Change in Control Agreement



 EXHIBIT 10.3 
  

			
	Privileged and Confidential	 	EXECUTION COPY

  
 Change in Control
Agreement 
  
 This Change in Control Agreement is entered into
this 21st day of July, 2005 (“Effective Date”) between Pony Acquisition Corporation (“MergerSub”), Priority Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated and subsidiary companies, with its primary offices at 250
Technology Park, Suite 124, Lake Mary, Florida 32746 (the “Company”) and Robert L. Myers (“Executive”). 
  
 WITNESSETH: 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company and Express Scripts, Inc. have entered into negotiations concerning the merger of MergerSub, a wholly owned, indirect
subsidiary of Express Scripts, Inc. (“ESI”) with and into the Company, resulting in the Company surviving as a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of ESI (the “Merger”); 
  
 WHEREAS, Executive acknowledges that as a result of the Merger,
Executive shall be entitled to receive certain payments and benefits, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and otherwise, that Executive would not otherwise be entitled to receive; 
  
 WHEREAS, as a precondition for ESI and MergerSub to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among
ESI, MergerSub and the Company, dated as of the Effective Date (the “Merger Agreement”), that certain Termination Benefits Agreement entered into as of July 1, 1996 by and between the Company and Executive (the “Termination
Benefits Agreement”) and that certain Agreement made and entered into as of June 30, 2004 by and between the Company and Executive (the “Supplemental Agreement” together with the Termination Benefits Agreement, the
“Prior Agreements”) shall terminate. 
  
 NOW
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the payments set forth in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is affirmed by the parties by their execution of this Agreement, the parties agree
and covenant to the following terms and conditions: 
  

	1.	Effectiveness of Agreement; Effect on Prior Agreements; Term of Agreement. 

  

	 	1.1	This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date; provided, however, that on and after the Effective Date, Executive shall have no rights, and the Company shall
have no obligations or liability, under Section 2 of this Agreement, unless and until the occurrence of the Closing and subject to the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement; and provided, further, that in the event the Merger
Agreement shall terminate by its terms such that no Closing shall occur, this Agreement shall also terminate and be of no force and effect, and Executive shall have no rights, obligations or liability, and the Company shall have no rights,
obligations or liability, hereunder. 

  

	 	1.2	Effective as of the Effective Date, for purposes of the Prior Agreements and notwithstanding anything set forth therein to the contrary, the approval by the shareholders of the
Company of the Merger shall not constitute a “Change in Control”, as defined in the Termination Benefits Agreement, for any purpose under the Prior Agreements. 









	 	1.3	Effective as of the Closing, and subject to the Company’s deposit of the full amount of the Total Payment (as such term is defined in Section 2 below) into an escrow account to
be held for the benefit of Executive by an escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) pending the expiration of the Revocation Period (as such term is defined in Section 2 below): (a) the Prior Agreements shall terminate and be void and of
no further force and effect, and Executive shall have no further rights thereunder; (b) Executive’s employment with the Company shall be deemed terminated without cause by the Company, and (c) Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from his
position as Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of the Company (and from any committees thereof, as well as his membership on the board of directors of any subsidiaries of the Company and any committees thereof). 

  

	 	1.4	Immediately following the payment of the Total Payment, or upon the revocation by Executive of the Release (as such term is defined in Section 2 below), this Agreement shall
immediately terminate (provided that any provisions of this Agreement which by their terms survive any termination of this Agreement shall remain in effect in accordance with their respective terms). 

  

	2.	Total Payment; Excise Tax Gross-Up Protection. 

  

	 	2.1	So long as Executive does not voluntarily resign from his employment with the Company at any time during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Closing,
effective as of the Closing, Executive shall become entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to $1,000,000 (the “Total Payment”), in full satisfaction of any claims for payments and benefits Executive may have under the
Prior Agreements (except as may otherwise be expressly provided for herein); provided, however, that the payment of the Total Payment shall be subject in all events to (a) the execution on the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the
Merger Agreement) by Executive of a release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”) and (b) the expiration of the Seven-Day Period (as such term is defined in the Release) applicable to such
executed Release without revocation of such executed Release by Executive (the “Revocation Period”); provided, however, that if on the Closing Date Executive’s employment terminates due to Executive’s death or
Disability (as such term is defined in Section 3(B) of the Termination Benefits Agreement), in either case before Executive has the opportunity to execute the Release (any such termination, a “Qualifying Termination”),
Executive’s estate (or Executive’s personal representative, in the event of Executive’s Disability), shall nevertheless be entitled to receive payment of the Total Payment. Immediately following the expiration of the Revocation Period
(or, in the event of a Qualifying Termination, promptly thereafter), but in no event later than three (3) business days following the expiration of the Revocation Period (or the occurrence of a Qualifying Termination, as applicable), Executive shall
receive from the Escrow Agent the lump sum cash payment of the Total Payment as provided herein by wire transfer pursuant to instructions provided by Executive to the Escrow Agent in a timely manner prior to the expiration of the Seven-Day Period.
No interest shall accrue on or be paid with respect to any timely payment of the Total Payment. 

  

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	 	2.2	Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, the protections in Section 6(C) of the Termination Benefits Agreement, as shown on Schedule I attached hereto,
are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Total Payment and any other payment or benefit (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) paid or payable to Executive or for
his benefit in connection with, or arising out of, his employment with the Company or the Merger. This Section 2.2 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 

  

	3.	Confidential and Proprietary Information 

  

	 	3.1	Executive has and will have access to and will participate in the development of confidential and/or proprietary information and trade secrets related to the business of the Company
and its current and future subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities of the Company, hereinafter referred to as “Confidential Information,” including but not limited to: 

  

	 	•	 	Customer and physician lists 

  

	 	•	 	Patient confidential medical records and other personal information 

  

	 	•	 	Referral sources 

  

	 	•	 	Financial statements 

  

	 	•	 	Cost and other financial reports 

  

	 	•	 	Contract proposals or bidding information 

  

	 	•	 	Business plans 

  

	 	•	 	Training and operations methods, manuals and programs 

  

	 	•	 	Reports and correspondence 

  

	 	•	 	Systems, Processes, Policies and Procedures 

  

	 	•	 	All other Tangible and Intangible property which are used in the operation of the Company 

  

	 	•	 	Information Systems and Software 

  

	 	3.2	Confidential Information does not include information that is or becomes generally publicly available (unless in violation of Executive’s obligations under this Agreement)
and/or Confidential Information that Executive receives on a non-confidential basis and not known by him/her as confidential. 

  

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	 	3.3	Executive shall not disclose, use or make known for his or another’s benefit any Confidential Information or use Confidential Information in any way that is other than in the
best interests of the Company. 

  

	 	3.4	Executive may disclose Confidential Information when required by applicable law or judicial proceeding, but only after (a) providing notice to the Company of the receipt of a
request from applicable governmental authority (b) advising the Company of Executive’s intention to respond to such request and (c) Company’s sufficient opportunity to respond, challenge or limit the scope of Executive’s Disclosure.


  

	 	3.5	Executive acknowledges and agrees that a remedy at law for breach or threatened breach of this Section 3 would be inadequate and agrees that Company shall be entitled to injunctive
relief in addition to any other available rights and remedies in case of any breach or threatened breach. 

  

	 	3.6	In the event of termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, including this Section 3, the Executive will immediately return to Company any
Confidential Information in whatever form possessed by Executive. 

  

	 	3.7	Executive’s obligations hereunder shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement and shall apply to Executive’s heirs, successors and/or legal
representatives. 

  

	4.	Termination 

  
 Except for the termination of the Prior Agreements, this Agreement shall not terminate, modify or amend any other written agreement plans, benefits, or
stock options, including but not limited to the Supplemental Agreement, the Company’s 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, the Company’s Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, and the Company’s 401k Excess Plan, which
shall remain unchanged. Any rights or interest of Executive in any equity or equity-based awards shall continue to be subject to the terms provided for in the applicable equity or equity-based award plans, documents and agreements. This Section 4
shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 
  

	5.	No Assignment 

  

	 	5.1	Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder is assignable by Executive or Executive’s beneficiaries or legal representatives without Company’s prior written
consent; provided however, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Executive from designating a beneficiary to receive any payment or benefit payable hereunder upon Executive’s death or Disability. 

  

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	 	5.2	Notwithstanding the terms herein, this Agreement and the Company’s rights hereunder may be assigned by the Company pursuant to a merger or consolidation (including, without
limitation, the Merger). 

  

	 	5.3	No right to receive payments under this Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, attachment, and levy or
to assignment by operation of law. Any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any such action shall be null, void and of no effect. 

  

	6.	Severability 

  
 Should any clause, portion or section of this Agreement be unenforceable or invalid for any reason, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not affect
the enforceability or validity of the remainder of this Agreement. Should any particular covenant in this Agreement be held unreasonable or unenforceable for any reason, including without limitation, the time period, geographical area and scope of
activity covered by such covenant, then the covenant shall be given effect and enforced to whatever extent would be reasonable and enforceable. 
  

	7.	Indemnity 

  
 For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any conflicts between that certain Indemnification Agreement entered into by and between the Company and
Executive dated June     , 2003 (the “Indemnification Agreement”) and the provisions of Section 5.10 of the Merger Agreement, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that to the extent the Company
satisfies its obligations to Executive pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Merger Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations to provide Director’s and Officer’s liability coverage under the Indemnification
Agreement. This Section 7 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 
  

	8.	No Mitigation 

  
 In the event of Executive’s resignation or termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, Executive shall have no obligation to seek other
employment or otherwise mitigate damages and there shall be no offset for any remuneration attributable to any subsequent employment that the Executive may obtain. This Section 8 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 
  

	9.	Notices 

  
 All notices which are required or may be given pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently delivered if provided
in writing, delivered personally, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by a nationally recognized overnight courier or via facsimile confirmed in writing to the recipient. Delivery shall be to Company at Company’s
principal place of business, to MergerSub at MergerSub’s principal place of business and to Executive at Executive’s most recently filed home address. 
  


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	10.	Enforcement; Attorneys Fees 

  

	 	10.1	Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall, at the election of either party, be resolved by final and binding arbitration to be held in the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award entered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. 

  

	 	10.2	In the event that the Company does not make payment of the Total Payment within the time required pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, and Executive incurs attorneys’ fees
and costs to enforce Executive’s rights to such payment under this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all such reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred, from time to time, within thirty (30) days’ receipt of documentation
of such fees and costs. 

  

	 	10.3	This Section 10 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 

  

	11.	Governing Law 

  
 This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida. 
  

	12.	Waiver 

  
 Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver hereof, nor shall
any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power hereunder at any one or more times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any right or power at any other time. 
  

	13.	Entire Agreement; No Duplication of Benefits; No Amendment. 

  

	 	13.1	Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement with respect to the Prior Agreements, and except as otherwise may be expressly provided under the Indemnification Agreement
(as modified pursuant to Section 7 above) and Section 5.10 of the Merger Agreement: 

  

	 	13.1.1	This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company and with respect to any of the subject matters contained
herein; 

  

	 	13.1.2	There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein other than those
expressly provided in this Agreement; and 

  

	 	13.1.3	This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (including the Prior Agreements, and any verbal agreements) between Executive, MergerSub and the Company and/or its
affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment with the Company and/or its affiliates and any rights to payments or benefits that Executive may otherwise have been entitled to receive under the Prior Agreements.


  

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	 	13.2	Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the provision of any payment or benefit provided under this Agreement result in the
duplication of any such payment or benefit that may be otherwise provided in any other change in control or severance plan, program, policy or agreement (including without limitation the Prior Agreements). 

  

	 	13.3	This Agreement may not be modified or amended without prior written consent of all parties hereto. 

  

	14.	Counterparts 

  
 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute the same
instrument. 
  
 [Signatures on next page.] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MergerSub, the Company and Executive have executed this Agreement on the date first stated above.

  

							
	Priority Healthcare Corporation	 	Pony Acquisition Corporation
				
	By:	 	 /s/ Steve Cosler

	 	By:	 	 /s/ George Paz


	Name:	 	 Steve Cosler
	 	Name:	 	George Paz
	Title:	 	 President/CEO
	 	Title:	 	President

  
 EXECUTIVE: 
  

	
	 /s/ Robert L. Myers


	Robert L. Myers

  

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 Schedule I 
  
 [See attached] 
  

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 Exhibit A 
  
 RELEASE 
  
 Section 1. Release 
  
 For and in consideration of the payment of the amounts described in that certain Change in Control Agreement dated as of the 21st day of July, 2005 by and between Robert L. Myers (“Executive”), Pony Acquisition Corporation and Priority Healthcare
Corporation (the “Agreement”), Executive hereby agrees on behalf of himself, his agents, assignees, attorneys, successors, assigns, heirs and executors, to, and Executive does hereby, fully and completely forever release Priority
Healthcare Corporation (together with its successors, subsidiaries, officers, and any parent company by which it may be or hereinafter become wholly owned (whether directly or indirectly) (collectively, “Priority”)) and each of its
respective past, current and future affiliates, predecessors and successors and all of their respective past and/or present officers, directors, partners, members, managing members, managers, employees, agents, representatives, administrators,
attorneys, insurers and fiduciaries, in their individual and/or representative capacities (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Company Releasees”), from any and all causes of action, suits, agreements, promises, damages, disputes,
controversies, contentions, differences, judgments, claims, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialities, covenants, contracts, variances, trespasses, extents, executions and demands of any kind whatsoever, which
Executive or his agents, assignees, attorneys, successors, assigns, heirs and executors ever had, now have or may have against Company Releasees or any of them, in law, admiralty or equity, whether known or unknown to Executive, for, upon, or by
reason of, any matter, action, omission, course or thing whatsoever occurring up to the date this Release is signed by Executive, including, without limitation, in connection with or in relationship to Executive’s employment or other service
relationship with Priority, the termination of any such employment or service relationship and any applicable employment, compensatory or termination arrangement with Priority (including, without limitation, the Prior Agreements (as such term is
defined in the Agreement)), any exhibits attached thereto, and any amendments thereto, any claims of breach of contract, wrongful termination, retaliation, fraud, defamation, infliction of emotional distress or national origin, race, age, sex,
sexual orientation, disability, medical condition or other discrimination or harassment, (such released claims are collectively referred to herein as the “Released Claims”); provided that such Released Claims shall not include any claims
to enforce Executive’s rights or obligations under, or with respect to, the Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or Section 5.10 of the Merger Agreement (as such terms are defined in the Agreement), nor shall the Released Claims include any
claims to enforce any rights Executive may have (i) under the Merger Agreement to receive payments thereunder as a shareholder of the Company or a holder of options to purchase stock of the Company held under stock option plans maintained by the
Company and (ii) with respect to vested rights of Executive under any welfare, insurance, pension, supplemental pension, thrift, employee stock ownership, or stock option plans sponsored or made available by the Company including, without
limitation, the Company 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, Company Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and Company Excess Benefit Plan (all such claims referenced in clause (i) and (ii) above, collectively, the “Protected
Claims”). 
  
 Section 2. Waiver 
  
 Notwithstanding the generality of Section 1 above, the Released Claims
include, without limitation: (i) any and all claims relating to payments or benefits pursuant to the Prior Agreements; (ii) any and all released claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967, the Civil Rights Act of 1971, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Fair Employment and
Housing Act, and any and all other 
  

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 federal, state or local laws, statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to employment or otherwise; and (iii) any claims
for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation or any compensation claims, or any other claims under any statute, rule or regulation or under the common law, including compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s
fees, costs, expenses and all claims for any other type of damage or relief. 
  
 Section 3. Executive’s Representations and Warranties 
  
 Executive represents that he has read carefully and fully understands the terms of this General Release, and that Executive has been advised to consult
with an attorney and has availed himself of the opportunity to consult with an attorney prior to signing this General Release. Executive acknowledges and agrees that he is executing this General Release willingly, voluntarily and knowingly, of his
own free will, in exchange for the payments provided in the Agreement, and that he has not relied on any representations, promises or agreements of any kind made to him in connection with his decision to accept the terms of the Agreement or the
General Release, other than those set forth in the Agreement. Executive further acknowledges, understands, and agrees that the provisions of the Agreement are in lieu of any and all payments and benefits to which Executive may otherwise be entitled
to receive pursuant to the Prior Agreements. Executive acknowledges that he has been advised that he is entitled to take at least twenty-one (21) days to consider whether he wants to sign this General Release and that the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act gives him the right to revoke this General Release within seven (7) days (the “Seven-Day Period”) after it is signed, and Executive understands that he will not receive any payments under the Agreement
until such Seven-Day Period has passed and then, only if he has not revoked this General Release. To the extent Executive has executed this General Release within less than twenty-one (21) days after its delivery to him, Executive hereby
acknowledges that his decision to execute this General Release prior to the expiration of such twenty-one (21) day period was entirely voluntary, and taken after consultation with and upon the advice of his attorney. 
  
 Executive fully understands that this General Release is a legally binding
document and that by signing this General Release Executive is prevented from filing, commencing or maintaining any action against any of the Company Releasees, other than to enforce his rights under the Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement or
Section 5.10 of the Merger Agreement, nor shall the Released Claims include any Protected Claims. 
  
 This General Release is final and binding and may not be changed or modified. 
  

					
	 Executed this      day of
                    , 2005 by

	
	  


	 Robert L. Myers



  

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