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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): | February 8, 2023

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware | 001-01011 | 05-0494040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 02895

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 765-1500

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class |  | Trading Symbol |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |  | CVS |  | New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

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:

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

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

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ | Emerging Growth Company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 8, 2023, CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CVS Health”), and Oak Street Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Oak Street Health”), issued a joint press release announcing that on February 7, 2023, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation and wholly owned direct subsidiary of CVS Health (“Parent”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Oak Street Health, Halo Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, CVS Health, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Oak Street Health and Oak Street Health will be the surviving corporation and will continue as a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

In addition, the Chief Executive Officer of Oak Street Health will attend a portion of CVS Health’s conference call for investors on February 8, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET announcing results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2022. An audio webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously for all interested parties through the Investors portion of the CVS Health website at investors.cvshealth.com where it will be archived for a period of one year. A copy of presentation materials related to the Merger will be made available on the Investors portion of the CVS Health website at investors.cvshealth.com and is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information included under Item 7.01 of this report (including the exhibits) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of CVS Health or Oak Street Health. This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, which include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, such as statements regarding CVS Health’s expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “aim,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “goal,” “can,” “seek,” “target” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the press release or the presentation that are forward looking may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the benefits of the proposed acquisition of Oak Street Health and the associated integration plans, expected synergies and revenue opportunities, anticipated future operating performance and results of CVS Health, the expected management and governance of Oak Street Health following the acquisition and expected timing of the closing of the proposed acquisition and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. By their nature, all forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and/or quantify. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the right of CVS Health or Oak Street Health or both of them to terminate the Merger Agreement, including circumstances requiring a party to pay the other party a termination fee pursuant to the Merger Agreement; the failure to obtain applicable regulatory or Oak Street Health stockholder approval in a timely manner or otherwise; the risk that the acquisition may not close in the anticipated timeframe or at all due to one or more of the other closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived; the risk that there may be unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the proposed acquisition; risks related to the ability of CVS Health and Oak Street Health to successfully integrate the businesses and achieve the expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected timeframes or at all and the possibility that such integration may be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts CVS Health’s or Oak Street Health’s current plans and operations; the risk that certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction may impact CVS Health’s or Oak Street Health’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; risks related to disruption of each company’s management’s time and attention from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; continued availability of capital and financing and rating agency actions; the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of CVS Health’s and/or Oak Street Health’s common stock, credit ratings or operating results; the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of CVS Health and Oak Street Health to retain and hire key personnel, to retain customers and to maintain relationships with each of their respective business partners, suppliers and customers and on their respective operating results and businesses generally, including with respect to Humana Inc. and its affiliates, which lease or license to Oak Street Health a majority of Oak Street Health’s primary care centers;

the risk of litigation that could be instituted against the parties to the Merger Agreement or their respective directors, managers or officers and/or regulatory actions related to the proposed acquisition, including the effects of any outcomes related thereto; risks related to unpredictable and severe or catastrophic events, including but not limited to acts of terrorism, war or hostilities, cyber attacks, or the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or any other pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease in the United States or worldwide on CVS Health’s or Oak Street Health’s business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as the response thereto by each company’s management; and other business effects, including the effects of industry, market, economic, political or regulatory conditions. Also, CVS Health’s and Oak Street Health’s actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a number of additional reasons as described in CVS Health’s and Oak Street Health’s respective SEC filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under any “Forward-Looking Statements” or similar heading in CVS Health’s or Oak Street Health’s respective most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, Oak Street Health’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 and CVS Health’s and Oak Street Health’s Current Reports on Form 8-K.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on CVS Health’s or Oak Street Health’s forward-looking statements. CVS Health’s and Oak Street Health’s respective forward-looking statements are and will be based upon each company’s management’s then-current views and assumptions regarding CVS Health’s proposed acquisition of Oak Street Health, future events and operating performance, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements. Neither CVS Health nor Oak Street Health assumes any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise.

The press release and presentation may include non-GAAP financial measures that CVS Health uses to describe its performance. In accordance with SEC regulations, you can find the definitions of these non-GAAP measures, as well as reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, on the Investors portion of CVS Health’s website. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP. CVS Health’s definitions of its non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. In addition, this presentation includes Oak Street Health’s projected adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure used to describe Oak Street Health’s expected performance. We have not presented a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to Oak Street Health’s projected net income, the most comparable GAAP financial measure, because the reconciliation could not be prepared without unreasonable effort. The information necessary to prepare the reconciliation is not available on a forward-looking basis and cannot be accurately predicted. The unavailable information could have a significant impact on the calculation of the comparable GAAP financial measure.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

This communication is being made in respect to the proposed transaction involving CVS Health and Oak Street Health. A meeting of the stockholders of Oak Street Health will be announced as promptly as practicable to seek stockholder approval in connection with the proposed transaction. CVS Health and Oak Street Health intend to file relevant materials with the SEC, including that Oak Street Health will file a preliminary and definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement will be mailed to Oak Street Health’s stockholders. The press release and presentation are not a substitute for the proxy statement or any other document that may be filed by Oak Street Health with the SEC.

BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION, OAK STREET HEALTH STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENTS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROXY STATEMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.

Any vote in respect of resolutions to be proposed at Oak Street Health’s stockholder meeting to approve the proposed transaction or other responses in relation to the proposed transaction should be made only on the basis of the information contained in Oak Street Health’s proxy statement. You will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement and other related documents (when available) filed by Oak Street Health and documents filed by CVS Health with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by accessing the Investor Relations section of Oak Street Health’s website at https://www.oakstreethealth.com for documents filed by Oak Street Health or the Investors portion of CVS Health’s website at https://investors.cvshealth.com for documents filed by CVS Health.

No Offer or Solicitation

The press release and presentation is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer, invitation or the solicitation of an offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the proposed transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Participants in the Solicitation

CVS Health, Oak Street Health and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Oak Street Health’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding CVS Health’s directors and executive officers is contained in CVS Health’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 1, 2022 as updated by CVS Health’s subsequent filings made on www.sec.gov. Information regarding Oak Street Health’s directors and executive officers, including a description of their respective direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the proxy statement described above. These documents (when available) may be obtained free of charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by accessing the Investor Relations section of Oak Street Health’s website at https://www.oakstreethealth.com for documents filed by Oak Street Health or the Investors portion of CVS Health’s website at https://investors.cvshealth.com for documents filed by CVS Health.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number |  | Description
99.1 |  | Joint Press Release, issued on February 8, 2023.
99.2 |  | Presentation materials related to the Merger, February 8, 2023.
104 |  | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

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.

|  | CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
Date: February 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Shawn M. Guertin
|  | NAME: Shawn M. Guertin
|  | TITLE: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer