call the SEC at 1-800-732-0330 for more information about the public reference rooms and requesting documents. The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" in this prospectus the information we file with them, which means we can refer you to important information without restating it in this prospectus. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act: 1. Our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 30, 1999; 2. Our Quarterly Reports for the quarters ended March 31, 1999 and June 30, 1999; 3. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998; 4. "Description of Holdings Capital Stock" contained in our registration statement on Form 10 filed on January 17, 1991. You may request a copy of any or all of these filings, free of charge, by writing or telephoning us at the following address: Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. 1149 South Broadway Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 765-2000 You may also direct your requests via e-mail to JWhite@Maxicare.com. You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of the shares in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement is accurate as of any other date than the date on the front of those documents. THE COMPANY Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., is a holding company which owns various subsidiaries, primarily in the field of managed health care. We own and operate three health maintenance organizations in California, Indiana and Louisiana. We also operate Maxicare Life and Health Insurance Company and HealthAmerica Corporation. Through these subsidiaries, we offer an array of employee benefit packages, including group HMO, Medicaid and Medicare HMO, preferred provider organization, point of service, group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, administrative services only programs, wellness programs and other services and products. SELLING STOCKHOLDERS This prospectus relates to the possible offer and sale of shares acquired by the Selling Stockholders named below through the exercise of the options granted under our 1990, 1995 and 1999 Stock Option Plans and our Outside Directors 1996 Formula Stock Option Plan. Each of the Selling Stockholders is an employee or director of the Company or one of its subsidiaries. The following table sets forth the names of such employees and directors who may be Selling Stockholders from time to time, along with the number of shares of Common Stock available that they can acquire through the Plan and the number of shares offered for sale hereby. The address for each Selling Stockholder is c/o Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., 1149 South Broadway Street, Los Angeles, California 90015. The number of shares offered for sale by such individuals may be updated in supplements to this Prospectus, which will be filed with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as may be necessary. Number of Options to Purchase Common Stock Pursuant to Grants TOTAL % OF 1990 1995 1999 OUTSIDE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK NAME AND STOCK STOCK STOCK DIRECTORS COMMON STOCK BENEFICIALLY BENEFICIALLY RELATIONSHIP OPTION OPTION OPTION 1996 FORMULA INCLUDED IN OWNED AFTER OWNED AFTER TO COMPANY PLAN (1) PLAN (1) PLAN (1) PLAN (1) PROSPECTUS OFFERING (2) OFFERING(3) Paul R. Dupee, Jr. Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer 5,000 5,000 662,000 (4) 3.7% Richard A. Link Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration 55,000 165,000 220,000 123,359 (5) * Alan D. Bloom, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel 2,500 22,500 25,000 13,744 (6) * Patricia A. Fitzpatrick Treasurer 6,667 17,500 24,167 15,857 (7) * Warren D. Foon, Vice President and General Manager, Maxicare 25,000 75,000 100,000 70,031 (8) * Sanford N. Lewis Vice President - Administrative Services 5,800 45,000 50,800 34,220 (9) * Vicki F. Perry Vice President and General Manager, Maxicare Indiana, Inc. 52,500 45,000 97,500 81,113 (10) * George H. Bigelow, Director 1,000 * Claude S. Brinegar, Director 20,000 20,000 24,000 (11) * Florence F. Courtright Director 20,000 20,000 20,000 (11) * Robert M. Davies, Director 5,000 5,000 15,000 (12) * Thomas W. Field, Jr., Director 20,000 20,000 30,000 (11) * Elwood I. Kleaver Director 24,000 5,000 29,000 55,839 (13) * Charles E. Lewis, Director 20,000 20,000 20,018 (11) * Simon J. Whitmey, Director 0 * * Indicates less than one percent (1%). (1) No options have been granted to date under the 1999 Plan. Options granted under the 1990, 1995, 1999 Stock Option Plans and the Outside Directors 1996 Formula Plan shall vest and become exercisable pursuant to the specific terms and conditions of the agreements underlying such stock option grants. (2) In setting forth "beneficial" ownership, the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission require that shares underlying currently exercisable options, including options which become exercisable within 60 days, held by a described person be treated as "beneficially" owned and further require that every person who has or shares the power to vote or to dispose of shares of stock be reported as a "beneficial" owner of all shares as to which any such sole or shared power exists. As a consequence, shares which are not yet outstanding are, if obtainable upon exercise of an option which is exercisable or will become exercisable within sixty (60) days, nevertheless treated as "beneficially" owned by the designated person, and several persons may be deemed to be the "beneficial" owners of the same securities if they share the power to vote or dispose of them. (3) Assumes 17,925,381 shares of Common Stock outstanding, and with respect to each listed beneficial owner, (i) the exercise or conversion of any option or right held by each such owner exercisable or convertible within 60 days, and (ii) the exercise or conversion of any option or right held by each such owner included in this prospectus. (4) Includes 5,000 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. (5) Includes 123,333 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. (6) Includes 13,333 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. (7) Includes 15,833 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable with 60 days. (8) Includes 70,000 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. (9) Includes 34,133 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable with 60 days. (10) Includes 80,833 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable with 60 days. (11) Includes 20,000 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. (12) Includes 5,000 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. (13) Includes 29,000 shares which are subject to options which are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Selling Stockholders may sell shares pursuant to this Prospectus from time to time in transactions (including one or more brokerage transactions) or in one or more privately negotiated transactions. The price of each sale may be made at (1) the market price prevailing at the time of the sale, (2) a price related to such prevailing market price, (3) a negotiated price or (4) a fixed price. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of these shares. These shares may be offered and sold from time to time in any manner permitted by law. The shares may be sold directly to one or more purchasers. The shares may also be sold to or through underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents. These underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholders or the purchasers of shares for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal, or both. In order to comply with certain state securities laws, if applicable, these shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, any person engaged in a distribution of these shares may not simultaneously engage in certain activities with respect to such shares prior to the commencement of such distribution. In addition to, and without limiting the foregoing, each of the Selling Stockholders and any other person participating in a distribution will be subject to the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act. EXPERTS AND COUNSEL Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, have audited our consolidated financial statements and schedules included in our Annual report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements and schedules are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & young LLP's report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. No expert named in the Registration Statement as having prepared or certified any part thereof or our counsel named as having given an opinion on the validity of the securities registered or other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of such securities was employed for such purpose on a contingent basis. No expert or counsel had or is to receive a substantial direct or indirect interest in us or any of our subsidiaries in connection with the offering. No expert or counsel was connected to us or our subsidiaries as a promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer or employee. USE OF PROCEEDS We are not able to predict when, if ever, any or all of these shares will be offered or sold. Therefore, we cannot estimate the net proceeds from the sale of these shares. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such sale. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for indemnification of our officers and directors, among other things, in instances in which they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, and not opposed, to the best interests of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. and its subsidiaries and in which, with respect to criminal proceedings, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. There is no limit regarding their liability for breaches of (1) duty, (2) loyalty, (3) acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, (4) the unlawful purchase or redemption of stock or payment of unlawful dividends or (5) the receipt of improper personal benefits. We may also indemnify employees and others at the discretion of our Board of Directors. Such indemnification must be authorized by our Board of Directors. The indemnification provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") make mandatory the indemnification of a director or officer to the extent that the director or officer has been "successful on the merits or otherwise," thus possibly requiring indemnification of settlements in certain instances. The DGCL also provides that a director or officer may be indemnified by the corporation for expenses of a derivative suit even if such director or officer is not successful on the merits, provided such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, subject, in the case of an adverse judgment, to court approval. Article Eighth of our Certificate of Incorporation requires that we provide indemnification for our directors and officers to the fullest extent allowable under Delaware law. This may include indemnification against liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, and may limit the liability of directors and officers to us or our shareholders, unless the director or officer fail to meet the prescribed standard of conduct. We have insurance covering expenditures that might arise in connection with our lawful indemnification of our directors and officers for certain liabilities and expenses. Our directors and officers also have the benefit of insurance against certain other liabilities and expenses. We have also entered into employment and indemnification agreements with certain of our officers which provide for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law against any liabilities and expenses. Part II ------- INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the following documents: (i) the Registrant's Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 30, 1999; (ii) the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 1999 and June 30, 1999; (iii) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 1998; (iv) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10, (File No. 012024) filed January 17, 1991. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents except as to any portion of any future Annual or Quarterly Report to Stockholders which is not deemed to be filed under said provisions. Any statement made in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement is replaced or modified by a statement contained in a subsequently dated document incorporated by reference or contained in this Registration Statement. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Under Article Eighth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each person who is a director or officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by section 145 of the DGCL. Section 145(a) of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement or incurred by him or her in connection with any proceeding arising out of his or her status as director, officer, employee or agent if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. To the extent that such a person has been successful in defense of any such action or claim, section 145(c) provides that he or she shall be indemnified against expenses incurred by him or her in connection therewith. Under section 145(e), a corporation also has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent against any liability arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability. The Registrant maintains an Officers' and Directors' Liability Policy insuring its officers and directors against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by them in their capacities as such, and insuring the Registrant under certain circumstances to the extent that indemnification payments are made by the Registrant to such officers and directors. The Registrant has entered into employment and indemnification agreements (the "Indemnification Agreements") with certain of its officers (individually, an "Indemnitee"). The Indemnification Agreements provide, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law against any and all costs, claims, judgments, fines, settlements, liabilities, and fees or expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred in connection with any proceedings arising out of the Indemnitee's actions or in actions in his capacity as an officer of the Registrant. In the event the Indemnitee is no longer employed by the Registrant at the time his attendance is required at a proceeding pursuant to which he is entitled to be indemnified, then the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid a stipend in the amount of $1,000 per day to reimburse the Indemnitee for all reasonable travel, hotel and living expenses incurred by him in connection with such attendance. The Indemnification Agreements provide for the prompt advancement of all expenses to the Indemnitee and for reimbursement to Registrant if it is found that such Indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. The Exhibits to the Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits elsewhere herein. Item 9. Undertakings. (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Act; (ii) To reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post- effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on the 28th day of September, 1999. MAXICARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. By: /s/ Richard A. Link ----------------------------------------- Richard A. Link Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below appoints Richard A. Link and Paul R. Dupee, Jr., and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments (including post- effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Paul R. Dupee, Jr. Chief Executive September 28, 1999 ---------------------- Officer and ------------------ Paul R. Dupee, Jr. Chairman of the Date Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer and Director) Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Richard A. Link Chief Operating September 28, 1999 ---------------------- Officer and Chief ------------------ Richard A. Link Financial Officer Date (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ George H. Bigelow Director September 28, 1999 ---------------------- ------------------ George H. Bigelow /s/ Claude S. Brinegar Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Claude S. Brinegar Date /s/ Florence F. Courtright Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Florence F. Courtright Date /s/ Robert M. Davies Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Robert M. Davies Date /s/ Thomas W. Field, Jr. Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Thomas W. Field, Jr. Date /s/ Elwood I. Kleaver Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Elwood I. Kleaver Date /s/ Dr. Charles E. Lewis Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Dr. Charles E. Lewis Date /s/ Simon J. Whitmey Director September 28, 1999 -------------------------- ------------------ Simon J. Whitmey Date INDEX TO EXHIBITS Sequentially Exhibit Numbered Number Page Description 4.1 Form of Certificate of New Common Stock of Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.* 5.2 18 of 22 Opinion of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP 24.4 21 of 22 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 25.1 Power of Attorney -- see Signature Page * Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, declared effective March 18, 1991, in which this exhibit bore the same exhibit number.