March 7, 2000

VIA HAND DELIVERY

Alessandro A. Iuppa

Superintendent of Insurance

c/o Lyndy Morgan

Docket No. INS-99-14

Maine Department of Professional & Financial Regulation

Bureau of Insurance

124 Northern Avenue

Gardiner, Maine 04345

Re: Anthem / Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine: Form of Maine Health Access Foundation, Inc., Unanimous Written Consent of the Sole Shareholder

Dear Superintendent Iuppa:

Pursuant to Item 8 of the Order on Completeness dated February 25, I enclose a draft of the form to be used by the sole shareholder of AHS Liquidating Corp. in ratifying the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Modified Charitable Trust Plan, and all transactions contemplated thereby, including the bulk reinsurance transaction.

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance in this matter.

Very truly yours,

 

James B. Zimpritch

Enclosures

cc: Robert S. Frank, Esq. (via hand delivery)

Judith Chamberlain, Esq. (via hand delivery)

William Laubenstein, Esq. (via hand delivery)

Michele M. Garvin, Esq. (via email)

Gordon H. Smith, Esq. (via email)

Gregory A. Brodek, Esq. (via email)

Joseph P. Ditre, Esq. (via email)

Robert I. Goldman (via email)

Bonnie Post (via email)

John Dieffenbacher-Krall (via email)

Donald E. Quigley, Esq. (via email)

Sandra L. Parker, Esq. (via email)

Kellie P. Miller, M.S. (via email)

Edward Miller (via email

 

AHS LIQUIDATING CORP.

UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT

OF SOLE SHAREHOLDER

Pursuant to 13-A M.R.S.A. § 620(2), the undersigned, being the holder of all issued and outstanding shares of the above-named corporation (the "Corporation") entitled to vote on the following action, hereby takes the following action, without holding a meeting:

VOTED: Pursuant to (i) Article Second, Section C of the undersigned corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, (ii) Section 4.4(b) of the Associated Hospital Service of Maine Plan of Recapitalization and Conversion, and (iii) Article IV of the Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution of AHS Liquidating Corp., both plans dated September 15, 1999, to ratify, approve, and vote all issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation in favor of (a) the Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Associated Hospital Service of Maine and Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. dated as of July 13, 1999, as amended, and all transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the Associated Hospital Service of Maine Plan of Recapitalization and Conversion dated September 15, 1999, and all transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) the Complete Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution of AHS Liqudating Corp. dated September 15, 1999, and all transactions contemplated thereby, including without limitation the Bulk Reinsurance Agreement, Bill of Sale, and Assumption of Liabilities dated _______________________, 2000, by and between AHS Liquidating Corp. and Anthem Health Plans of Maine, Inc., and all transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the "Agreements"); and further

VOTED: That the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them acting singly hereby is, authorized and directed, acting in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute and deliver the Agreements and all other agreements and instruments contemplated thereby, and with such modifications and revisions thereto as such officer may deem reasonable, necessary and appropriate, and to take any and all actions as such officer may deem reasonable, necessary and appropriate to facilitate, effect and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Agreements and all other agreements and instruments contemplated thereby.

 

Dated: __________________, 2000

MAINE HEALTH ACCESS FOUNDATION, INC.

By:______________________

Name:___________________

Its:______________________

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 7, 2000 a copy of the Form of Maine Health Access Foundation, Inc., Unanimous Written Consent of the Sole Shareholder was served by electronic mail, or, where indicated, by hand delivery, on each of the persons listed below.

Robert S. Frank, Esq. (hand delivery)

Harvey & Frank

Two City Center

P.O. Box 126

Portland, Maine 04112

e-mail: frank@harveyfrank.com

(Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maine)

Judith Chamberlain, Esq. (hand delivery)

State of Maine

Department of the Attorney General

6 State House Station

Augusta, Maine 04333-0006

e-mail: judy.chamberlain@state.me.us

(Bureau of Insurance)

William H. Laubenstein, Esq. (hand delivery)

State of Maine

Department of the Attorney General

6 State House Station

Augusta, Maine 04333-0006

e-mail: bill.laubenstein@state.me.us

(Office of the Attorney General)

Gregory A. Brodek, Esq.

Duane, Morris & Heckscher, LLP

15 Columbia Street, 4^th Floor

Bangor, Maine 04401-6355

e-mail: gabrodek@duanemorris.com

(Maine Health Alliance)

Joseph P. Ditre, Esq.

Consumer Health Law Program

One Weston Court, Level One

P.O. Box 2490

Augusta, Maine 04338-2490

e-mail: jditre@mainecahc.org

(Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation/Coalition)

Michele M. Garvin, Esq.

Ropes & Gray

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624

e-mail: Mgarvin@Ropesgray.com

(Central Maine Healthcare Corporation; Central Maine Partners Health Plan)

Robert I. Goldman

Maine Council of Senior Citizens

27 Bowery Beach Road

Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107

e-mail: Rgoldma1@maine.rr.com

(Maine Council of Senior Citizens)

Bonnie Post

Executive Director of the Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition

P.O. Box 390

Manchester, Maine 04351

e-mail: bdpmacc@mint.net

(Sacopee Valley Health Center, Regional Medical Center at Lubec, Eastport Health Care, Inc., and the Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition)

John Dieffenbacher-Krall

Executive Director

Maine People’s Alliance

192 State Street

Portland, Maine 04101

e-mail: MPA@gwi.net

(Maine People’s Alliance)

Gordon H. Smith, Esq.

Maine Medical Association

30 Association Drive

P.O. Box 190

Manchester, Maine 04351

e-mail: gsmith@ctel.net

(Thomas D. Hayward, M.D.,

Maroulla S. Gleaton, M.D.,

And the Maine Medical Association)

 

Donald E. Quigley, Esq.

General Counsel

465 Congress Street, Suite 600

Portland, Maine 04101-3537

e-mail: quigld@mail.mmc.org

(Maine Medical Center)

Sandra L. Parker, Esq.

Attorney for MHA, Inc.

150 Capitol Street

Augusta, Maine 04330

e-mail: sparker@themha.org

(MHA, Inc.)

Kellie P. Miller, M.S.

Executive Director

Maine Osteopathic Association

693 Western Avenue

Manchester, Maine 04351

e-mail: meosteo@mint.net

(Maine Osteopathic Association)

Edward Miller

Executive Director

American Lung Association of Maine

122 State Street

Augusta, Maine 04330

e-mail: emiller@mainelung.org

(American Lung Association of Maine)

DATED: March 7, 2000

_____________________________

James B. Zimpritch, Esq.

Jeffrey M. White, Esq.

Catherine R. Connors, Esq.

PIERCE ATWOOD
One Monument Square

Portland, Maine 04101

(207) 791-1100

Attorneys for Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.

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