Change Healthcare Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
17. Incentive Compensation Plans
Long Term Incentive Plan Awards
In connection with the Omnibus Incentive Plan, during the six months ended September 30, 2020, we granted to our employees and directors one or a combination of time-vesting restricted stock units and cash settled restricted stock units under vesting terms that generally vary from one to four years from the date of grant.
Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) – We granted 307,485 and 5,724,801 RSUs during the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. The RSUs are subject to either a graded vesting schedule over four years or a one-year cliff vesting schedule, depending on the terms of the specific award. Upon vesting, the RSUs are exchanged for shares of common stock.
Cash Settled Restricted Stock Units (“CSRSUs”) – We granted 0 and 172,524 CSRSUs during the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. The CSRSUs vest 100% upon the one-year anniversary of the date of grant. Upon vesting, we are required to pay cash in settlement of such CSRSUs based on their fair value at the date such CSRSUs vest.
We recognized compensation expense related to these awards granted during the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 of $4,635 and $5,453, respectively. At September 30, 2020, aggregate unrecognized compensation expense related to these awards was $62,674.
eRx Awards
Upon completion of the eRx acquisition all outstanding eRx equity awards were canceled. Holders of eRx stock options and vested eRx stock appreciation rights were able to elect to receive consideration in the form of a cash payment or vested stock appreciation rights of the Company. For those individuals with unvested eRx equity awards, we elected to issue replacement awards with vesting and exercisability terms generally identical to the existing eRx awards which were replaced. These replacement awards granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan consisted of unvested restricted share units (“eRx RSUs”) and unvested stock appreciation rights (“eRx SARs”) with terms identical to the original eRx awards. The awards vest subject to the employee’s continued employment through the date when Blackstone has sold at least 25% of the maximum number of shares held by it (i.e., a liquidity event) and achieved specified rates of return that vary by award. Upon vesting, we are required to pay cash in settlement of such eRx awards based on their fair value at the date of such vesting. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized compensation expense related to eRx awards granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan of $1,400 and $1,468, respectively. At September 30, 2020, aggregate unrecognized compensation expense related to these awards was $1,476.
18. Related Party Transactions
eRx Option Agreement
Prior to the creation of the Joint Venture, we entered into an option agreement to acquire eRx (the “Option Agreement”). Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the option to acquire eRx would only become exercisable at any such time that McKesson owns (directly or indirectly), in the aggregate, less than 5% of the outstanding units of the Joint Venture. Subsequent to the Merger, the Option became exercisable and was exercised on May 1, 2020. See Note 4, Business Combinations, for additional information.
Transition Services Agreements
In connection with the creation of the Joint Venture, we entered into transition services agreements with eRx. Under the agreements, we provided certain transition services to eRx in exchange for specified fees. Prior to the acquisition of eRx, we recognized $283 and $0 in transition fee income during the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We recognized $0 in transition fee income during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. The amounts received are included in Other, net in the consolidated statement of operations.
Employer Healthcare Program Agreement with Equity Healthcare
Effective January 1, 2014, we entered into an employer health program agreement with Equity Healthcare LLC (“Equity Healthcare”), an affiliate of Blackstone, whereby Equity Healthcare provides certain negotiating, monitoring and other services in connection with our health benefit plans. In consideration for Equity Healthcare’s services, we pay a fee of $1.00 per participating employee per month.
Term Loans Held by Related Party
Certain investment funds managed by GSO Capital Partners LP (the “GSO-managed funds”) held a portion of the term loans under our Senior Credit Facilities. GSO Advisor Holdings LLC (“GSO Advisor”) is the general partner of GSO Capital Partners LP and Blackstone, indirectly through its subsidiaries, holds all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of GSO Advisor. As of September 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, the GSO-managed funds held $171,805 and $151,301, respectively, in principal amount of the Senior Credit Facilities (none of which is classified within current portion of long-term debt).
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