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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 23, 2013 (October 22, 2013)

 

UNIVERSAL AMERICAN CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

001-35149
(Commission File Number)

 

27-4683816
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

44 South Broadway
White Plains, New York 10601
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(914) 934-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Not Applicable

(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01.                                        Other Events.

 

On October 22, 2013 Universal American Corp. issued a press release announcing that it filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against funds affiliated with the private equity firm GTCR, David Katz, a managing director of GTCR, and former senior management of APS Healthcare (Gregory Scott, Jerome Vacarro and John McDonough). The lawsuit, which alleges securities fraud, multiple material breaches of contract and common law fraud, seeks substantial damages, including punitive damages. The lawsuit arises out of Universal American’s acquisition of APS Healthcare from GTCR in March 2012.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1                   Press Release dated October 22, 2013

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: October 22, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSAL AMERICAN CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tony L. Wolk

 

 

Name: Tony L. Wolk

 

 

Title:  SVP, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1        Press Release dated October 22, 2013

 

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