SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2022-02-16

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="iaa706c9ccdf841c5964acb0b7bba3592_1"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.12</font></div></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BLUE SHIELD LICENSE AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">(Includes revisions, if any, adopted by Member Plans through their September 23, 2021 meeting)</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This agreement by and between Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (&#34;BCBSA&#34;) and The Blue Shield Plan, known as ______________ (the &#34;Plan&#34;).</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Preamble</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;WHEREAS, the Plan and&#47;or its predecessor(s) in interest (collectively the &#34;Plan&#34;) had the right to use the BLUE SHIELD and BLUE SHIELD Design service marks (collectively the &#34;Licensed Marks&#34;) for health care plans in its service area, which was essentially local in nature&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;WHEREAS, the Plan was desirous of assuring nationwide protection of the Licensed Marks, maintaining uniform quality controls among Plans, facilitating the provision of cost effective health care services to the public and otherwise benefiting the public&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;WHEREAS, to better attain such ends, the Plan and the predecessor of BCBSA executed the Agreement(s) Relating to the Collective Service Mark &#34;Blue Shield&#34;&#59; and</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;WHEREAS, BCBSA and the Plan desire to supercede said Agreement(s) to reflect their current practices and to assure the continued integrity of the Licensed Marks and of the BLUE SHIELD system&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.12</font></div></div><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Agreement</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.557%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family