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This excerpt taken from the CVS 8-K filed Nov 2, 2006.
internal controls”) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Caremark’s financial reporting and the preparation of Caremark financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Caremark has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal controls prior to the date

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hereof, to Caremark’s auditors and audit committee (x) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect Caremark’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in internal controls.

     (g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Caremark or any of the Caremark Subsidiaries to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the 1934 Act) or director of Caremark. Caremark has not, since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

     Section 4.08. Financial Statements. The audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Caremark included in the Caremark SEC Documents fairly present, in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject to normal year-end adjustments in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements), the consolidated financial position of Caremark and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated.

     Section 4.09. Information Supplied. The information supplied by Caremark for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto pursuant to which shares of CVS Stock issuable in the Merger will be registered with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) shall not at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (or, with respect to any post-effective amendment or supplement, at the time such post-effective amendment or supplement becomes effective) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The information supplied by Caremark for inclusion in the joint proxy statement/prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, to be sent to the Caremark stockholders and CVS stockholders in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Joint Proxy Statement”) shall not, on the date the Joint Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of each of Caremark and CVS, at the time of the Caremark Stockholder Approval or at the time of the CVS Stockholder Approval, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.09 will not apply to statements or omissions included or incorporated by reference in the Joint Proxy Statement based upon information furnished by CVS or any of its representatives specifically for use or incorporation by reference therein.

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     Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Changes. (a) Since the Caremark Balance Sheet Date, there has not been any event, occurrence, development or facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Caremark.

     (b) Since the Caremark Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, the business of Caremark and its Subsidiaries has been conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, and there has not been:

     (i) any amendment of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar organizational documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of Caremark or its Subsidiaries;

     (ii) any splitting, combination or reclassification of any shares of capital stock of Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries or declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, or redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or offer to redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Caremark Securities or any Caremark Subsidiary Securities, except for (A) dividends by any of its Subsidiaries on a pro rata basis to the equity owners thereof, (B) regular quarterly cash dividends with customary record and payment dates on the shares of Caremark Stock not in excess of $0.10 per share per quarter, (C) any such transaction solely by a Caremark Subsidiary or between Caremark Subsidiaries and (D) share repurchases completed in accordance with the Caremark Share Repurchase Program, which program has been approved by Caremark’s Board of Directors on or prior to the date hereof;

     (iii) (A) any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance, delivery or sale of, any shares of any Caremark Securities or Caremark Subsidiary Securities, other than the issuance of (1) any shares of Caremark Stock upon the exercise of Caremark Stock Options that are outstanding on the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of those options on the date of this Agreement, (2) any Caremark Subsidiary Securities to Caremark or any Caremark Subsidiary, (3) Caremark Securities to satisfy existing contractual obligations under the existing Caremark compensation and benefit plans, copies of which have been made available to CVS prior to the date hereof, (4) shares of Caremark Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of its Employee Stock Purchase Plan in the form in which it exists on the date of this Agreement, and (5) Caremark Securities to officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, or (B) any amendment of any term of any Caremark Security or any Caremark Subsidiary Security (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);

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     (iv) any acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, by Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries of any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than (A) inventories and supplies in the ordinary course of the business of Caremark and its Subsidiaries in a manner that is consistent with past practices, (B) other acquisitions with a purchase price (including assumed indebtedness) that does not exceed $50 million individually or $100 million in the aggregate, (C) reasonable capital expenditures in connection with the business of Caremark in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and (D) such transactions between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (v) any sale, lease or other transfer of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses of Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (A) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business of Caremark and its Subsidiaries in a manner that is consistent with past practices or between any Caremark Subsidiaries, (B) sales of assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses with a sale price (including any related assumed indebtedness) that does not exceed $25 million individually or $50 million in the aggregate and (C) such transactions between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (vi) the making by Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries of any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or (B) between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (vii) the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance to exist by Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries of any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantees thereof, other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (B) borrowings under existing lines of credit or (C) between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (viii) the entering into of any agreement or arrangement that limits or otherwise restricts in any material respect Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor thereto or that would be reasonably likely to, after the Effective Time, limit or restrict in any material respect Caremark, any of its Subsidiaries, the Surviving Corporation or, CVS, from engaging or competing in any material line of business in which such Person engages in as of the date hereof, in any location or with any Person, other than modifications, renewals or extensions of agreements or arrangements (provided that such modifications, renewals or extensions do not materially increase limitations or restrictions on business);

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     (ix) (A) the grant or increase of any severance or termination pay to (or amendment of any existing arrangement with) any director or individual with a title of senior vice president or higher (“

This excerpt taken from the CVS DEFA14A filed Nov 2, 2006.
internal controls”) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Caremark’s financial reporting and the preparation of Caremark financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Caremark has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal controls prior to the date

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hereof, to Caremark’s auditors and audit committee (x) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect Caremark’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in internal controls.

     (g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Caremark or any of the Caremark Subsidiaries to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the 1934 Act) or director of Caremark. Caremark has not, since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

     Section 4.08. Financial Statements. The audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Caremark included in the Caremark SEC Documents fairly present, in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject to normal year-end adjustments in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements), the consolidated financial position of Caremark and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated.

     Section 4.09. Information Supplied. The information supplied by Caremark for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto pursuant to which shares of CVS Stock issuable in the Merger will be registered with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) shall not at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (or, with respect to any post-effective amendment or supplement, at the time such post-effective amendment or supplement becomes effective) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The information supplied by Caremark for inclusion in the joint proxy statement/prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, to be sent to the Caremark stockholders and CVS stockholders in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Joint Proxy Statement”) shall not, on the date the Joint Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of each of Caremark and CVS, at the time of the Caremark Stockholder Approval or at the time of the CVS Stockholder Approval, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.09 will not apply to statements or omissions included or incorporated by reference in the Joint Proxy Statement based upon information furnished by CVS or any of its representatives specifically for use or incorporation by reference therein.

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     Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Changes. (a) Since the Caremark Balance Sheet Date, there has not been any event, occurrence, development or facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Caremark.

     (b) Since the Caremark Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, the business of Caremark and its Subsidiaries has been conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, and there has not been:

     (i) any amendment of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar organizational documents (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of Caremark or its Subsidiaries;

     (ii) any splitting, combination or reclassification of any shares of capital stock of Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries or declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, or redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or offer to redeem, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any Caremark Securities or any Caremark Subsidiary Securities, except for (A) dividends by any of its Subsidiaries on a pro rata basis to the equity owners thereof, (B) regular quarterly cash dividends with customary record and payment dates on the shares of Caremark Stock not in excess of $0.10 per share per quarter, (C) any such transaction solely by a Caremark Subsidiary or between Caremark Subsidiaries and (D) share repurchases completed in accordance with the Caremark Share Repurchase Program, which program has been approved by Caremark’s Board of Directors on or prior to the date hereof;

     (iii) (A) any issuance, delivery or sale, or authorization of the issuance, delivery or sale of, any shares of any Caremark Securities or Caremark Subsidiary Securities, other than the issuance of (1) any shares of Caremark Stock upon the exercise of Caremark Stock Options that are outstanding on the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of those options on the date of this Agreement, (2) any Caremark Subsidiary Securities to Caremark or any Caremark Subsidiary, (3) Caremark Securities to satisfy existing contractual obligations under the existing Caremark compensation and benefit plans, copies of which have been made available to CVS prior to the date hereof, (4) shares of Caremark Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of its Employee Stock Purchase Plan in the form in which it exists on the date of this Agreement, and (5) Caremark Securities to officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, or (B) any amendment of any term of any Caremark Security or any Caremark Subsidiary Security (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise);

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     (iv) any acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, by Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries of any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than (A) inventories and supplies in the ordinary course of the business of Caremark and its Subsidiaries in a manner that is consistent with past practices, (B) other acquisitions with a purchase price (including assumed indebtedness) that does not exceed $50 million individually or $100 million in the aggregate, (C) reasonable capital expenditures in connection with the business of Caremark in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and (D) such transactions between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (v) any sale, lease or other transfer of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, any assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses of Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (A) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business of Caremark and its Subsidiaries in a manner that is consistent with past practices or between any Caremark Subsidiaries, (B) sales of assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses with a sale price (including any related assumed indebtedness) that does not exceed $25 million individually or $50 million in the aggregate and (C) such transactions between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (vi) the making by Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries of any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or (B) between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (vii) the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance to exist by Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries of any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantees thereof, other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (B) borrowings under existing lines of credit or (C) between Caremark and any of its Subsidiaries or between any Subsidiaries of Caremark;

     (viii) the entering into of any agreement or arrangement that limits or otherwise restricts in any material respect Caremark or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor thereto or that would be reasonably likely to, after the Effective Time, limit or restrict in any material respect Caremark, any of its Subsidiaries, the Surviving Corporation or, CVS, from engaging or competing in any material line of business in which such Person engages in as of the date hereof, in any location or with any Person, other than modifications, renewals or extensions of agreements or arrangements (provided that such modifications, renewals or extensions do not materially increase limitations or restrictions on business);

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     (ix) (A) the grant or increase of any severance or termination pay to (or amendment of any existing arrangement with) any director or individual with a title of senior vice president or higher (“

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8-K
Nov 2, 2006
DEFA14A
Nov 2, 2006

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