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Exhibit 99.2
Talking Points for Calls to Current Clients:
Corrections Site Personnel
(from PHS Site Managers)
Corrections Site Personnel
(from PHS Site Managers)
Thank you for taking time to talk with me today. We have some exciting news that I want to
share with you as soon as possible.
We have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the parent companies of Correctional Medical
Services (CMS) and PHS Correctional Healthcare (PHS). After closing the new company will be focused
on our merged companies commitment to collaboration and partnerships with our clients. These
values have been a part of each companys culture and will remain our key priority as we move
forward together. Throughout each companys history, the people of PHS and CMS have demonstrated
remarkable talent and dedication to serving clients and caring for patients. Our new organization
will encourage and reward a culture that celebrates the very best of service and care. The people
of our new company will bring a winning combination of innovation and experience that will
translate to quality and value to our clients, opportunity for our employees and compassionate care
for patients.
This combination of two incredibly experienced correctional healthcare companies will be good for
our clients and our staffs in several ways. For example (SELECT ONE OR TWO):
| The merger will combine best practices and expertise in the field of correctional healthcare. Our new organization will continue to attract the top talent in the field of correctional healthcare. | ||
| Historically, CMS has had a greater presence in delivering care in statewide, full-risk contracts on behalf of prison systems. PHS has historically had a greater presence in shared risk models where care is delivered in large jail systems. | ||
| The new organization will be better positioned to make strategic acquisitions and investments in healthcare technology, innovations, staff and other resources. | ||
| PHS has a proprietary electronic health records system specifically created for the unique needs of correctional healthcare. CMS has a robust claims processing and utilization management system and an extensive business intelligence/data warehouse. Ultimately, those tools will help all of our clients make the most informed decisions about their healthcare programs. | ||
| CMS has its own correctional pharmacy that serves as a valuable resource. | ||
| Each company has well-established provider networks. |
| We expect the merger will increase efficiencies and the ability to manage risk, making the combined organization a more competitive bidder that is better able to meet the criteria in correctional healthcare RFPs. |
We also want you to know some things wont change. Under the new company we will remain
fully committed to providing the level of quality service you deserve. The staff working in your
facilities will continue to do so. The projects that we are working on with your staff to enhance
services will remain in place. In other words, our focus on meeting your needs wont change, but
our ability to meet those needs will grow through this merger.
We know you may have questions about this merger and we will do all that we can to answer those
questions in the coming months.
Also, we want you to know that until the combination is finalized, the companies remain completely
separate organizations. We have taken steps to ensure there is no communication, collaboration or
sharing of any proposal, pricing, market intelligence or any kind of proprietary information.
I will forward you a copy of the news release we issued a little while ago regarding this. Because
PHS is a publicly held company, we were unable to share the details of this before today, but we
wanted to make you aware as soon as possible.
The transaction is subject to regulatory review and other approvals. That is standard for any
merger such as this. We expect to be able to close the merger in the second quarter of 2011. Again,
thank you for the opportunity to serve your agency. Please call me if you have any other questions.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed merger, America Service Group will file with the SEC a proxy
statement with respect to the special meeting of stockholders that will be held to consider the
merger. When completed and filed, the definitive proxy statement and a form of proxy will be
mailed to the stockholders of America Service Group. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, AMERICA
SERVICE GROUPS STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT REGARDING THE MERGER
CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AMERICA SERVICE
GROUP AND THE PROPOSED MERGER. America Service Groups stockholders will be able to obtain,
without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents filed with the SEC (in
each case, when available) from the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. America Service Groups
stockholders will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other
relevant documents (in each case, when available) by directing a request by mail or telephone to
America Service Group, Attn: Scott King, General Counsel, 105 Westpark Drive, Suite 200, Brentwood,
Tennessee, 37027, telephone: (615)373-3100, or from the investor relations section of America
Service Groups website at www.asgr.com.
Proxy Solicitation
America Service Group and its directors and officers may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies from America Service Groups stockholders with respect to the proposed
merger. More detailed information regarding the identity of the potential participants, and their
direct or indirect interests, by securities holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy
statement and other materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger.
Information regarding America Service Groups directors and executive officers and their ownership
of America Service Groups common stock is also available in America Service Groups definitive
proxy statement for its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010
and updated on May 28, 2010.