Evolent Health, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Class A Common Stock

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolent Health, Inc. (NYSE: EVH), a company providing an integrated value-based care platform to the nation's leading health systems and physician organizations ("Evolent Health"), today announced the pricing of an underwritten secondary public offering of 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock to be sold by UPMC, certain affiliates of TPG Global, LLC ("TPG"), The Advisory Board Company and Ptolemy Capital, LLC (together, the "Selling Stockholders").  The underwriters have a 30-day option period to purchase up to 1,125,000 additional shares of Class A common stock from the Selling Stockholders.  The offering is expected to close on March 31, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the offering.  The underwriters may offer the shares of our Class A common stock purchased from the Selling Stockholders from time to time in one or more transactions on the New York Stock Exchange, in the over-the-counter market or through negotiated transactions at market prices at or negotiated prices.  The last reported sale price of Evolent Health's Class A common stock on March 27, 2017 was $21.25 per share. 

Neither Evolent Health nor any of its directors, officers or other stockholders is offering any shares of Class A common stock in the offering. Evolent Health will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock by the Selling Stockholders, including from any exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares from the Selling Stockholders.

A registration statement (including a base prospectus) relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and has become effective. The offering will be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, each of which you should read before you invest. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus have been filed with the SEC. You may obtain these documents free of charge by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained free of charge, when available, from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by telephone at (866) 803-9204; or Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, or by telephone at (866) 471-2526, facsimile at (212) 902-9316, or email at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these shares of Class A common stock in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

About Evolent Health

Evolent Health partners with leading health systems to drive value-based care transformation. By providing clinical, analytical and financial capabilities, Evolent Health helps physicians and health systems achieve superior quality and cost results. Evolent Health's approach breaks down barriers, aligns incentives and powers a new model of care delivery resulting in meaningful alignment between providers, payers, physicians and patients.

Forward-Looking Statements – Cautionary Language

Certain statements made in this press release and in other written or oral statements made by us or on our behalf are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA").  A forward-looking statement is a statement that is not a historical fact and, without limitation, includes any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain words like: "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "aim," "predict," "potential," "continue," "plan," "project," "will," "should," "shall," "may," "might" and other words or phrases with similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance.  In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, trends in our businesses, prospective services, future performance or financial results and the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings.  We claim the protection afforded by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the PSLRA.  These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events.  Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results contained in the forward-looking statements.  Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements.  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and other documents filed with the SEC include risk factors that could affect our businesses and financial performance.  Moreover, we operate in a rapidly changing and competitive environment.  New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors.

Further, it is not possible to assess the effect of all risk factors on our businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.  Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.  In addition, we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this press release.

SOURCE Evolent Health, Inc.