UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

(Amendment No. 3)

 

BENEFITFOCUS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)

 

  08180D106  
  (CUSIP Number)  

 

David Thomas, Esq.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282-2198

(212) 902-1000

 

With a copy to:

 

  Michael Levitt, Esq.  
  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP  
  601 Lexington Avenue  
  New York, NY 10022-4664  
  (212) 277-4004  
  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)
 
     
  March 5, 2019  
  (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)  

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box: ¨

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 2 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨
(b) x

3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
AF
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

567,871

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

567,871

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

567,871

12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

x
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

1.8%*

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

HC-CO

 

*       All calculations of percentage ownership in this Schedule 13D with respect to the Reporting Persons are based upon a total of 32,017,773 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of Benefitfocus, Inc. (“Benefitfocus” or the “Issuer”), outstanding as of December 31, 2018, as reported by Benefitfocus in its Prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2019.

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 3 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
WC; AF  
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
x
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

567,871

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

567,871

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
567,871
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.8%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
BD-IA

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 4 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI PARALLEL, L.P.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
WC
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

62,666

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

62,666

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
62,666
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.2%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
PN

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 5 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GS ADVISORS VI, L.L.C.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
AF
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

62,666

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

62,666

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
62,666
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.2%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 6 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI OFFSHORE FUND, L.P

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
WC
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

189,553

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

189,553

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
189,553
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.6%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
PN

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 7 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GSCP VI OFFSHORE ADVISORS, L.L.C.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
AF
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

189,553

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

189,553

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
189,553
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.6%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 8 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
WC
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED  
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

227,892

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

227,892

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
227,892
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.7%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
PN

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 9 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GSCP VI ADVISORS, L.L.C.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
AF
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

227,892

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

227,892

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
227,892
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.7%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 10 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GMBH & CO. KG

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
WC
5

CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Germany

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

8,100

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

8,100

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,100
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.0%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
PN

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No.  08180D106   Page 11 of 26

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GOLDMAN, SACHS MANAGEMENT GP GMBH

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) x
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
AF
5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Germany

NUMBER OF
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
8

SHARED VOTING POWER

8,100

OWNED BY
EACH
9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

REPORTING
PERSON WITH
10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

8,100

11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,100
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES x
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.0%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

 

 

This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements certain information in the Schedule 13D filed on March 6, 2015, as amended by the Schedule 13D/A filed on August 13, 2015 and the Schedule 13D/A filed on May 29, 2018 (the “Original 13D” and, together with this Amendment No. 3, the “Schedule 13D”) on behalf of THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (“GS Group”); GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”); GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI PARALLEL, L.P. (“GS Parallel”); GS ADVISORS VI, L.L.C. (“GS Advisors”); GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI OFFSHORE FUND, L.P. (“GS Offshore”); GSCP VI OFFSHORE ADVISORS, L.L.C. (“GSCP Offshore Advisors”); GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P. (“GS Capital”); GSCP VI ADVISORS, L.L.C. (“GSCP Advisors”); GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GMBH & CO. KG (“GS Germany”); and GOLDMAN, SACHS MANAGEMENT GP GMBH (“GS GMBH”, together with the foregoing entities, the “Reporting Persons”). GS Parallel, GS Germany, GS Capital, and GS Offshore are collectively referred to herein as the “GS Investors”.

 

Except as set forth below, all Items of the Schedule 13D remain unchanged. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original 13D.

 

ITEM 2.IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND

 

Item 2 of the Original 13D is hereby amended by replacing in their entirety Schedules I, II-A, II-B and II-C, incorporated therein by reference, with Schedules I, II-A, II-B, and II-C hereto, respectively, which Schedules I, II-A, II-B and II-C are incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 4.PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

 

Item 4 of the Original 13D is hereby amended by adding the following immediately before the final two paragraphs thereof:

 

“Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated February 28, 2019 (the “February 2019 Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, the GS Investors, Mercer LLC (“Mercer”) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the GS Investors and the GS Investors agreed to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 3,254,735 Shares at a price of $46.8025 per share (the “2019 Sale”). In addition, pursuant to the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement, the GS Investors granted the Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 488,211 shares for 30 days following the date of the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement at the same price.

 

The February 2019 Underwriting Agreement contains standard terms and conditions for a public offering including customary representations and warranties and indemnity provisions. The 2019 Sale was consummated on March 5, 2019.

 

Pursuant to the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement, the GS Investors signed a lock-up agreement pursuant to which they agreed that, subject to specified exceptions, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, each GS Investor will not, during the period ending 30 days after the date of the final prospectus: (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any Shares, or any options or warrants to purchase any Shares, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Shares, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the GS Investor (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the GS Investor has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively, the “Lock-Up Shares”), or publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing; or (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Lock-Up Shares (including without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of put or call option or any other right with respect to any of the Lock-Up Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such shares).

 

 

 

The foregoing description of the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement and the lock-up agreement is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the complete text of the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2019, and the lock-up agreement filed as Exhibit 7.08 hereto.”

 

ITEM 5.INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

 

Item 5 of the Original 13D is hereby amended as follows:

 

(i) In connection with the 2019 Sale, Subsection (a) of Item 5 of the Original 13D is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“In its Prospectus filed with the SEC on March 1, 2019, Benefitfocus reported that as of December 31, 2018, 32,017,773 Shares were outstanding.

 

As of March 5, 2019, GS Group and Goldman Sachs may each be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 567,871 Shares, representing approximately 1.8% of the outstanding Shares. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of Shares held in client accounts with respect to which GS Group or a wholly-owned subsidiary has investment discretion.

 

As of March 5, 2019, GS Parallel and GS Advisors may each be deemed to beneficially own 62,666 Shares, representing approximately 0.2% of the outstanding Shares.

 

As of March 5, 2019, GS Offshore and GSCP Offshore Advisors may each be deemed to beneficially own 189,553 Shares, representing approximately 0.6% of the outstanding Shares.

 

As of March 5, 2019, GS Capital and GSCP Advisors may each be deemed to beneficially own 227,892 Shares, representing approximately 0.7% of the outstanding Shares.

 

As of March 5, 2019, GS Germany and GS GMBH may each be deemed to beneficially own 8,100 Shares, representing approximately 0.0% of the outstanding Shares.

 

In accordance with the SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998) (the “Release”), this filing reflects the securities beneficially owned by certain operating units (collectively, the “Goldman Sachs Reporting Units”) of GS Group and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “GSG”). This filing does not reflect securities, if any, beneficially owned by any operating units of GSG whose ownership of securities is disaggregated from that of the Goldman Sachs Reporting Units in accordance with the Release. The Goldman Sachs Reporting Units disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by (i) any client accounts with respect to which the Goldman Sachs Reporting Units or their employees have voting or investment discretion or both, or with respect to which there are limits on their voting or investment authority or both and (ii) certain investment entities of which the Goldman Sachs Reporting Units act as the general partner, managing general partner or other manager, to the extent interests in such entities are held by persons other than the Goldman Sachs Reporting Units.

 

As described below, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be members of a “group” with Mercer, Mason R. Holland, Jr. (“Holland”), and Shawn Jenkins (“Jenkins”). Based on the Company’s Prospectus filed with the SEC on March 1, 2019, as of February 28, 2019, Mercer beneficially owned 2,817,526 Shares and, following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement, as of March 5, 2019, Mercer beneficially owned 367,503 Shares. Based on the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 20, 2018, as of April 9, 2018, each of Holland and Jenkins beneficially owns 2,672,489 and 2,749,104 Shares, respectively. Accordingly, after the 2019 Sale, each of Mercer, Holland, Jenkins and the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 6,356,967 Shares, representing beneficial ownership of approximately 19.9% of the Shares. In addition, each of Holland, Jenkins and the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 5,989,464 Shares, representing beneficial ownership of approximately 18.7% of the Shares.

 

 

 

None of the Reporting Persons or, to the knowledge of any of the Reporting Persons, any of the persons listed on Schedules I, II-A, II-B, or II-C hereto may be deemed to beneficially own any Shares other than as set forth herein.

 

(ii) Subsection (b) of Item 5 of the Original 13D is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“Each Reporting Person shares the power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of Shares beneficially owned by such Reporting Person as indicated herein.

 

The ownership of Shares reported herein for the Reporting Persons does not include any of the Shares beneficially owned by the other parties to the ROFO Agreement (as defined and described in Item 6 below). As a result of the ROFO Agreement, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be members of a “group” with Holland, Jenkins and Mercer for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 13(g) under the Act. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims the existence of a “group” with any of Holland, Jenkins or Mercer and disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the Shares beneficially owned by such persons. Following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the February 2019 Underwriting Agreement, as of March 5, 2019, Mercer and its affiliates beneficially owned 367,503 Shares, representing 1.1% of the outstanding Shares. If Mercer and its affiliates beneficially own less than 5% of the outstanding Shares for a period of at least forty-five (45) consecutive calendar days the ROFO Agreement will automatically terminate in accordance with its terms. Upon the termination of the ROFO Agreement, the Reporting Persons will no longer be deemed to be members of a “group” with Holland, Jenkins and Mercer.”

 

(iii) Subsection (c) of Item 5 of the Original 13D is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“Except as set forth in Schedule IV hereto, or as otherwise described herein, no transactions in the Shares were effected by the Reporting Persons or, to the knowledge of any of the Reporting Persons, any of the persons listed on Schedules I, II-A, II-B, or II-C hereto, during the period from January 4, 2019 to March 5, 2019.”

 

(iv) Subsection (e) of Item 5 of the Original 13D is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“As of March 5, 2019, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares.”

 

ITEM 7.MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

 

Item 7 is hereby amended by adding the following exhibits in appropriate numerical order

 

7.07Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2019, by and among Benefitfocus, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters, and the selling stockholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2019).

 

7.08Lock-Up Agreement of the GS Investors, dated as of February 26, 2019.

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: March 8, 2019

 

  THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:    Attorney-in-fact

 

  GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
     
  By: /s/Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P.
     
  By: 

GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C.

its General Partner

 
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GSCP VI ADVISORS, L.L.C.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI OFFSHORE FUND, L.P.
     
  By:

GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C.

its General Partner

     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

 

 

  GSCP VI OFFSHORE ADVISORS, L.L.C.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GMBH & CO. KG
     
  By:

GS Advisors VI, L.L.C.

its Managing Limited Partner

     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GOLDMAN, SACHS MANAGEMENT GP GMBH
     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI PARALLEL, L.P.
     
  By:

GS Advisors VI, L.L.C.

its General Partner

     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

  GS ADVISORS VI, L.L.C.
     
  By: /s/ Kevin P. Treanor
    Name: Kevin P. Treanor
    Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

The name of each director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is set forth below.

 

The business address of each person listed below is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282.

 

Each person is a citizen of the United States of America except for Lakshmi N. Mittal, who is a citizen of India, Mark O. Winkelman, who is a citizen of the Netherlands, and Adebayo O. Ogunlesi is also a citizen of Nigeria. The present principal occupation or employment of each of the listed persons is set forth below.

 

Name Present Principal Occupation
   
David M. Solomon Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
M. Michele Burns  Former Chairman and CEO, Mercer LLC; Former CFO of each of:  Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Mirant Corp. and Delta Air Lines, Inc. 
   
Drew G. Faust Professor and Former President of Harvard University
   
Mark A. Flaherty  Former Vice Chairman, Wellington Management Company 
   
William W. George  Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School and Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc. 
   
James A. Johnson  Chairman of Johnson Capital Partners 
   
Ellen J. Kullman Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont
   
Lakshmi N. Mittal  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal S.A.
   
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi  Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners 
   
Peter Oppenheimer Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apple, Inc.
   
Jan E. Tighe Former Vice Admiral, United States Navy
   
David A. Viniar  Former Chief Financial Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
Mark O. Winkelman  Private Investor

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II-A

 

The name, position and present principal occupation of each executive officer of (i) GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C., the sole general partner of GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. and the sole managing limited partner of GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG; (ii) GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C., the sole general partner of GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P.; and (iii) GS Advisors VI, L.L.C., the sole general partner of GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P. are set forth below.

 

The business address for all the executive officers listed below is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, except as follows: The business address of each of Philippe Camu, Martin A. Hintze, James H. Reynolds, Andrew E. Wolff, Matteo Botto Poala, Michael Bruun, Tim Campbell, Mike Ebeling, Matthias Hieber, Emilie Railhac, Michele Titi-Cappelli, Penny McSpadden and Maximilliano Ramirez-Espain is Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, England. The business address of each of Stephanie Hui, Xiang Fan, Michael Hui, Jay Hyun Lee and Joanne Xu is Cheung Kong Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address of each of Joseph P. DiSabato and David Campbell is 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. The business address of Julianne Ramming and Clayton Wilmer is 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800, Dallas, TX 75201. The business address of Amit Raje and Lavanya Ashok is Rational House, 951-A, Appasaheb Marathe Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025, India. The business address of Bin Zhu is Winland International Center, 7 Finance Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100033, People's Republic of China. The business address of each of Mitchell S. Weiss, Jason Levesque and Mark G. Riemann is 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-4699. The business address of Yuji Matsumoto is Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 47th floor, 10-1 Roppongi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6147 Japan. The business address of Cristiano Camargo is Rua Leopoldo Couto Magalhaes Junior 700, 16 andar, Itaimi Bibi, 04542-000 Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil.

 

All executive officers listed below are United States citizens, except as follows: James H. Reynolds and Emilie Railhac are citizens of France; Adrian M. Jones is a citizen of Ireland; Martin Hintze, Mike Ebeling and Oliver Thym are citizens of Germany; Anthony Arnold, Tim Campbell and Stephanie Hui are citizens of the United Kingdom; Philippe Camu is a citizen of Belgium; Matteo Botto Poala and Michele Titi-Cappelli are citizens of Italy; Lavanya Ashok, Harsh Nanda and Amit Raje are citizens of India; David Campbell is a citizen of Australia; Maximilliano Ramirez-Espain is a citizen of Spain; Nicole Agnew is a citizen of Canada; Matthias Hieber is a citizen of Austria; Michael Bruun is a citizen of Denmark; Cristiano Camargo is a citizen of Brazil; Xiang Fan and Joanne Xu are citizens of the People's Republic of China; Michael Hui and Bin Zhu are citizens of the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong permanent residents); Yuji Matsumoto is a citizen of Japan; and Jay Hyun Lee is a citizen of the Republic of Korea.

 

Name Position Present Principal Occupation
     
Richard A. Friedman Director and President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Philippe Camu Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Thomas G. Connolly Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Joseph P. DiSabato Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli Vice President and Treasurer Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Bradley J. Gross Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Matthias Hieber Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Martin A. Hintze Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Stephanie Hui Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Adrian M. Jones Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michael E. Koester Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Scott Lebovitz Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Yuji Matsumoto Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Japan, Co., Ltd.
Sumit Rajpal Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
James H. Reynolds Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Ankur Sahu Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Japan, Co., Ltd.
Oliver Thym Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Andrew E. Wolff Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International

 

 

 

Name Position Present Principal Occupation
     
Nicole Agnew Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Kirsten Anthony Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Anthony Arnold Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Lavanya Ashok Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Allison Beller Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Matteo Botto Poala Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Michael Bruun Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
David Campbell Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Tim Campbell Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Cristiano Camargo Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs do Brasil Banco Múltiplo S.A.
David Castelblanco Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Christopher A. Crampton Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Mike Ebeling Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Xiang Fan Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Charles H. Gailliot Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michael Hui Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Jonathan Hunt Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Jay Hyun Lee Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Harsh Nanda Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Edward Pallesen Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Emilie Railhac Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Amit Raje Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited
Andrew Rhee Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Leonard Seevers Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Gabriella Skirnick Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michele Titi-Cappelli Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Peter Vermette Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Peter A. Weidman Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Mark Wetzel Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Joanne Xu Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Bin Zhu Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Penny McSpadden Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Maximilliano Ramirez-Espain Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Laurie E. Schmidt Vice President Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
William Y. Eng Vice President Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Susan Hodgkinson Vice President & Secretary Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Scott Kilpatrick Vice President Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Julianne Ramming Vice President Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Clayton Wilmer Vice President Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Wei Yan Vice President Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
David Thomas Vice President. Assistant Secretary & General Counsel Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Mitchell S. Weiss Vice President & Assistant Treasurer Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Jason Levesque Vice President & Assistant Treasurer Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Mark G. Riemann Vice President & Assistant Treasurer Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II-B

 

The name and principal occupation of each member of the Corporate Investment Committee of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, which exercises the authority of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in managing GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C., GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P., GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C., GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., GS Advisors VI, L.L.C., GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG, are set forth below.

 

The business address for each member listed below is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, except as follows: The business address of each of Michael Bruun, Martin A. Hintze, Matthias Hieber, James Reynolds, Michele Titi-Cappelli and Andrew E. Wolff is Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, England. The business address of Stephanie Hui and Xiang Fan is Cheung Kong Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address of Mitchell S. Weiss is 30 Hudson Street, Jersey city, NJ 07302-4699.

 

All members listed below are United States citizens, except as follows: Anthony Arnold and Stephanie Hui are citizens of the United Kingdom; James Reynolds is a citizen of France; Adrian M. Jones is a citizen of Ireland; Martin A. Hintze and Oliver Thym are citizens of Germany; Matthias Hieber is a citizen of Austria; Nicole Agnew is a citizen of Canada; Michele Tit-Cappelli is a citizen of Italy; Michael Bruun is a citizen of Denmark and Xiang Fan is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Name Present Principal Occupation
   
Richard A. Friedman Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Nicole Agnew Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Anthony Arnold Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michael Bruun Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Thomas G. Connolly Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Christopher A. Crampton Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Joe DiSabato Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Raymond Filacoma Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Xiang Fan Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Charles H. Gailliot Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Wendy Gorman Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Bradley J. Gross Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Matthias Hieber Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Martin A Hintze Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Stephanie Hui Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Adrian M. Jones Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michael E. Koester Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Scott Lebovitz Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Yael Levy Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Jo Natauri Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Sumit Rajpal Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
James Reynolds Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Michael Simpson Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
David Thomas Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michele Titi-Cappelli Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International
Oliver Thym Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Laurie Schmidt Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Mitchell S. Weiss Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Andrew E. Wolff Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II-C

 

The name, position and present principal occupation of each executive officer of Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH, the sole general partner of GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG, are set forth below.

 

The business address for Laurie E. Schmidt is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282. The business address for Michael Schramm is c/o Goldman Sachs AG, Messeturm, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlange 49, 60308 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

 

Laurie E. Schmidt is a citizen of the United States and Michael Schramm is a citizen of Germany.

 

Name Position Present Principal Occupation
     
Laurie E. Schmidt  Managing Director  Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Michael Schramm Managing Director Managing Director of Goldman Sachs AG

 

 

 

SCHEDULE IV

 

All transactions disclosed in this Schedule IV were effected by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in its capacity as an underwriter in the SEC-registered public offering of shares of common stock of Benefitfocus Inc. that closed on March 5, 2019.

 

Buy (B) / Sell (S)  Quantity   Price   Trade Date  Settlement Date
B   950    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   550    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   850    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   11,050    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,100    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   8,700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   550    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019

 

 

 

Buy (B) / Sell (S)  Quantity   Price   Trade Date  Settlement Date
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   900    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,900    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   900    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   50,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   100,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   350    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   9,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,100    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   550    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019

 

 

 

Buy (B) / Sell (S)  Quantity   Price   Trade Date  Settlement Date
S   250    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   450    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   450    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   7,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,900    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   550    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   900    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   450    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   8,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,900    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   350    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019

 

 

 

Buy (B) / Sell (S)  Quantity   Price   Trade Date  Settlement Date
S   6,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   850    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   9,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   750    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   950    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   5,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,100    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   6,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   250    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   6,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   650    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   250    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   650    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   750    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,100    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   100    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   350    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   350    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019

 

 

 

Buy (B) / Sell (S)  Quantity   Price   Trade Date  Settlement Date
S   3,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
B   164,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
B   465,000    47.3815   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   650    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   250    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,400    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   7,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   250    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   7,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   150    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   950    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   150    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   700    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   250    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   150    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   7,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   750    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   7,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   1,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   3,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,200    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,800    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   500    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   2,600    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   4,300    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019
S   6,000    48.25   3/1/2019  3/5/2019

  

 

 

Exhibit 7.08

 

Benefitfocus, Inc.

 

Lock-Up Agreement

 

February 26, 2019

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

As Representatives of the Underwriters

Under the Underwriting Agreement

(the “Representatives”)

 

Re: Benefitfocus, Inc. - Lock-Up Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in the Underwriting Agreement dated February 28, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), intend to enter into the Underwriting Agreement with Benefitfocus, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and certain selling shareholders of the Company, providing for the public offering (the “Offering”) by the Underwriters of shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”).

 

To induce the Underwriters to continue their efforts in connection with the Offering, the undersigned hereby agree that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 30 days (the “Lock-Up Period”) after the date of the final prospectus related to the Offering, the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the "Undersigned's Shares"), or publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.

 

 

 

If the undersigned has rights to require the Company to register the Undersigned’s Shares, it hereby waives them during the Lock-Up Period.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (a) to the Company if the Company exercises its right to repurchase, at any time after the termination of employment or consulting relationship by an employee or consultant for any reason, any Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of options, or (b) with the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters. Additionally, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares without the prior written consent of the Representatives (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts; (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, or if the undersigned is a trust, to its grantor or beneficiaries pursuant to its terms; (iii) as a distribution to limited partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; (iv) to another corporation, partnership or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the undersigned; (v) to the Company pursuant to the exercise of stock options for Shares that have been granted by the Company prior to, and are outstanding as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement under employee benefit plans on the terms of such plans as described in the final prospectus relating to the Offering, where the Shares received upon any such exercise are held by the undersigned, individually or as fiduciary, in accordance with the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis (which, for the avoidance of doubt shall not include “cashless” exercise programs involving a broker or other third party); or (vi) to the Company to satisfy withholding taxes for any equity award granted prior to the date of the Underwriting Agreement, such as upon exercise, vesting, lapse of substantial risk of forfeiture, or other similar taxable event, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis (which, for the avoidance of doubt shall not include “cashless” exercise programs involving a broker or other third party); provided that in the case of clauses (i) – (iv) the donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee thereof, as applicable, agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein; provided further that any such donation, distribution or transfer shall not involve a disposition for value; and provided further that in the case of clauses (i) – (iv), such transfers of Shares are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the SEC and the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

 

Furthermore, the undersigned may (i) sell Shares purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Offering if and only if (a) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the SEC and (b) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales; (ii) establish a trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, relating to the sale of securities of the Company, provided that the securities subject to such plan may not be sold until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and provided further that the establishment of such plan will not result in any public filing or other public announcement of such plan by the undersigned or the Company during the Lock-Up Period; and (iii) exercise an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under any stock incentive plan of the Company described in the final prospectus used to sell the Shares, provided that any shares of Common Stock received as a result of such exercises shall be subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to any Shares sold by the undersigned to the Underwriters in the Offering. The undersigned understands that if (i) the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective on or before March 12, 2019, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, (iii) the Company advises the Underwriters or the Underwriters advise the Company in writing prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has (or they have) determined to abandon or withdraw or not to proceed with the Offering or (iv) the registration statement for the Offering is withdrawn from the SEC, then this Lock-Up Agreement will terminate and the undersigned will be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lock-Up Agreement.

 

 

 

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and its affiliates, other than the undersigned, may engage in underwriting, brokerage, investment advisory, financial advisory, anti-raid advisory, merger advisory, financing, asset management, trading, market making, hedging, arbitrage, principal investing and other similar activities conducted in the ordinary course of its or its affiliates’ businesses.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

  

  Very truly yours,
   
  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P.
  By: GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C.
  its General Partner
   
  /s/ William Y. Eng
  Name: William Y. Eng
 

Title: Vice President

 

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI OFFSHORE FUND, L.P.
  By: GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C.
  its General Partner
   
  /s/ William Y. Eng
  Name: William Y. Eng
 

Title: Vice President

   

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GMBH & CO. KG
  By: GS Advisors VI, L.L.C.
  its Managing Limited Partner
   
  /s/ William Y. Eng
  Name: William Y. Eng
 

Title: Vice President

 

  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI PARALLEL, L.P.
  By: GS Advisors VI, L.L.C.
  its General Partner
   
  /s/ William Y. Eng
  Name: William Y. Eng
 

Title: Vice President