Exhibit 2.1
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY QLT INC.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY
AND AMONG
QLT INC.
3088923, INC.
FORSIGHT NEWCO II, INC.
AND
THE STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVES
Dated as of
October 8, 2007
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1. Definitions |
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Section 1.1 |
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Certain
Definitions
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Section 1.2 |
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Terms Defined
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2. The Merger |
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Section 2.1 |
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The Merger
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Section 2.2 |
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Closing
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Section 2.3 |
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Effect of the
Merger
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Section 2.4 |
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Certificate of
Incorporation; Bylaws
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Section 2.5 |
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Directors and
Officers of the Surviving Corporation
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3. Conversion of Securities; Escrow;
Exchange of Certificates |
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Section 3.1 |
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Conversion of
Securities
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Section 3.2 |
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Escrow
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Section 3.3 |
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Exchange of
Certificates
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Section 3.4 |
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Stock Transfer
Books
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Section 3.5 |
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Development
Obligations
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Section 3.6 |
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Additional
Payments
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Section 3.7 |
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Closing
Deliveries
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4. Representations and Warranties of
the Company |
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Section 4.1 |
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Organization,
Standing and Corporate Power
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Section 4.2 |
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Subsidiaries;
Investments
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Section 4.3 |
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Capital Structure;
Stockholder List
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Section 4.4 |
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Authority
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Section 4.5 |
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Noncontravention
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Section 4.6 |
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Corporate
Records
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Section 4.7 |
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Financial
Statements
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Section 4.8 |
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No Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Section 4.9 |
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Absence of Certain
Changes or Events
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Section 4.10 |
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Accounts
Receivable
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Section 4.11 |
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Indebtedness
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Section 4.12 |
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Litigation
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Section 4.13 |
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Contracts
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Section 4.14 |
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Compliance with
Laws; Permits
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Section 4.15 |
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Employee Benefit
Plans
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Section 4.16 |
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Labor and Other
Employment Matters
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Section 4.17 |
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Taxes
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Section 4.18 |
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Environmental
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Section 4.19 |
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Properties
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Section 4.20 |
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Intellectual
Property
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Section 4.21 |
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Regulatory
Compliance
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Section 4.22 |
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Insurance
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Section 4.23 |
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Brokers; Advisory
Fees
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Section 4.24 |
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Disclosure
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Section 4.25 |
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Certain
Payments
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5. Representations and Warranties of
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Section 5.1 |
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Organization,
Standing and Corporate Power
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Section 5.2 |
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Authority
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Section 5.3 |
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Noncontravention
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Section 5.4 |
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Brokers
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Section 5.5 |
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Financing
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Section 5.6 |
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Performance
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6. Covenants |
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Section 6.1 |
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Conduct of
Business by the Company
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7. Additional Agreements |
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Section 7.1 |
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Access to
Information; Confidentiality
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Section 7.2 |
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Appropriate
Action; Consents; Filings
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Section 7.3 |
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Certain
Notices
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Section 7.4 |
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Public
Announcements
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Section 7.5 |
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Transition
Services
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Section 7.6 |
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Facility
Rental
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Section 7.7 |
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Tax Matters
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Section 7.8 |
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Continuing
Employees’ Salary and Benefits
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Section 7.9 |
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Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
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Closing Date
Financial Statements
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Section 7.11 |
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Post-Closing
Enforcement of IP-Related Agreements
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8. Closing Conditions |
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Section 8.1 |
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Conditions to Each
Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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Section 8.2 |
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Conditions to
Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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Section 8.3 |
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Conditions to
Obligation of the Company
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9. Termination, Amendment and
Waiver |
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Section 9.1 |
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Termination
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Section 9.2 |
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Effect of
Termination
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Section 9.3 |
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Amendment
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Section 9.4 |
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Waiver
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10. Indemnification |
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Section 10.1 |
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Indemnification.
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Section 10.2 |
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Limitations on
Indemnification
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Section 10.3 |
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Method of
Asserting Claims
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Section 10.4 |
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Waiver
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Section 10.5 |
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Exclusive
Remedy
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Section 10.6 |
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Survival of
Representations and Covenants of the Closing Securityholders
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Section 10.7 |
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Survival of
Representations and Covenants of Parent, Merger Sub and the
Surviving Corporation
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11. The Stockholders
Representatives |
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Section 11.1 |
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Appointment and
Duties of the Stockholders Representatives
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Section 11.2 |
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Resignation or
Removal of the Stockholders Representatives
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Section 11.3 |
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Representative
Reimbursement Amount
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12. General Provisions |
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Section 12.1 |
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Notices
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Section 12.2 |
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Interpretation
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Section 12.3 |
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Severability
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Section 12.4 |
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Entire
Agreement
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Section 12.5 |
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Assignment
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Section 12.6 |
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Parties in
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Section 12.7 |
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Mutual
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Governing
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Section 12.9 |
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Enforcement
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Section 12.10 |
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Third Party
Beneficiary Rights
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Section 12.11 |
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Force
Majeure
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Section 12.12 |
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Disclosure
Schedules
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Section 12.13 |
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Days
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Section 12.14 |
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Reasonable Consent
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Section 12.15 |
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Counterparts
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Exhibit A - |
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Form of Escrow
Agreement
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Exhibit B - |
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Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
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Exhibit C - |
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Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company
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Exhibit D - |
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Form of Consulting
Agreement
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D-1 |
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Exhibit E - |
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Form of Assignment
Agreement
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E-1 |
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Schedule 1.1(a) |
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Schedule 3.6(a) |
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Schedule 6.1 |
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Company Disclosure Schedules |
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Parent Disclosure Schedules |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER,
dated as of October 8, 2007 (this “ Agreement
”), is entered into by and among QLT Inc., a company
incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia
(“ Parent ”), 3088923, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
(“ Merger Sub ”), ForSight Newco II, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and the
individuals named in Section 11.1 as the Stockholders
Representatives (the “ Stockholders Representatives
”), solely for purposes of the provisions hereof which
specifically refer to the Stockholders Representatives. Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company are sometimes referred to herein
individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as
the “ Parties .”
WHEREAS, Parent (through Merger Sub)
desires to acquire all of the businesses operated by the Company by
the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the
Company as the surviving corporation, pursuant to which each share
of Company Stock (as defined herein) issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined herein) will be
converted into the right to receive that portion of the Merger
Consideration (as defined herein) and Additional Payments (as
defined herein) distributable in respect of each such share as more
fully set forth in this Agreement (the “ Merger
”); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors (or a
duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) of each of
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company has determined that the Merger,
in the manner set forth in this Agreement, is advisable and in the
best interests of the stockholders of such corporation and, by
resolutions duly adopted, has approved and adopted this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual promises set forth herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the
term:
(a) “
Additional Product ” means any product using a
[**] that delivers an active pharmaceutical ingredient other
than the active pharmaceutical ingredient identified in Schedule
1.1(a) hereto.
(b)
“Affiliate ” of any Person means another Person
that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
first Person.
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ANDA ” means abbreviated new drug application.
(d) “
BLA ” means biologics license application.
(e) “
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or any other day that is a legal holiday in the State of
California or is a day on which banking institutions in such state
are required or authorized by Law or other governmental action to
close.
(f) “
CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended as of
the date hereof.
(g) “
Change of Control Bonus Agreements ” means those
certain Change of Control Bonus Agreements, dated
September 10, 2007, by and between the Company and each of
[**] , which provide for the payment of [**] in the
aggregate to such individuals out of the Initial Net Proceeds (as
such term is defined in the Change of Control Bonus
Agreement).
(h) “
Claims ” means any and all actions, losses, damages,
liabilities, claims, obligations, awards, judgments, assessments,
fines, sanctions, penalties, charges, costs, expenses and payments,
all interest thereon, all costs and expenses of investigating any
claim, lawsuit, arbitration, mediation or other proceeding and any
appeal therefrom, all reasonable legal, accountants and witness
fees incurred in connection therewith, whether or not such claim,
lawsuit, arbitration, mediation or other proceeding is ultimately
defeated and all amounts paid incident to any compromise or
settlement of any such claim, lawsuit, arbitration, mediation or
other proceeding.
(i) “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(j) “
Commercialize ” includes, with respect to the licenses
that may be granted as described in Section 3.5, the right to
make and have made the applicable Company Product(s) and components
thereof, but only to the extent such rights exist under the Company
Intellectual Property.
(k) “
Commercially Reasonable Efforts ” means those efforts
and resources normally devoted by a similarly situated
biopharmaceutical company to its own programs and pharmaceutical
products of similar potential and having similar commercial
advantages and disadvantages as the Company Products, taking into
account all relevant commercial, technical and medical factors such
as (but not limited to): (i) the Intellectual Property
landscape, including intellectual property rights of third parties,
(ii) technical, scientific and clinical results and
developments, (iii) the competitive landscape and maturity of
the marketplace, including the dominant position of competing
products (which may make it illogical or impracticable to develop
or commercialize for a particular country or countries or for
particular indications) and the effects of off-label sales of other
formulations and products, (iv) the regulatory framework and
hurdles, (v) pricing and reimbursement issues, and
(vi) cost of goods.
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(l) “
Company Patents ” means (i) all patent
applications (including utility applications filed claiming
inventions disclosed in invention disclosures and provisional
applications) owned or controlled by the Company filed or generated
on or before the Closing Date (including all those disclosed on
Section 4.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule),
(ii) all divisionals, continuations, continuations in part
(but, with respect to such continuations in part, only to the
extent it claims and is entitled to the benefit of priority to any
application or disclosure described in clause (i)), continued
prosecution applications or patents of addition or substitution
with respect to the foregoing, (iii) all foreign equivalents
of the applications described in (i) or (ii), and (iv) all
patents issuing on any of the applications described in clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) anywhere in the world, together with
registrations, renewals, reissues, reexaminations or extensions of
any kind with respect to any of such patents.
(m) “
Company Product ” means individually and collectively
the First Product and/or any Additional Product.
(n) “
Company’s Technology ” means the sustained drug
delivery methods and devices, including the New Plug, designed or
developed by or for the Company, ForSight and/or Foundry that
utilize a device to be placed in a punctum or tear duct from which
one or more pharmaceutical preparations can be topically delivered
to the tear film of the eye for the treatment of an ocular
condition.
(o) “
Confidential Information ” means any and all
information of a Party relating to any trade secret,
specifications, testing, packaging, labeling, manufacturing,
development, books and records, data, process, method, compound,
research project, work in process, future development, scientific,
engineering, marketing, sales, business plan, financial or
personnel matter relating to the disclosing Party, its present or
future products, sales, suppliers, customers, employees, investors,
technology or business, whether in oral, written, graphic or
electronic form, as well as the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, those set forth in
Sections 3.5 and 3.6. Confidential Information shall not
include any information that the receiving Party can prove by
competent evidence:
(i) is
now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on the
part of the receiving Party, generally known or available;
(ii) is
known by the receiving Party at the time of receiving such
information, as evidenced by its written records maintained in the
ordinary course of business;
(iii) is
hereafter furnished to the receiving Party by an unaffiliated third
party, as a matter of right and without restriction on
disclosure;
(iv) is
independently developed by the receiving Party, as evidenced by its
written records maintained in the ordinary course of business,
without knowledge of, and without the aid, application or use of,
the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or
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(v) is
the subject of a written permission to disclose provided by the
disclosing Party.
(p) “
Contracts ” means any of the agreements, contracts,
leases, powers of attorney, notes, loans, evidence of Indebtedness,
letters of credit, settlement agreements, franchise agreements,
undertakings, covenants not to compete, employment agreements,
licenses, instruments, obligations, commitments, binding purchase
and sales orders and other executory commitments to which either
Party is a party or to which any of the assets of either Party are
subject, whether oral or written, express or implied.
(q) “
control ” (including the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) means, with
respect to the relationship of one Person to another Person, the
possession by the first Person, directly or indirectly or as
trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management or policies of the second Person, whether through
the ownership of securities or as trustee or executor, by Contract
or credit arrangement or otherwise.
(r) “
cover ” means: (i) with respect to any Company
Patent, the manufacture, use, sale, offering for sale, importation,
exportation or other exploitation of the device, process or other
product or service in question would infringe a Valid Claim at the
time thereof, or (ii) with respect to any other patent or
patent application, the manufacture, use, sale, offering for sale,
importation, exportation or other exploitation of the device,
process or other product or service in question would infringe a
claim of such an issued patent (or of such a patent application if
such claim were issued as such as then prosecuted) at the time
thereof.
(s) “
delivered ” or “ made available ”
(or words of similar import) shall include all documents and
materials made available in the Company’s data room.
(t) “
Environmental Laws ” means any Law relating to the
pollution, protection, investigation or restoration of the
environment, health and safety as affected by the environment or
natural resources, including those relating to the Release or
threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or otherwise relating to
the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
handling, presence, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal or
discharge of Hazardous Materials or noise, odor, wetlands,
pollution or contamination.
(u) “
Environmental Permits ” means any permit, approval,
identification number, license and other authorization required
under any applicable Environmental Law.
(v) “
Escrow Account ” means the escrow established into
which the Escrow Amount shall be deposited as security for the
indemnification obligations set forth in
Section 10.1(a).
(w) “
Escrow Agent ” means U.S. Bank, National
Association.
(x) “
Escrow Agreement ” means the form of escrow agreement
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
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(y) “
Escrow Amount ” means Four Million Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($4,200,000), together with earnings
thereon.
(z) “
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(aa) “
FDA ” means the U.S. Federal Food and Drug
Administration.
(bb) “
Filed Parent SEC Filings ” means all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including
exhibits and other information incorporated therein) filed by
Parent with the SEC and publicly available prior to the date of
this Agreement.
(cc) “
First Commercial Sale ” means, with respect to the
First Product or the Additional Product, as applicable, the first
sale of such product following applicable and required governmental
marketing approval or governmental clearance for marketing thereof
to an unaffiliated third party in an arms’ length
transaction.
(dd) “
First Product ” means any product using the
[**] to deliver the active pharmaceutical ingredient
identified in Schedule 1.1(a) hereto.
(ee) “
ForSight ” means ForSight Labs, LLC, a California
limited liability company.
(ff) “
Foundry ” means The Foundry, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
(gg) “
group ” is defined as in the Exchange Act, except
where the context otherwise requires.
(hh) “
Hazardous Materials ” means (i) any petroleum,
petroleum products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive
materials, asbestos-containing materials or polychlorinated
biphenyls or (ii) any chemical, material or other substance
defined or regulated as toxic or hazardous or as a pollutant or
contaminant or waste under any applicable Environmental Law.
(ii) “
Indebtedness ” means any and all indebtedness of the
Company (including any accrued interest and any prepayment premiums
or termination fees with respect thereto) for borrowed money, which
shall include financial instruments of indenture or security
interest (typically interest-bearing) such as notes, mortgages,
loans and lines of credit (but not including letters of credit),
capital lease obligations and deferred purchase price obligations
or reimbursement obligations to lenders, less cash and cash
equivalents.
(jj) “
Intellectual Property ” means collectively, all
industrial and intellectual property rights anywhere in the world,
including patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
registrations and applications therefor, trade dress rights, trade
names, service marks, service mark registrations and applications
therefor, Internet domain names, Internet and World Wide Web URLs
or addresses and registrations and applications therefor,
copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor,
trade secret rights, rights in know-how and Confidential
Information and any rights in, to or under any of the
foregoing.
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(kk) “
Knowledge ” of (i) the Company means the actual
knowledge of the persons listed in respect of the Company, ForSight
and Foundry in Section 1.1(kk) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, in each case after having reviewed with Company counsel
the representations and warranties set forth in Article 4
hereof and after having conferred with his or her direct reports
who would reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the matters
set forth in such representations and warranties, and
(ii) Parent means the actual knowledge of persons listed in
respect of Parent in Section 1.1(kk) of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule, in each case after having reviewed with Parent counsel
the representations and warranties set forth in Article 5
hereof and after having conferred with his or her direct reports
who would reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the matters
set forth in such representations and warranties.
(ll) “
Law ” means any federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign (including Canadian, federal and provincial),
international, multinational or other administrative order,
constitution, law, ordinance, rule, guidance, principle of common
law, regulation, statute or treaty, including the federal Food Drug
and Cosmetic Act and its implementing regulations.
(mm) “
LIBOR ” means the British Bankers Association LIBOR
Rates for deposits in United States dollars for ninety
(90) days as reported as such on Telerate Page 3750 (or any
successor page) published by Bridge Information Systems, Inc. on
the last day of the calendar quarter in which LIBOR is required to
be determined pursuant to this Agreement, or, if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day.
(nn) “
Losses ” means all damages, awards, judgments,
assessments, fines, sanctions, penalties, charges, costs, expenses,
payments, all interest thereon, all costs and expenses of
investigating any claim, lawsuit or arbitration and any appeal
therefrom, all reasonable attorneys’, accountants’,
investment bankers’ and expert witness’ fees incurred
in connection therewith, whether or not such claim, lawsuit or
arbitration is ultimately defeated and all amounts paid incident to
any compromise or settlement of any such claim, lawsuit or
arbitration (less any insurance proceeds actually received by the
Company or its successor from insurance policies maintained by the
Company on or prior to Closing attributable to any of the
foregoing, net of any related deductible paid by a Parent
Indemnified Party and not otherwise reimbursed to such party by the
Closing Securityholders pursuant to Article 10);
provided , however , that notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, in no event shall “Losses”
include any punitive, special, exemplary or consequential damages
(other than punitive, incidental, special, exemplary or
consequential damages which are paid to third parties), damages for
diminution in value of the Company, damages computed on a multiple
of earning or damages computed on a similar basis, such as lost
profits.
(oo) “
Major Market(s) ” means the [**] .
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(pp) “
Material Adverse Effect ”, as used with respect to the
Company or Parent, as the case may be, means any change, effect,
event, occurrence, state of facts or development which individually
or in the aggregate with all other adverse changes, effects,
events, occurrences, states of facts or developments: (i) is
materially adverse to the business, financial condition, assets,
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or results of operations of
such entity, in each case taken as a whole, or (ii) is or
would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede or
delay the consummation by such entity of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided ,
however , none of the following shall be deemed, either
alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following
shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been
or will be, a Material Adverse Effect: any adverse change, effect,
event, occurrence, state of facts or development (A)(1) in
Canadian, United States or global financial or securities markets
or the Canadian, United States or global economy in general,
including any fluctuation, in and of itself, in the price of the
common shares of Parent or the shares of Company Stock, as the case
may be (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving
rise or contributing to such fluctuation may be deemed to
constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there
has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect), (2) in the
biopharmaceutical industry in general, or (3) in Laws of
general applicability (or interpretations thereof by Governmental
Entities), in each case to the extent that the effects thereof do
not materially disproportionately impact the Company or Parent, as
the case may be; (B) relating to the execution or public
announcement of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, or any actions or omissions taken as required in this
Agreement; (C) arising from changes in GAAP or regulatory
accounting requirements; and (D) resulting from actions,
recommendations or decisions of the FDA with respect to NDAs, BLAs,
ANDAs or sNDAs of the Company, Parent or any of their respective
actual or potential competitors.
(qq) “
Nasdaq ” means the Nasdaq Stock Market.
(rr) “
NDA ” means new drug application.
(ss) “
Net Sales ” means the gross amount invoiced by or
under the authority of Parent or its Affiliate (or by any of their
respective licensees and sublicensees of Company Products) for the
sale of Company Products to third parties, less amounts for the
following customary deductions: (i) normal trade discounts,
rebates, and government-required discounts and allowances
(including Medicaid rebates, institutional rebates, quantity and
volume discounts, chargebacks, retroactive price adjustments,
inventory management fees and other reductions, concessions and
allowances that effectively reduce the selling price),
(ii) credits and allowances for returns, (iii) actual
costs of insurance, transportation, storage and Taxes, and
(iv) import and export duties. Amounts invoiced among Parent
and its Affiliates or between them and any third-party licensees or
distributors for quantities of Company Products for use in clinical
trials, compassionate use, promotional purposes or (except with
respect to distributors) for resale shall not be included in the
calculation of Net Sales; provided in the event of resale (other
than to distributors), amounts invoiced by such Affiliate or
third-party licensee upon such resale to third parties shall be
included in Net Sales.
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(tt) “
New Plug ” means any device covered by a Valid Claim
of the Company Patents which is placed in a punctum or a tear duct
from which one or more pharmaceutical preparations can be topically
delivered to the tear film of the eye, [**] ; provided,
however , that “New Plug” includes any device
covered by a Valid Claim of the Company Patents that is combined
with the [**] .
(uu) “
Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for Taxes,
assessments or similar charges incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice that are not yet due and
payable or are being contested in good faith; (ii) pledges or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice; (iii) Liens of mechanics, materialmen,
warehousemen or other like Liens securing obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that
are not yet due and payable or are being contested in good faith;
(iv) Liens incurred in connection with capital leases and
purchase money financings solely with respect to properties so
financed; and (v) similar Liens and encumbrances which are
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from
the value of such assets or properties or materially impair the use
thereof in the operation of such business.
(vv) “
Person ” means an individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
(ww) “
Release ” means any release, spill, emission,
discharge, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, injection, deposit,
disposal, dispersal, leaching or migration of Hazardous Materials
(including without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground
water and surface or subsurface strata).
(xx) “
SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(yy) “
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(zz) “
sNDA ” means supplemental new drug application.
(aaa) “
Subsidiary ” or “ Subsidiaries ” of
any Person means, with respect to such Person, any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such
Person (either alone or through or together with any other
subsidiary), owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or
more of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which
are generally entitled to vote for the election of the Board of
Directors or other governing body of such corporation or other
legal entity.
(bbb) “
Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means all taxes
of whatever kind or nature, including those on or measured by or
referred to as income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem,
franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, value added,
property or windfall profits taxes, customs, duties or other
similar fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever
(together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or
additional amounts with respect to the foregoing), whether disputed
or not, imposed by any Governmental Entity.
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(ccc) “
Tax Return ” means any report, return (including
information return), claim for refund, or statement relating to
Taxes filed or required to be filed with any Tax authority
(domestic or foreign), including any schedule or attachment
thereto, and including any amendments thereof.
(ddd) “
Treasury Regulations ” means the United States
Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.
(eee) “
Valid Claim ” means a claim of an issued and unexpired
patent, or a pending claim of a patent application that is being
prosecuted, that has not been held un-patentable, invalid or
unenforceable by a court or other government agency of competent
jurisdiction or has not been admitted to be invalid or
unenforceable through reissue, re-examination, disclaimer or
otherwise; provided , however , that if the holding
of such court or agency is later reversed by a court or agency with
overriding authority, the claim shall be reinstated as a Valid
Claim after the date of such reversal; and further provided that
such pending claim of a patent application has not been pending for
more than [**] after the date on which it was first
filed.
Section 1.2
Terms Defined Elsewhere . The following terms are defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, as indicated below:
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| “Agreement” |
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Preamble |
| “Appraisal Shares” |
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Section 3.1(d) |
| “Assignment
Agreement” |
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Section 8.2(c) |
| “Biologic” |
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Section 4.21(a) |
| “California Code” |
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Section 3.1(d) |
| “Certificate” |
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Section 3.1(a)(ii) |
| “Certificate of
Merger” |
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Section 2.2 |
| “Claim Notice” |
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Section 10.3(d)(i) |
| “Closing” |
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Section 2.2 |
| “Closing Date” |
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Section 2.2 |
| “Closing Date Financial
Statements” |
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Section 7.10 |
| “Closing Securityholder
Fraud” |
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Section 10.1(a) |
| “Closing
Securityholders” |
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Section 3.2 |
| “Company” |
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Preamble |
| “Company Benefit
Plan” |
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Section 4.15 |
| “Company Bylaws” |
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Section 4.1 |
| “Company Certificate of
Incorporation” |
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Section 4.1 |
| “Company Common
Stock” |
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Section 3.1(a)(i) |
| “Company Disclosure
Schedule” |
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| “Company Fraud” |
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Section 10.1(a) |
| “Company Indemnified
Parties” |
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Section 10.1(b) |
| “Company Intellectual
Property” |
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Section 4.20(a) |
| “Company Material
Contract” |
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Section 4.13(a) |
| “Company Preferred
Stock” |
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Section 3.1(a)(i) |
| “Company Stock” |
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Section 3.1(a)(i) |
| “Company Survival
Date” |
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Section 10.6 |
| “Competitive Device” |
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Section 3.6(c)(iii) |
| “Conforming First
Product” |
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Section 3.6(a)(ii) |
| “Consulting
Agreement” |
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Section 7.5 |
| “Continuing
Employee” |
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Section 7.8 |
| “D&O Policy” |
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Section 7.9(a) |
| “DGCL” |
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Section 2.1 |
| “Dispute” |
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Section 12.9(a) |
| “Drug” |
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Section 4.21(a) |
| “Effective Time” |
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Section 2.2 |
| “Excluded Shares” |
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Section 3.1(a)(i) |
| “FDCA” |
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Section 4.14 |
| “Financial
Statements” |
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Section 4.7 |
| “GAAP” |
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Section 4.7 |
| “Governmental
Entity” |
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Section 4.5(b) |
| “Indemnified Party” |
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Section 10.3(a) |
| “Indemnifying Party” |
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Section 10.3(a) |
| “Independent
Experts” |
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Section 12.9(b) |
| “Investors” |
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Section 8.2(m) |
| “Legal Expenses” |
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Section 3.6(e) |
| “License Payments” |
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Section 3.6(d) |
| “Liens” |
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Section 4.17(f) |
| “Medical Device” |
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Section 4.21(a) |
| “Merger” |
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Recitals |
| “Merger
Consideration” |
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Section 3.1(a)(i) |
| “Merger Sub” |
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Preamble |
| “Minimum Coverage
Patent” |
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Section 3.5(d) |
| “Notice Period” |
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Section 10.3(d)(ii) |
| “Outside Date” |
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Section 9.1(b) |
| “Parent” |
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Preamble |
| “Parent Disclosure
Schedule” |
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Article 5 |
| “Parent Indemnified
Parties” |
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Section 10.1(a) |
| “Parent Survival
Date” |
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Section 10.7 |
| “Party” or
“Parties” |
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Preamble |
| “Permits” |
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Section 4.14 |
| “Prior Directors and
Officers” |
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Section 7.9(a) |
| “Real Properties” |
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Section 4.19(c) |
| “Related IP” |
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Section 3.5(b) |
| “Representative Reimbursement
Amount” |
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Section 11.3(a) |
| “Representatives” |
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Section 7.1(a) |
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Product” |
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Section 3.5(b) |
| “Restraints” |
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Section 8.1(b) |
| “Special
Representations” |
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Section 10.6 |
| “Stockholders List” |
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Section 4.3(e) |
| “Stockholders
Representatives” |
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Preamble |
| “Surviving
Corporation” |
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Section 2.1 |
| “Tax Liabilities” |
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Section 10.1(a) |
| “Technology
Agreement” |
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Section 8.2(l) |
| “Total Outstanding
Shares” |
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Section 3.1(a)(i) |
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ARTICLE 2.
THE MERGER
Section 2.1
The Merger . Upon the terms and subject to satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in
accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “
DGCL ”), at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be
merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation immediately
following the Merger (the “ Surviving Corporation
”).
Section 2.2
Closing . The closing of the Merger (the “
Closing ”) shall take place on October 15, 2007,
unless this Agreement has been theretofore terminated pursuant to
its terms or unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by
the Parties (the actual date of the Closing being referred to
herein as the “ Closing Date ”). The Closing
shall be held at the offices of Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425
Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105, unless another
place is agreed to in writing by the Parties. As soon as
practicable after the Closing, the Parties shall cause the Merger
to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger relating to the
Merger (the “ Certificate of Merger ”) with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as
required by, and executed in accordance with the relevant
provisions of, the DGCL (the date and time of such filing, or if
another date and time is specified in such filing, such specified
date and time, being the “ Effective Time
”).
Section 2.3 Effect of the
Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall
be as provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time,
except as otherwise provided herein, all the property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities
and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts,
liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
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Section 2.4
Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws .
(a)
Certificate of Incorporation . At the Effective Time, the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be amended and
restated in its entirety to read as set forth in
Exhibit B ; and
(b)
Bylaws . At the Effective Time, the Bylaws of the Company,
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be
amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in
Exhibit C .
Section 2.5 Directors and
Officers of the Surviving Corporation . The officers and
directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall become the officers and directors of the Surviving
Corporation. From and after the Effective Time, the Merger will
have all the effects set forth in Section 251 of the
DGCL.
ARTICLE 3.
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; ESCROW; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 3.1
Conversion of Securities . At the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company or
the holders of any of the following securities:
(a)
Conversion Generally .
(i) Each
share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
(“ Company Common Stock ”) and each share of
preferred stock, $0.001 per share, of the Company (“
Company Preferred Stock ” and collectively with the
Company Common Stock, the “ Company Stock ”)
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(other than any shares of Company Stock to be canceled pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) and Appraisal Shares referred to in
Section 3.1(d) (“ Excluded Shares ”)),
shall be converted into the right to receive (A) that amount
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (i) Forty-Two
Million Dollars ($42,000,000), minus (ii) the Escrow Amount,
minus (iii) all amounts payable pursuant to the Change of
Control Bonus Agreements out of the Initial Net Proceeds (as such
term is defined in the Change of Control Bonus Agreements), by
(y) the Total Outstanding Shares (and in the aggregate, the
“ Merger Consideration ”) and (B) a portion
of each Additional Payment as is provided for in Section 3.6
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) (i) the amount
of such Additional Payment minus (ii) all amounts payable pursuant
to the Change of Control Bonus Agreements out of the Additional Net
Proceeds (as such term is defined in the Change of Control Bonus
Agreements), minus (iii) any amount deducted or setoff from
such payment pursuant to Section 3.6 or Article 10 of
this Agreement, by (y) the Total Outstanding Shares. “
Total Outstanding Shares ” shall mean the aggregate
number of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(ii) All
such shares of Company Stock shall no longer be outstanding and
shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to
exist, and each certificate (a “ Certificate ”)
previously representing any such shares shall thereafter represent
only the right to receive the Merger Consideration payable in
respect of such shares of Company Stock and the right to receive
each Additional Payment, if any, required to be made pursuant to
Section 3.6 in respect of such shares of Company Stock.
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(b)
Cancellation of Shares . Each share of Company Stock, if
any, either (i) owned by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or
(ii) held in the Company treasury immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to
exist and no Merger Consideration or other consideration shall be
delivered in exchange therefor.
(c)
Merger Sub . Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted into and be exchanged for one newly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(d)
Appraisal Rights . Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a Company
stockholder who has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented
thereto in writing and who has properly demanded appraisal for such
shares in accordance with the Corporations Code of the State of
California (the “ California Code ”) or the DGCL
(the “ Appraisal Shares ”), shall not be
converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration as
provided in Section 3.1(a)(i), until such time as such
stockholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses such
stockholder’s right to appraisal. If after the Effective Time
such stockholder fails to perfect or withdraws or loses such
stockholder’s right to appraisal, such shares of Company
Stock shall be treated as if they had been converted as of the
Effective Time into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
as provided in Section 3.1(a)(i). The Company shall give
Parent prompt notice of any demands received by the Company
pursuant to the DGCL or the California Code for appraisal of shares
of Company Stock, and Parent shall have the right to participate in
all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The
Company shall not settle, make any payments with respect to, or
offer to settle, any claim with respect to Appraisal Shares without
the written consent of Parent or as required by applicable
Law.
Section 3.2
Escrow . At the Closing, Parent shall cause Merger Sub to
deposit with the Escrow Agent the Escrow Amount. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Escrow
Agreement, at the times set forth in the Escrow Agreement, Parent
and the Stockholders Representatives shall direct the Escrow Agent
to release the applicable portion of the Escrow Amount (except for
amounts subject to an existing claim for indemnification pursuant
to Section 10.1(a)) to the holders of record of Certificates which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding
shares of Company Stock (other than holders of Excluded Shares)
(the “ Closing Securityholders ”) pro rata, such
that each installment of the Escrow Amount released as set forth in
the Escrow Agreement is paid to each Closing Securityholder in the
same proportion as the number of shares of Company Stock held by
such Closing Securityholder immediately prior to the Effective Time
bears to the Total Outstanding Shares.
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Section 3.3
Exchange of Certificates .
(a)
Exchange Procedures . Merger Sub shall deliver to the
Stockholders Representatives (or a payment agent designated by the
Stockholders Representatives for delivery to the Closing
Securityholders) the Merger Consideration contemplated to be paid
for shares of Company Stock upon surrender of Certificates for
cancellation to Merger Sub and such other documents as may be
reasonably required by Merger Sub or Parent (including, without
limitation, a Form W-9). Upon such surrender and in exchange
therefore, Merger Sub shall deliver to the Stockholders
Representatives (or the payment agent designated by the
Stockholders Representatives, if any) and the holders of such
Certificates, shall be entitled to receive from the Stockholders
Representatives (or the payment agent designated by the
Stockholders Representatives, if any), the Merger Consideration and
any Additional Payment payable in respect of the shares represented
by such Certificates, and the Certificates so surrendered shall
forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of
shares of Company Stock which is not registered in the transfer
records of the Company, the Merger Consideration and any Additional
Payment payable in respect of such shares of Company Stock may be
paid to a transferee if the Certificate representing such shares of
Company Stock is presented to Parent, accompanied by all documents
required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that
any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been paid. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.3, each
Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to
represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger
Consideration and any Additional Payment payable in respect of the
shares of Company Stock represented by such Certificate.
(b)
Further Rights in Company Stock . The Merger Consideration,
together with the Additional Payments, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 3.6, shall constitute the full consideration to be
paid or to become payable to the Closing Securityholders in
accordance with the terms hereof and from and after the Effective
Time, the Closing Securityholders shall have no other rights as
stockholders of the Company, except as otherwise provided herein or
by Law.
(c)
Lost Certificates . If any Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact
by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of
a bond, in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct, as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with
respect to such Certificate, Parent shall pay in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration or
any Additional Payment payable in respect of the shares of Company
Stock represented by such Certificate, without any interest
thereon.
(d)
Withholding . Parent shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of Company Stock such amounts as Parent is
required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any Tax Law,
with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld by Parent, Parent shall provide the
applicable holder of Company Stock with notice of the reason for
withholding such amounts and such withheld amounts shall be treated
for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the
holder of Company Stock in respect of whom such deduction and
withholding was made by Parent.
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Section 3.4
Stock Transfer Books . At the Effective Time, the stock
transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there
shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company
Stock theretofore outstanding on the records of the Company. On or
after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented for any reason
to Parent shall be converted into the Merger Consideration or
Additional Payment payable in respect of the shares of Company
Stock represented by such Certificates, without any interest
thereon.
Section 3.5
Development Obligations .
(a)
Product Development and Commercialization . Surviving
Corporation shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to develop
(which development includes performance of applicable pre-clinical
and clinical studies and obtaining applicable clearances or
approvals) and thereafter, subject to receipt of applicable and
required approvals and clearances, use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to commercialize in each of the Major Markets the
Conforming First Product (if and to the extent the data, technical
development and other factors listed in the definition of
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” support pursuing a
First Product that meets the criteria for a Conforming First
Product) and [**] Additional Products, which commitment
(i) shall be binding upon any successor to Surviving
Corporation or, as and if applicable, any licensee or sublicensee
of such Conforming First Product and/or Additional Products, and
(ii) may be fully satisfied by the efforts of one or more of
the Surviving Corporation and/or any of its Affiliates, licensees
or sublicensees. The foregoing obligation with respect to
[**] Additional Products shall be limited to [**] .
Furthermore, the foregoing obligations with respect to each of the
Conforming First Product and the [**] Additional Products
shall terminate as to each such Company Product upon the failure
(if any) to meet the [**] after commencement of [**]
for such Company Product; Surviving Corporation shall have no
obligation to replace any such failed Company Product with another
Company Product for development or commercialization.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, but subject to the
Commercially Reasonable Efforts obligations set forth in this
Section 3.5, Surviving Corporation shall be solely responsible for,
and shall have full discretion with respect to, the manner in which
the New Plug, the First Product, Additional Products and the
Company’s Technology are developed and commercialized. For
the avoidance of doubt, although the obligations to use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to commercialize applicable Company
Products in this Section 3.5 (including Section 3.5(b))
applies to all Major Markets, pricing, regulatory or other factors
described in the definition of “Commercially Reasonable
Efforts” in a given jurisdiction may cause commercialization
in such jurisdiction to not be commercially reasonable (i.e., not
be required by the Commercially Reasonable Efforts standard) with
respect to a given Company Product. For clarity and without
limiting Section 3.6(a) or (b), if, after exercising
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to do so (itself or through one or
more Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees), Surviving Corporation
determines that the data, technical development and other factors
listed in the definition of “Commercially Reasonable
Efforts” no longer support pursuing a New Plug which is
capable of being [**] for approximately [**] of
patients, then Surviving Corporation shall be deemed to have met
the requirements of this Section 3.5(a) and
Section 3.5(b) below (notwithstanding anything in such
Sections to the
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contrary) with respect to all Company Products and Surviving
Corporation, Parent and any of their Affiliates shall be thereupon
fully and completely released from any of their obligations under
this Section 3.5(a) and Section 3.5(b) below and such
obligations shall thereupon terminate and be of no further force or
effect. For further clarity, any Dispute regarding this
Section 3.5(a) shall be subject to the provisions of
Sections 3.5(e) and 12.9.
(b)
Development of Requested Additional Product . During the
period of time beginning on [**] and continuing until
[**] , ForSight shall have the right to propose, by
providing written notice to the Surviving Corporation, that the
Surviving Corporation (or its successor or delegate as the
Surviving Corporation may elect, including, any of Surviving
Corporation’s Affiliates, licensees, and/or sublicensees, as
and if applicable) initiate Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
develop and, if development is successful, Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to commercialize in each of the Major Markets [**]
Additional Product meeting the following criteria below (such
Additional Product that is the subject of such notice and that
meets such criteria being a “ Requested Additional
Product ”):
(i) such
Requested Additional Product contains an [**] that is, at
the time the notice is given, [**] ;
(ii) ForSight
has, and demonstrates, a reasonable basis to believe that it would
be commercially reasonable to develop such Requested Additional
Product to treat [**] , taking into account the [**]
; and
(iii) such
Requested Additional Product is [**] for which the Surviving
Corporation or its Affiliates (or applicable licensees or
sublicensees) is then [**] as of the date of such notice
from ForSight.
If the
Surviving Corporation (and/or its Affiliates or an applicable
licensee or sublicensee) fails to initiate Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to develop, with the goal — if development is
successful — to commercialize in each of the Major Markets,
the Requested Additional Product or [**] designated by the
Surviving Corporation or Parent within [**] of
ForSight’s proper notice therefor, then the Surviving
Corporation shall use good faith efforts to [**] .
(c) [Intentionally
omitted.]
(d)
Patent Matters . Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, Surviving Corporation (itself or through a designee) shall
have the right to conduct and be responsible for the preparation,
filing, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement of the Company
Patents and shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain
coverage under [**] under [**] in each such Major
Market covering the Company Products (such Company Patent, the
“ Minimum Coverage Patent ”). For clarity, the
requirement for a Minimum Coverage Patent shall only exist where
[**] .
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(e)
Limitation on Remedies . In the event that Surviving
Corporation or Parent is found to be in breach of its obligations
under Section 3.5 with respect to Company Products, the
Company’s Technology or the Company Patents, neither the
Surviving Corporation nor Parent shall be liable for damages of any
kind or nature, any obligation to make payments or a mandatory
reversion of rights (with respect to the Company Patents or any
other technology or Intellectual Property of the Company or the
Surviving Corporation). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, the sole and exclusive liability of the Surviving
Corporation and Parent, and the sole and exclusive remedy for any
individual or entity entitled to enforce this Agreement against the
Surviving Corporation or Parent, with respect to such obligations
(including with respect to a breach of Section 3.5 (except
this Section 3.5(e) for which the remedy of specific
performance shall be available but for which no claim for damages
or payments shall be available) or otherwise with respect to the
development and/or commercialization of the Company’s
Technology and the Company Products or any failure to adequately do
so) shall be as follows:
(i) In
the event that Surviving Corporation or Parent is found pursuant to
the procedure set forth in Section 12.9 to have materially
breached its obligation to exercise Commercially Reasonable Efforts
as required under Section 3.5(d) with respect to the Minimum
Coverage Patent, then Surviving Corporation or Parent shall
continue to pursue the prosecution or maintenance of the Minimum
Coverage Patent as required to comply with such finding at the sole
cost of Surviving Corporation and Parent with respect to such
Minimum Coverage Patent; or
(ii) In
the event that Surviving Corporation or Parent is found pursuant to
the procedure set forth in Section 12.9 to have materially
breached its obligation to exercise Commercially Reasonable Efforts
with respect to a Company Product or the Company’s
Technology, then within [**] of the date such breach is
found (either by express written acknowledgement of Surviving
Corporation and Parent specifically referencing this
Section 3.5(e)(ii) or pursuant to the procedure set forth in
Section 12.9), at Surviving Corporation’s option in its
sole discretion, Surviving Corporation shall either (A) follow
the direction of the Independent Experts or, if the Dispute
proceeds to arbitration, the arbitrator as provided for in
Section 12.9 herein with respect to the matter in Dispute (it
being understood that the measures intended to correct such breach
in accordance with the findings and directions made pursuant to
Section 12.9 must be initiated, to the extent reasonably
practicable, but need not necessarily be completed, within such
[**] , but in any event must be actively pursued until
circumstances are such that it is no longer commercially reasonable
(i.e., not required by the Commercially Reasonable Efforts
standard) to do so, as determined pursuant to the procedure set
forth in Section 12.9 if necessary), (B) use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to promptly [**] . For clarity, in the
event that Surviving Corporation or Parent elects either of
(A) or (B) above with respect to a particular Company
Product and thereafter materially breaches (or in the case of
(B) such licensee materially breaches) its obligation to
exercise Commercially Reasonable Efforts with respect to such
Company Product, then the
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foregoing procedures and remedies described in this
Section 3.5(e)(ii) shall thereupon apply in the same manner as
before. For clarity and without limiting or expanding the
provisions of Section 3.5(f), if the arbitrator finds pursuant
to the procedure set forth in Section 12.9 that, despite the
Surviving Corporation’s Commercially Reasonable Efforts to do
so, the development or commercialization of any Company Product (or
all Company Products) is technically or commercially impracticable
(or that no further development or commercialization would
otherwise be warranted under the Commercially Reasonable Efforts
standard), then Surviving Corporation shall be permanently released
from its obligations under Sections 3.5(a) and 3.5(b) above
with respect to such Company Product (or all Company Products as
the case may be) and the obligations of Parent, Surviving
Corporation and any of their Affiliates under Sections 3.5(a)
and 3.5(b) shall immediately terminate and be of no further force
or effect with respect to such Company Product (or all Company
Products as the case may be).
(f)
Right to Terminate Program . In addition to its other rights
under this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation shall have the
right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to terminate
all development and commercialization programs for First Products
and Additional Products (including Requested Additional Products),
even where Commercially Reasonable Efforts would otherwise be
required, at any time beginning after the Closing Date in its sole
discretion upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to
ForSight by [**] . In the alternative, if the Surviving
Corporation exercises its right pursuant to this
Section 3.5(f) to terminate all development and
commercialization programs for the First Products and the
Additional Products, then Parent shall have the option, exercisable
in its sole and absolute discretion, to [**] . At the end of
such thirty (30) day period following such termination notice
from Surviving Corporation, all obligations of Surviving
Corporation and Parent under Articles 2 though 8 (including all
development and payment obligations under Sections 3.5 and
3.6), shall terminate (except for the obligation to [**]
).
(g)
[**] .
(h)
Reports . In connection with Surviving Corporation’s
obligations under Section 3.5(a), Surviving Corporation shall
provide to the Stockholders Representatives within [**] of
the Closing Date, [**] and on [**] of each year
thereafter, a report of the development activities with respect to
the First Product and each Additional Product that Surviving
Corporation or Parent (or third parties acting under their
authority) have taken since the last such report. The foregoing,
reporting obligation shall continue on a Company Product-by-Company
Product basis until the earlier of [**] . Similarly, in
connection with Surviving Corporation’s obligations under
Section 3.5(d), Surviving Corporation shall provide to
Stockholders Representatives an update of the activities taken with
respect to, and status of, each Company Patent at the same time as
the development reports are provided above. The foregoing reporting
obligation with respect to Company Patents shall continue until the
earlier of when Parent has made all of the Additional Payments
required under Section 3.6 or the reporting obligations under
this Section 3.5(h) terminate overall as provided below. In
the event Surviving Corporation fails to provide any of the
foregoing reports when due, the sole and exclusive
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liability of the Surviving Corporation and Parent, and the sole and
exclusive remedy for any individual or entity entitled to enforce
this Agreement against the Surviving Corporation or Parent, with
respect to such obligations, shall be for Surviving Corporation or
Parent to provide the required reports within [**] of
written notice from Stockholders Representatives describing any
such failure (except for the remedy of specific performance, which
shall be available but no claim for damages or payments shall be
available). All reports provided under this Section 3.5(h)
shall be deemed to be the Confidential Information of Surviving
Corporation and the Stockholders Representatives shall not have the
right to provide copies of (or the contents of) such reports to the
Closing Securityholders; provided, however, that, if requested by
the Stockholders Representatives, Surviving Corporation or Parent
will prepare a summary version of such reports (stripping out
sensitive, competitive and material non-public information, as
determined by Surviving Corporation or Parent in its reasonable
discretion) for distribution to such Closing Securityholders
subject to the Closing Securityholders being bound to standard and
customary confidentiality provisions preventing such Closing
Securityholders from any use or further disclosure thereof. The
Surviving Corporation and Parent acknowledge that the purpose of
the reports under this Section 3.5(h) is to allow the
Stockholders Representatives to reasonably understand Surviving
Corporation’s performance of its obligations under
Sections 3.5(a) and 3.5(d) and will be appropriately detailed
to allow such understanding (but in any event may exclude highly
sensitive or highly competitive information of Surviving
Corporation or Parent, as determined by Surviving Corporation or
Parent in its reasonable discretion). All obligations of Surviving
Corporation and Parent to provide information and reports under
this Section 3.5(h) shall immediately terminate upon the
earlier to occur of: (i) [**] from and after the Closing
Date, or (ii) the date on which the obligations of Surviving
Corporation to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts under
Section 3.5(a) terminates.
Section 3.6
Additional Payments . Parent shall pay, or shall cause its
Affiliates to pay on behalf of the Surviving Corporation, to the
Stockholders Representatives for distribution to the Closing
Securityholders the following additional payments under the terms
and conditions specified in this Section 3.6 (such payments to
be made by or for Parent under this Section 3.6 being
individually an “ Additional Payment ” and
collectively, the “ Additional Payments ”),
payable as set forth in Section 3.6(f). No Additional Payments
shall be due or payable with respect to any New Plugs sold or
otherwise exploited [**] .
(a)
Milestone Merger Consideration . Parent shall pay, or shall
cause its Affiliates to pay on behalf of the Surviving Corporation,
to the Stockholders Representatives the following milestone
payments within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of each
of the following events (whether achieved by the Surviving
Corporation or its Affiliate, or one of their licensees or
sublicensees to the applicable Company Product):
(i) $5,000,000
upon the initiation (i.e., first dosing/implantation of the first
patient) of a Phase III pivotal clinical trial for a First Product;
and
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(ii) $20,000,000
upon the First Commercial Sale in the United States of a First
Product (A) that has achieved [**] ; and
(iii) $20,000,000
upon the First Commercial Sale in the United States of the first
Additional Product, and $15,000,000 upon the First Commercial Sale
in the United States of each subsequent Additional Product, in all
such cases, solely where [**] .
The
milestone payments in (i) and (ii) above shall be payable
a maximum of only one time, regardless of how many additional times
it may be achieved. The milestone payment in (iii) shall be
payable a maximum of only one time with respect to each Additional
Product, regardless of how many additional times it may be achieved
for a particular Additional Product. For purposes of the milestone
payments in (iii) above a given Additional Product will be
deemed distinct from any other Additional Product for which such
milestone has already been paid only if such new Additional Product
contains [**] . Absent such distinction, no milestone shall
be payable upon the First Commercial Sale of such new Additional
Product.
(b)
Contingent Merger Consideration . Parent shall pay, or shall
cause its Affiliates to pay on behalf of the Surviving Corporation,
to the Stockholders Representatives the following contingent
payments, on a country-by-country and product-by-product basis, and
on a calendar quarterly basis, within sixty (60) days after
the end of each applicable calendar quarter, beginning with the
First Commercial Sale of the applicable Company Product, until the
maximum amount specified below is reached:
(i)
[**] of Net Sales of the First Product the manufacture, use
or sale of which would infringe, absent a license, a Valid Claim of
the Company Patents in the country where (and at the time when)
such First Product is sold commercially to a third-party customer
(explicitly excluding sales in a country to an Affiliate who will
resell elsewhere and sales for use in clinical trials), until an
aggregate total of [**] (subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 3.6(e)) in such payments (excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt, payments made pursuant to
Sections 3.6(a)(i) and 3.6(a)(ii)) and any and all License
Payments made with respect to any First Products (calculated by
combining all such amounts) are paid hereunder (at which point no
further royalties under this clause (i) are due or payable);
and
(ii)
[**] of Net Sales of each Additional Product the
manufacture, use or sale of which would infringe, absent a license,
a Valid Claim of the Company Patents in the country where (and at
the time when) such Additional Product is sold commercially to a
third-party customer (explicitly excluding sales in a country to an
Affiliate who will resell elsewhere and sales for use in clinical
trials), until an aggregate total of [**] for the first such
Additional Product and [**] for each subsequent Additional
Product (in all such cases, subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 3.6(e)) in such payments (excluding, for the avoidance
of doubt, payments made pursuant to Section 3.6(a)(iii)) for
each Additional Product and any and all License Payments made with
respect to such Additional Product (calculated by combining all
such amounts for each such Additional Product) are paid hereunder
(at which point no further payments under this clause (ii) are
due or payable with respect to such Additional Product). The
foregoing shall be calculated using the same principles as
described at the end of Section 3.6(a) above for purposes of
determining whether or not [**] .
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(c)
Contingent Payment Reductions; Limitations .
(i) In
the event Parent or its Affiliates, or their applicable licensees
or sublicensees, is/are required to [**] for which amounts
are due and unpaid pursuant to Section 3.6(b) above, then the
rate to be applied in Section 3.6(b) above with respect to Net
Sales of such Company Product for purposes of such payments shall
be [**] by Parent (or its Affiliates, or their applicable
licensees or sublicensees) [**] (unless and to the extent
such [**] ); provided , however , that in no
event shall such [**] .
(ii) In
the event that any Additional Product for which payments are due
and unpaid under Section 3.6(b)(ii) above [**] at the
time the applicable payments are due and unpaid under Section
3.6(b)(ii) above, the payment rate to be applied under
Section 3.6(b)(ii) above with respect to Net Sales of such
Additional Product for purposes of such payments (after taking into
account any [**] in Section 3.6(c)(i) above) shall be
[**] .
(iii) In
addition, for so long as an [**] is commercially selling in
any country a device that is [**] (a “ Competitive
Device ”), then the payment rate to be applied in
Section 3.6(b)(ii) above with respect to Net Sales of any such
Additional Product in such country (after taking into account any
[**] in Sections 3.6(c)(i) and 3.6(c)(ii) above) for
purposes of amounts due and unpaid pursuant to
Section 3.6(b)(ii) above, shall be [**] for such
Additional Products in such country. In the event that Parent, in
its discretion, obtains an [**] .
(iv) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall the rates then due and unpaid
pursuant to Section 3.6(b)(ii) be [**] of Net Sales of
the applicable Additional Product on account of the application of
[**] described in Section 3.6(c)(i)—(iii) above.
No [**] as provided above shall serve to [**] (after
which no such amounts are owed) specified in
Section 3.6(b).
(v) No
multiple payments under Section 3.6(b) on the same Net Sales
shall be payable hereunder, regardless of whether the relevant
Company Products are covered by more than one Valid Claim within
the Company Patents or otherwise.
(vi) With
respect to the contingent payments under Section 3.6(b), if
the only Valid Claims of the Company Patents in the applicable
countries covering the applicable Company Product at the time such
payments accrue are [**] and with respect to the License
Payments under Section 3.6(d), if the only Valid Claims of the
Company Patents included in the license in consideration for which
such License Payments are received are [**] , then
[**] of such contingent payments or License Payments (as
applicable, and in each case as they would otherwise become due)
shall be paid by Parent into an interest-bearing escrow account
with the Escrow Agent (rather than to the Stockholders
Representatives) until such time as: (A) with
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respect
to contingent payments, [**] and (B) with respect to
License Payments until a [**] . Upon [**], the
applicable escrowed amount and interest thereon shall be paid over
to the Stockholders Representatives. If no [**] , the
applicable escrowed amount and interest thereon shall be released
from the escrow account and paid to Parent or Surviving Corporation
at such time.
(d)
License Payments Received from Third Parties . In addition
to the amounts payable under Sections 3.6(a) and 3.6(b) above,
Parent shall pay, or shall cause its Affiliates to pay on behalf of
the Surviving Corporation, to the Stockholders Representatives
license payments (“ License Payments ”) equal to
[**] Net Recoveries and amounts received by Parent or an
Affiliate of Parent from an unaffiliated third party as
consideration for a license (including any [**] ) granted to
such third party under the Company Intellectual Property for a
[**] , but excluding:
(i) [**] ;
(ii)
[**] by Parent or such Affiliate of Parent, to the extent
that such payments or reimbursements [**] ;
(iii) [**] ;
(iv) payments
made to Parent or an Affiliate of Parent to the extent that such
payments [**] ;
(v) amounts
received expressly as [**] related to such license;
(vi)
[**] ; and
(vii) amounts
received in consideration for something other than [**] .
For greater certainty, such exclusion from the obligations to make
License Payments includes, without limitation, consideration for
[**] .
For the
avoidance of doubt, (I) License Payments shall not include
amounts received by a [**] of Parent or its Affiliate
[**] , but shall include amount received by Parent or its
Affiliates in consideration of such amounts analogous to license
revenues (applied mutatis mutandis to such licensee) and
(II) notwithstanding anything above, in no event shall Merger
Consideration or Additional Payments be deemed to be expenses of
Parent or its Affiliates for purposes of the foregoing. Parent
shall pay License Payment amounts within sixty (60) days of
receipt of the revenue upon which such License Payments are
based.
In the
event consideration comprising an amount giving rise to License
Payments is received in the form of [**] .
Without
limiting or expanding the other provisions of this Agreement,
Parent or its Affiliate shall provide, promptly following the
execution of an agreement pursuant to which Parent or any Affiliate
of Parent grants any unaffiliated third party a license under any
Company Intellectual Property for which any License Payments are
due hereunder, to the Stockholders Representatives a copy of such
agreement (which may be redacted with respect to portions of such
agreement that do not relate to the amount of License Payments
owed).
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For
purposes of the foregoing, “ Net Recoveries ”
means all [**] ; provided, however, that Net Recoveries in
respect of a [**] .
(e)
Legal Expense Deductions . In the event of any third party
claims, suits, actions or proceedings involving or arising out of
the Company Patents and any other Company Intellectual Property
(including Intellectual Property comprising trade secrets and know
how of Company), including those involving or arising out of any
agreements relating thereto, but excluding claims, suits, actions
or proceedings to the extent involving or arising out of
improvements or developments [**] (except, for the avoidance
of doubt, those [**] ), Parent shall be entitled to deduct
from any [**] (as fully creditable toward such payments) the
amount of reasonable legal costs and expenses, including attorneys
fees, court costs, fees of experts and consultants, other
out-of-pocket litigation costs, damages, judgments and settlements
(collectively, “ Legal Expenses ”), but
excluding any amounts constituting [**] incurred by Parent
or an Affiliate of Parent in connection with any such claims,
suits, actions or proceedings as follows:
(i) The
first [**] in Legal Expenses shall be fully deductible from
(and creditable against) up to [**] due and unpaid hereunder
as of the date of the earliest claim, demand or other event leading
to such Legal Expenses; and
(ii)
[**] of any Legal Expenses in excess of [**] shall be
deductible from (and creditable against) [**] due and unpaid
hereunder as of the date of the earliest claim, demand or other
event leading to such Legal Expenses; provided that in either case
(i) or (ii) no such [**] shall be reduced by more
than [**] .
In the
event that any deductible Legal Expenses incurred in a given
quarter are not able to be deducted from [**] due and unpaid
with respect to such quarter (for example, due to [**] or
because insufficient [**] are due for such quarter (but not
including the [**] ), interest shall accrue thereon at the
rate of [**] , beginning on the last day of the calendar
quarter during which such deduction was to have been made, until
such Legal Expenses can be deducted from [**] in a future
quarter in accordance with this Section 3.6(e). In the event
that Legal Expenses are not deducted during the calendar quarter
immediately following the calendar quarter during which the such
amounts were to have been made, then the [**] rate shall
be
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determined based on the average [**] rate in effect on the
last day of each calendar quarter during which such Legal Expenses
remain outstanding or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on
the next succeeding Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, any
Legal Expenses deducted from [**] above shall also be
credited toward (and effectively reduce) the payment caps in
Section 3.6(b) above. The foregoing deductions (and credits)
shall be in addition to any other deductions or reductions on
payments provided for hereunder and shall apply notwithstanding any
limitations or restrictions contained herein with respect to
deductions or reductions on payments owed hereunder. Parent or one
of its Affiliates shall keep the Stockholders Representatives
reasonably informed with respect to any such claim, suit, action or
proceeding giving rise to a deduction for Legal Expenses under this
Section 3.6(e).
(f)
Payment Terms . Parent shall pay, or shall cause its
Affiliates to pay on behalf of the Surviving Corporation, to the
Stockholders Representatives or a payment agent designated by the
Stockholders Representatives in writing the amounts required under
this Section 3.6 in accordance with the applicable payment
terms and due dates expressly provided for herein in United States
dollars (immediately available funds) to the bank account specified
by the Stockholders Representatives therefor in writing. All
payments hereunder shall be accompanied by a written statement
identifying the applicable payment and describing how such payment
was calculated in sufficient detail to allow the Stockholders
Representatives to verify such calculation and payment. Payment of
the required amounts to the Stockholders Representatives or a
payment agent designated by the Stockholders Representatives in
writing shall fully satisfy Parent’s obligations hereunder
and neither Parent nor Company shall be liable to any Closing
Securityholders for failure of such Closing Securityholder to
receive their allocable amounts of such payments or otherwise in
respect of such payments.
(g)
Taxes . All Taxes levied on account of the payments made by
or for Parent under this Section 3.6 shall be paid by the
Stockholders Representatives and the Closing Securityholders, as
applicable, for its and their own account, including Taxes levied
thereon as income to such individuals and entities. If deduction or
withholding from any payments under this Section 3.6 provision
is required under applicable laws, such required amount shall be
deducted from the payment made hereunder and a receipt of payment
of such amount as tax shall be delivered to the Stockholders
Representatives.
(h)
Foreign Currency; Prohibited Payments . For purposes of
determining the amount of payments under Section 3.6(b) above
or License Payments due, the amount of Net Sales (or revenues from
licenses if applicable) in any foreign currency shall be computed
by converting such amount into United States dollars at the
prevailing commercial rate of exchange for purchasing United States
dollars with such foreign currency as published in The Wall Street
Journal (Eastern edition) for the close of the last Business Day of
the calendar quarter for which the relevant payment is to be made
by Parent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
if Parent (or its applicable Affiliate, licensee or sublicense) is
prevented from converting any Net Sales amounts (or revenues from
licenses if applicable) into United States dollars or otherwise
prevented from making any payments under this Section 3.6 by
virtue of the applicable laws of the country from which the Net
Sales (or revenues from licenses if applicable) are earned or from
which the payment is to be made, then such payment may be paid by
depositing funds in the currency in which it accrued in a bank in
the country whose currency is involved in an account designated by
the Stockholders Representatives for such purposes.
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(i)
Records; Inspections . Parent and its Affiliates shall at
all times keep [**] of historical records of all Net Sales
and revenues underlying License Payments received by Parent or its
Affiliates in sufficient detail to allow amounts owed under this
Section 3.6 to be calculated. The Stockholders Representatives
shall have the right, exercisable no more than once per calendar
year, to appoint at its expense (provided that if the inspection
and audit shows an underpayment of amounts payable hereunder of
more than [**] of the amount due for the applicable period,
then Parent shall promptly reimburse Stockholders Representatives
for all out-of-pocket costs incurred by Stockholders
Representatives to have the accountant conduct such inspection) an
independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to
Parent to inspect such records to verify the accuracy of all
amounts due under Sections 3.6(b) and 3.6(d) above. Parent
shall make its records available for inspection by such independent
certified public accountant during regular business hours at such
place or places where such records are customarily kept, upon at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice from the
Stockholders Representatives. If such accounting firm concludes
that such amounts were underpaid for such time period, Parent shall
pay the amount of any such underpayments within thirty
(30) days of the date the Stockholders Representatives deliver
to Parent such accounting firm’s written report, unless
Parent disputes such results. In the case of such a dispute, the
matter shall be referred to an independent firm of certified public
accountants chosen by agreement of Parent and the Stockholders
Representatives for resolution of such dispute (the costs of which
shall initially be shared equally by Parent and the Stockholders
Representatives and upon determination of the independent public
accountant, the Party against which such determination is made
shall reimburse the other for its share of any such out-of-pocket
costs incurred), and the applicable payment, if any, determined
thereby shall be made within thirty (30) days of the final
determination by such independent certified public accountant. Any
decision by said firm of independent certified public accountants
shall be binding on the Parent and the Stockholders
Representatives, absent clear error. The accounting firms,
Stockholders Representatives and Closing Securityholders shall
agree to hold in strict confidence all information learned in the
course of any audit or inspection prior to the conduct thereof,
except to the extent necessary for the Stockholders Representatives
and Closing Securityholders to reveal such information (i) in
order to enforce its rights under this Agreement (ii) to the
extent required by Law, or (iii) to each other to the extent
necessary for the Stockholders Representatives to fulfill its
obligations to the Closing Securityholders (or their permitted
assignees). The failure of the Stockholders Representatives to
request inspection during any calendar year shall be deemed
acceptance of the accuracy of all amounts paid under
Sections 3.6(b) and 3.6(d) above during such year as being the
amounts due for such period.
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Section 3.7
Closing Deliveries . At the Closing the following Parties
shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following:
(a) the
Company, Foundry, ForSight and/or the Closing Securityholders, as
the case may be, shall deliver or cause to be delivered the
documents listed in Sections 8.2(a), 8.2(b), 8.2(c), 8.2(e),
8.2(f), 8.2(g) and 8.2(h); and
(b) Parent
or the Surviving Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered
the documents listed in Sections 8.3(a), 8.3(b) and
8.3(c).
ARTICLE 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth on the disclosure
schedule delivered by the Company to Parent upon the execution of
this Agreement, which disclosure schedule specifies the section or
subsection of this Agreement to which this exception relates (the
“ Company Disclosure Schedule ”), and subject to
Section 12.12, the Company represents and warrants to Parent
and Merger Sub as follows:
Section 4.1
Organization, Standing and Corporate Power . The Company is
a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
organized and has all requisite corporate power and authority to
own, lease or operate its properties and to carry on its business
as presently conducted or presently planned to be conducted.
Section 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true
and complete list of each jurisdiction where the Company is
qualified to do business. The Company has corporate or equivalent
qualification to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership,
leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or
licensing necessary. The Company has made available to Parent prior
to the execution of this Agreement true and complete copies of its
Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Company Certificate of
Incorporation ”) and Bylaws (the “ Company
Bylaws ”) as amended to date. The Company is not in
violation of any of the provisions of the Company Certificate of
Incorporation or the Company Bylaws. The Company has made available
to Parent complete and accurate copies of the minutes (or, in the
case of minutes that have not yet been finalized, drafts thereof
(if available)) of all meetings of the stockholders of the Company,
the Board of Directors of the Company and the committees of each of
such Board of Directors, in each case held at any time from
inception to the date of this Agreement.
Section 4.2
Subsidiaries; Investments . The Company does not have any
Subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital
stock of, or other voting securities or equity interests in, any
Person.
Section 4.3
Capital Structure; Stockholder List .
(a) The authorized capital stock
of the Company consists of 13,000,000 shares of Company Common
Stock, of which 5,087,999 shares of Company Common Stock are issued
and outstanding, and 6,200,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock,
of which 5,000,001 shares of Company Preferred Stock are issued and
outstanding.
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(b) All
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not
subject to preemptive rights. There are no bonds, debentures, notes
or other Indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or
convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right
to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of the Company may
vote.
(c) Except
as set forth above in Section 4.3(a), as of the close of
business on September 30, 2007:
(i) there
are not issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (A) any
shares of capital stock or other voting securities or equity
interests of the Company, (B) any securities of the Company
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
capital stock or other voting securities or equity interests of the
Company or (C) any warrants, calls, options or other rights to
acquire from the Company, and no obligation of the Company to
issue, any capital stock, voting securities, equity interests or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
capital stock or voting securities of the Company; and
(ii) there
are no outstanding obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem
or otherwise acquire any such securities or to issue, deliver or
sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, any such
securities.
There are no outstanding contractual
obligations of the Company to make any loan or guarantees to, or
any equity or other investment (in the form of a capital
contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.
(d) There
are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company
(i) restricting the transfer of, (ii) affecting the
voting rights of, or (iii) granting any preemptive, right of
first refusal or antidilutive right with respect to, any Company
Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock.
(e) Section 4.3(e)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a list as set forth in the
records of the Company (the “ Stockholders List
”) that sets forth the name of each holder of the Company
Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock, exactly as such
holder’s name is set forth on the stock certificate(s)
representing such Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock.
The Stockholders List also sets forth with respect to each such
holder the stock certificate numbers held by such holder and the
number of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock evidenced
by each such stock certificate.
Section 4.4
Authority . The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to
receipt of the approval of the Company’s stockholders, to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, other than obtaining the approval of the Company’s
stockholders. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the Company and,
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assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other
Parties, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
moratorium, reorganization or similar Laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at Law).
Section 4.5
Noncontravention .
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and (assuming
receipt of the approval of the Company’s stockholders) the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions to be entered
into by the Company contemplated by this Agreement and compliance
by the Company with the provisions of this Agreement will not,
(i) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or
default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under,
the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company Bylaws,
(ii) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of,
or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a benefit under,
or alter the rights or obligations of any party under, or result in
the creation of any Lien in or upon any of the properties or other
assets of the Company under, any Contract to which the Company is a
party or any of its properties or other assets is subject or
(iii) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of,
or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, any Law applicable to the Company or its properties or other
assets or the rules and regulations of any regulatory organization
applicable to the Company.
(b) No
consent, approval, order or authorization of, action by or in
respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any
federal, state, local or foreign government, any court,
administrative, regulatory or other governmental agency, commission
or authority or any non-governmental self-regulatory agency,
commission or authority (each, a “ Governmental Entity
”) is required by or with respect to the Company in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company or the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement by the Company, except for the
filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware and appropriate documents with the relevant
authorities of other states in which the Company is qualified to do
business.
Section 4.6
Corporate Records . The copies or originals of the Company
Certificate of Incorporation, the Company Bylaws, minute books and
stock records of the Company previously delivered or made available
to Parent are true, complete and correct in all respects. The
Company has maintained complete and accurate books and records,
including correct records of all its material corporate
proceedings.
Section 4.7
Financial Statements . The Company has furnished to Parent
the unaudited balance sheets of the Company as at December 31,
2006, and the related unaudited statements of income, changes in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows, including all notes
thereto, for the fiscal year then ended December 31, 2006, and
the unaudited balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash
flows of the Company as at and for the nine (9) months ended
September 30, 2007 (collectively, the “ Financial
Statements ”). The Financial Statements fairly
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present,
in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting
principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent
basis (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and for the
absence of footnotes and subject to normal year-end adjustments in
the case of any interim financial statements), the financial
position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
Section 4.8
No Undisclosed Liabilities . Except to the extent set forth
or provided for in the Financial Statements or the notes thereto or
as set forth in Section 4.8 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company has no liabilities or obligations, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise (including, without
limitations, unasserted claims).
Section 4.9
Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Except for
liabilities incurred in connection with this Agreement or as
permitted pursuant to Section 6.1, since September 30,
2007, the Company has conducted its businesses in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice (which for this purpose shall
include past practice of ForSight) and from such date to the date
hereof there has not been:
(a) any
incurrence by the Company of any debts or liabilities (absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise);
(b) any
event or development that would, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonable be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company;
(c) any
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution with respect to any shares of capital stock of the
Company, any issuance by the Company of shares of capital stock or
other securities of, or other ownership interests in, the Company,
or any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition, or any
amendment of any term, by the Company of any outstanding shares of
capital stock or other securities of, or other ownership interests
in, the Company;
(d) any
creation or assumption by the Company of any Lien on any material
asset or any making of any loan, advance or capital contributions
to or investment in any Person;
(e) any
personal property damage, destruction or casualty loss or personal
injury loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the
business or assets of the Company;
(f) paid
or agreed to any increase in compensation, bonus or other
equity-related benefits payable to directors, consultants, officers
or employees of the Company;
(g) any
labor dispute, other than routine individual grievances, or any
activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof
to organize any employees of the Company, or any lockouts, strikes,
slowdowns, work stoppages or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threats thereof by or with respect to any employees of the
Company;
(h) any
sale, transfer, lease to others or other disposition of any of its
material assets by the Company;
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(i) any
amendment to or termination of any Company Material Contract or
adverse amendment to any license or permit, or receipt of any
notice of termination of any of the same, or occurrence of a
default under any Company Material Contract or any license or
permit;
(j) any
capital expenditures or capital additions by the Company or any
leases of capital equipment or property, totaling in excess of
$25,000 in the aggregate;
(k) any
institution of litigation, settlement or agreement to settle any
litigation, action, proceeding or investigation before any court or
governmental body relating to the Company or its property or
suffering of any actual or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, litigation, action, pro
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