Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated
as of
June 6, 2008
among
INNOVIVE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
CYTRX
CORPORATION,
CYTRX
MERGER SUBSIDIARY, INC.
and
STEVEN KELLY
(As the Stockholder Representative)
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§ ARTICLE I
THE MERGER; CLOSING
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SECTION 1.01 The
Merger
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SECTION 1.02
Effective Time
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SECTION 1.03
Effects of the Merger
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SECTION 1.04
Conversion of Shares
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SECTION 1.05
Dissenting Shares
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SECTION 1.06
Payment of Merger Consideration
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SECTION 1.07
Treatment of Company Stock Options
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SECTION 1.08
Treatment of Company Warrants
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SECTION 1.09 The
Closing
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ARTICLE II THE
SURVIVING CORPORATION; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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SECTION 2.01
Certificate of Incorporation
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SECTION 2.02
Bylaws
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SECTION 2.03
Directors and Officers
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ARTICLE III
EARNOUT MERGER CONSIDERATION
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SECTION 3.01 Net
Sales; Determination of Earnout
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SECTION 3.02
Payment
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SECTION 3.03
Transfer of the Surviving Corporation
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SECTION 3.04
Earnout Rights Not Transferable
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CYTRX AND MERGER SUBSIDIARY
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SECTION 4.01
Organization and Qualification
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SECTION 4.02
Capitalization
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SECTION 4.03
Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals
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SECTION 4.04
Reports and Financial Statements
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SECTION 4.05 Proxy
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SECTION 4.06 No
Violation of Law
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SECTION 4.07
Material Contracts; Compliance with Contracts
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SECTION 4.08
Brokers and Finders
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SECTION 4.09 No
Prior Activities of Merger Subsidiary
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SECTION 4.10
Litigation; Government Investigations
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SECTION 4.11
Taxes
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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SECTION 5.01
Organization and Qualification
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SECTION 5.02
Capitalization
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SECTION 5.03
Authority; Non-Contravention; Approvals
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SECTION 5.04
Reports and Financial Statements
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SECTION 5.05
Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Internal Accounting Controls
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SECTION 5.06
Liabilities
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SECTION 5.07
Absence of Certain Changes or Events
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SECTION 5.08
Litigation; Government Investigations
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SECTION 5.09 Proxy
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SECTION 5.10 No
Violation of Law
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SECTION 5.11
Material Contracts; Compliance with Contracts
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SECTION 5.12
Taxes
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SECTION 5.13
Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA; Employment Agreements
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SECTION 5.14 Labor
Controversies
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SECTION 5.15
Environmental Matters
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SECTION 5.16 Title
to Assets
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SECTION 5.17
Company Stockholders’ Approval
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SECTION 5.18
Intellectual Property
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SECTION 5.19
Insurance
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SECTION 5.20
Certain Payments
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SECTION 5.21
Brokers and Finders
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SECTION 5.22
Opinion of Financial Advisor
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
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SECTION 6.01
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger
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SECTION 6.02
Conduct of Business by CytRx Pending the Merger
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SECTION 6.03
Acquisition Proposals
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SECTION 6.04
Access to Information; Confidentiality
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SECTION 6.05
Notices of Certain Events
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SECTION 6.06
Merger Subsidiary
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SECTION 6.07
Meeting of the Company’s Stockholders
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SECTION 6.08
Registration Statement
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SECTION 6.09
Public Announcements
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SECTION 6.10
Expenses and Fees
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SECTION 6.11
Agreement to Cooperate
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SECTION 6.12
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification
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SECTION 6.13 Loan
and Security Agreement
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SECTION 6.14
Exemption From Liability Under Section 16(b)
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SECTION 6.15
Resignation of Officers
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SECTION 6.16
Office Lease
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ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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SECTION 7.01
Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party
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SECTION 7.02
Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger
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SECTION 7.03
Conditions to Obligations of CytRx and Subsidiary to Effect the
Merger
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ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
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SECTION 8.01
Termination
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SECTION 8.02
Termination Fee
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SECTION 8.03
Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE IX
OFFSET
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SECTION 9.01
Survival
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SECTION 9.02
Offset
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SECTION 9.03
Offset Claims
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SECTION 9.04
Resolution of Conflicts
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SECTION 9.05
Stockholder Representative
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 10.01
Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties
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SECTION 10.02
Notices
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SECTION 10.03
Interpretation
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SECTION 10.04
Assignment; Governing Law; Forum
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SECTION 10.05
Counterparts
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SECTION 10.06
Amendments; No Waivers
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SECTION 10.07
Entire Agreement
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SECTION 10.08
Severability
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SECTION 10.09
Specific Performance
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this
“ Agreement ”) entered into on June 6,
2008, by and among INNOVIVE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), CYTRX
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ CytRx ”),
CYTRX MERGER SUBSIDIARY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Merger Subsidiary ”), and STEVEN KELLY, as the
Stockholder Representative (as defined in Section 9.05).
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of
Directors of the Company, CytRx and Merger Subsidiary have
determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger (as defined below), are advisable and
in the best interests of their respective stockholders, and have
approved the merger of Merger Subsidiary with and into the Company
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement (the “ Merger ”); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the
Merger, the parties desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements and prescribe certain
conditions to the Merger, as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to CytRx
and Merger Subsidiary to enter into this Agreement, certain
stockholders of the Company have concurrently herewith entered into
a Support Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A , pursuant to which, among other things, such
stockholders have agreed to vote the shares of Company Common Stock
(as defined below) owned by them in favor of the approval and
adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE
MERGER; CLOSING
SECTION 1.01 The Merger . Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the
Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.02) Merger Subsidiary
shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance with the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”).
Upon the Merger, the separate existence of Merger Subsidiary shall
cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation
(the “ Surviving Corporation ”) and shall
continue its existence under the DGCL. CytRx, in its capacity as
the sole stockholder of Merger Subsidiary, hereby approves of the
Merger and this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02 Effective Time .
Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof, the Merger shall become effective at or following the
Closing (as defined in Section 1.09) upon the filing with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “
Secretary of State ”) of a certificate of merger in
accordance with the requirements of the DGCL (the “
Certificate of Merger ”). When used in this Agreement,
the term “ Effective Time ” means the date and
time at which the Certificate of Merger is accepted by the
Secretary of State for filing, or such later time as shall be set
forth in the Certificate of Merger.
SECTION 1.03 Effects of the
Merger . The Merger shall have the effects provided for in this
Agreement and in Section 259 of the DGCL.
SECTION 1.04 Conversion of
Shares . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the parties or the holders of any
of the following securities:
(a) each issued and outstanding
share of capital stock of Merger Subsidiary shall be converted into
one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common
stock of the Surviving Corporation;
(b) each issued and outstanding
share of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Company (“ Company Common Stock ”) owned by the
Company as treasury stock, or owned by any wholly owned subsidiary
of the Company or by CytRx, Merger Subsidiary or any other
subsidiary of CytRx, shall automatically be cancelled and retired
and shall cease to exist, and no payment or consideration shall be
made with respect thereto; and
(c) each issued and outstanding
share of Company Common Stock other than shares of Company Common
Stock referred to in paragraph (b) above and other than any
Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 1.05) shall be
converted into the right to receive, as provided herein, an amount
equal to the quotient determined by dividing (i) the sum of
(1) $3,000,000, less the consideration, if any, paid or payable
upon the termination pursuant to Section 1.07 of all
outstanding Company Options (as defined in Section 5.02) (the
“ Initial Merger Consideration ”) and
(2) the Earnout Merger Consideration (determined as provided
in Section 3.01), if any, by (ii) the fully diluted
shares (as defined below) of Company Common Stock immediately prior
to the Effective Time (such amount per fully diluted share of
Company Common Stock, the “ Merger Consideration
”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ fully
diluted shares ” means the sum of (i) all issued and
outstanding shares (including any Dissenting Shares) of Company
Common Stock and (ii) all shares of Company Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise, in full, of all outstanding Company
Warrants (as defined in Section 5.02) that will remain
outstanding following the Effective Time as provided in
Section 5.02. At the Effective Time, all issued and
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be
outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and
shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing
any such shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any
rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger
Consideration, without interest. The holders of shares of Company
Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time are sometimes
collectively referred to herein as the “ Company
Stockholders .”
SECTION 1.05 Dissenting Shares
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(a) For purposes of this
Agreement, “ Dissenting Shares ” means shares of
the Company Common Stock held immediately prior to the Effective
Time by a stockholder who did not vote in favor of the Merger (or
consent thereto in writing) and with respect to which demand to the
Company for purchase of such shares is duly made and perfected in
accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and not subsequently
and effectively withdrawn or forfeited. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 1.04(c) or any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, Dissenting Shares shall not be converted
into or be exchangeable for the right to
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receive
the Merger Consideration at or after the Effective Time, but shall
entitle the holder thereof to receive such consideration as may be
determined to be due to holders pursuant to the DGCL, unless and
until the holder of such Dissenting Shares withdraws his or her
demand for such appraisal in accordance with the DGCL or becomes
ineligible for such appraisal. If a holder of Dissenting Shares
shall withdraw his or her demand for such appraisal or shall become
ineligible for such appraisal (through failure to perfect or
otherwise), then, as of the Effective Time or the occurrence of
such event, whichever last occurs, such holder’s Dissenting
Shares shall automatically be converted into and represent the
right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest, as
provided in Section 1.04(c) and in accordance with the
DGCL.
(b) The Company shall give CytRx
(i) prompt notice of any demands received by the Company for
appraisal of shares of Company Common Stock and (ii) the
opportunity to participate in and direct all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to any such demands. The Company shall
not, without the prior written consent of CytRx, make any payment
with respect to, or settle, offer to settle or otherwise negotiate,
any such demands.
SECTION 1.06 Payment of Merger
Consideration .
(a) The Initial Merger
Consideration shall be payable in fully paid and non-assessable
shares of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of CytRx
(“ CytRx Common Stock ”), which shall be valued
for this purpose at $0.94 per share (the “ Initial Merger
Consideration Price ”).
(b) Prior to the Effective Time,
CytRx shall appoint an agent reasonably satisfactory to the Company
to act as agent (the “ Disbursing Agent ”) for
the payment of the Initial Merger Consideration upon surrender of
certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock. At or
prior to the Effective Time, CytRx shall deposit or cause to be
deposited with the Disbursing Agent in trust for the benefit of the
Company Stockholders certificates representing shares of CytRx
Common Stock sufficient to pay the Initial Merger
Consideration.
(c) The Earnout Merger
Consideration, if any, shall be payable as provided in
Section 3.02. The provisions of this Section 1.06 also
shall apply to the payment of any Earnout Merger
Consideration.
(d) Promptly after the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Disbursing Agent to
mail to each individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association, joint venture, unincorporated
organization, trust or any other entity, including a governmental
authority (each, a “ person ”), who was a record
holder as of the Effective Time of an outstanding certificate or
certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented shares of Company Common Stock (the “
Certificates ”) or of uncertificated shares of Company
Common Stock in book-entry form (“ Book-Entry Shares
”), and whose shares were converted into the right to receive
the Initial Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.04(c),
a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery
shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates
shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the
Disbursing Agent, and which shall be in such form and shall have
such other customary provisions as CytRx may reasonably specify)
and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for payment of the
Initial Merger
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Consideration. Upon surrender to the Disbursing Agent of a
Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed
and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the
Disbursing Agent, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry
Share shall be paid promptly in exchange therefor the Initial
Merger Consideration and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall
forthwith be canceled. If payment is to be made to a person other
than the person in whose name the Certificate or Book-Entry Share
surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that
the Certificate so surrendered be properly endorsed or otherwise be
in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such
payment pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the
payment of the Initial Merger Consideration to a person other than
the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or establish
to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has
been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 1.06, each Certificate or
Book-Entry Share (other than Certificates or Book-Entry Shares
representing shares of Company Common Stock owned by any subsidiary
of the Company, CytRx, Merger Subsidiary or any other subsidiary of
CytRx and shares of Company Common Stock held in the treasury of
the Company, which shall have been canceled as provided in
Section 1.04(b), and other than Certificates or Book-Entry
Shares representing Dissenting Shares) shall represent for all
purposes only the right to receive, as and when payable hereunder,
the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of
Company Common Stock evidenced by such Certificate or the number of
Book-Entry Shares, without any interest thereon.
(e) From and after the Effective
Time, there shall be no registration of transfers of shares of
Company Common Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time on the stock transfer books of the Surviving
Corporation. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such
shares of Company Common Stock except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or by applicable law. All Merger Consideration paid upon
the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this
Article I shall be deemed to have been paid in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company
Common Stock previously represented by such Certificates. If, after
the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation for any reason, such Certificates shall be cancelled
and exchanged as provided in this Article I. At the close of
business on the day of the Effective Time, the stock ledger of the
Company shall be closed.
(f) 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 reasonably required by the
Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in
such reasonable amount as CytRx may direct, as indemnity against
any claim that may be made against it with respect to such
Certificate, the Disbursing Agent will pay, in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Initial Merger
Consideration to be paid in respect of the shares of Company Common
Stock formerly represented by such Certificate, as contemplated by
this Article I.
(g) No certificate or scrip
representing fractional shares of CytRx Common Stock shall be
issued as part of the Initial Merger Consideration upon the
surrender of the Certificates. In lieu thereof, each Company
Stockholder otherwise entitled to a fraction of a share of CytRx
Common Stock shall be entitled to receive an amount of cash
(without interest) determined by
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multiplying the Initial Merger Consideration Price by the
fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be
entitled, less any applicable tax withholding. If a Company
Stockholder surrenders more than one Certificate, any fractions of
a share of CytRx Common Stock shall be aggregated for purposes of
determining whether such Company Stockholder is entitled to a
fraction of a share.
(h) At any time after six months
after the Effective Time, CytRx shall be entitled to require the
Disbursing Agent to deliver to it any Merger Consideration which
had been deposited by CytRx with the Disbursing Agent and not
disbursed in exchange for Certificates (including all interest and
other income received by the Disbursing Agent in respect of such
Merger Consideration). Thereafter, holders of shares of Company
Common Stock shall look only to CytRx (subject to the terms of this
Agreement and abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws)
as general creditors thereof with respect to any Merger
Consideration that may be payable, without interest, upon surrender
of the Certificates held by them. If any Certificates shall not
have been surrendered prior to two years after the Effective Time
(or immediately prior to such time on which any payment in respect
thereof would otherwise escheat or become the property of any
governmental unit or agency), the payment in respect of such
Certificates shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
become the property of CytRx, free and clear of all claims or
interest of any person previously entitled thereto. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, none of CytRx, the Company, the Surviving
Corporation nor the Disbursing Agent shall be liable to any holder
of a share of Company Common Stock for any Merger Consideration
delivered in respect of such share of Company Common Stock to a
public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or
other similar law.
(i) CytRx, the Surviving
Corporation and the Disbursing Agent shall be entitled to deduct
and withhold from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable to a
holder of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement
such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with
respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (the “ Code ”), or under any
provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent amounts
are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority,
the withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of which
such deduction and withholding was made.
SECTION 1.07 Treatment of Company
Stock Options . At or prior to the Closing, the administrator
of the Company Stock Plans (as defined below) shall have resolved
under the Company Stock Plans to determine that each unexercised
Company Option (as defined in Section 5.02) granted pursuant
to the Company Stock Plans shall terminate immediately prior to the
Effective Time, with any consideration due to the holders thereof
being paid at such time, and the Company will take all necessary
and appropriate action to effect the termination of all Company
Options (including, but not limited to, the giving of any notice
required under any agreement relating to Company Options). For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Company Stock
Plans ” means, collectively, the Company’s 2004
Stock Option Plan, 2007 Stock Option Plan and each other stock
option, stock appreciation rights or other equity incentive plan
maintained or assumed by the Company at any time.
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SECTION 1.08 Treatment of Company
Warrants . Effective immediately prior to the Effective Time,
all unexercised Company Warrants (as defined in Section 5.02)
shall, by their terms and without any action of the Company, either
(a) be canceled, without any consideration to the holders
thereof, and be of no further force or effect or (b) remain
outstanding in accordance with the terms thereof and the holders
thereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in
lieu of the shares of Company Common Stock) the Merger
Consideration payable with respect to or in exchange for the number
of shares of Company Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to
the Effective Time upon the exercise thereof. If and to the extent
Company Warrants outstanding at the Effective Time are subsequently
cancelled, or terminate, without being exercised in full, all
Merger Consideration otherwise payable with respect to such
cancelled or terminated Company Warrants shall thereupon become the
property of CytRx. The holders of Company Warrants immediately
prior to or at any time after the Effective Time are sometimes
collectively referred to herein as the “ Company Warrant
Holders .” CytRx shall cause the Surviving Corporation to
comply with any provisions of Company Warrants regarding the
issuance of replacement warrants in exchange for the surrender of
Company Warrants that, by their terms, remain outstanding following
the Effective Time.
SECTION 1.09 The Closing . The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the
offices of TroyGould PC, 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor, Los
Angeles, California 90067, commencing at 9:00 A.M., local time, on
the second business day following the satisfaction or waiver of all
conditions set forth in Article VII or such other place and
date as the parties may mutually determine (the “ Closing
Date ”). As soon as practicable following the Closing,
the Company and Merger Subsidiary shall file with the Secretary of
State the duly executed Certificate of Merger and such other
documents as may be required by the DGCL, and the parties shall
take all such other and further actions as may be required by law
to make the Merger effective.
ARTICLE II
THE
SURVIVING CORPORATION; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
SECTION 2.01 Certificate of
Incorporation . The Certificate of Incorporation of Merger
Subsidiary in effect at the Effective Time shall be the certificate
of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, except that the name
of the Surviving Corporation shall be changed to CytRx Oncology
Corporation, unless and until amended in accordance with applicable
law and the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.02 Bylaws . The
Bylaws of Merger Subsidiary in effect at the Effective Time shall
be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, unless and until
amended in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 2.03 Directors and
Officers . The directors of Merger Subsidiary immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation as of the Effective Time. The officers identified in
the Certificate of Merger shall be the officers of the Surviving
Corporation as of the Effective Time, subject to the right of the
Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation to appoint or
replace officers.
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ARTICLE III
EARNOUT MERGER CONSIDERATION
SECTION 3.01 Net Sales;
Determination of Earnout .
(a) For purposes of this
Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
(i)
“ Company License Agreements ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.01(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule (as defined in Article V);
(ii)
“ Earnout Merger Consideration ” means the
amounts set forth in the following table corresponding to the
Surviving Corporation’s achievement of Net Sales (as defined
below) indicated:
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net Sales |
|
|
|
Earnout Merger
Consideration |
| $ |
2,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,000,000 |
|
| $ |
15,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,000,000 |
|
| $ |
30,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,000,000 |
|
| $ |
40,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
6,253,462 |
|
provided, that the final payment of the Earnout Merger
Consideration ( i.e ., $6,253,462 payment corresponding to
Net Sales of $40,000,000), shall be increased by the excess, if
any, of (1) the Estimated Net Liabilities (as defined in
Section 5.06(b)) of the Company as of the date of this
Agreement over (2) the actual Net Liabilities (as defined in
Section 5.06(b) but excluding up to $97,785 that may become
due and payable to Davos Chemical Corporation) of the Company as of
such date.
(iii)
“ Earnout Period ” means the period commencing
upon the Effective Time and ending on the earlier of (1) the
end of the first calendar year in which Net Sales equal or exceed
$40,000,000 and (2) the expiration of the last of the patents
licensed under the Company License Agreements;
(iv)
“ Net Sales ” means the sum of all “net
sales” as defined in the Company License Agreements;
(v)
“ Market Price ” means, for any date:
(i) if the CytRx Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market (as defined below), the last sale price of the CytRx
Common Stock on such date (or the nearest preceding Trading Day (as
defined below) if such date is not a Trading Day) on the Trading
Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for
trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P.; or (ii) if CytRx Common
Stock is not then quoted for trading on a Trading Market and if
prices for CytRx Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar
organization or agency
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succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent
bid price per share of CytRx Common Stock so reported; or
(iii) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of
CytRx Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of CytRx;
(vi)
“ Trading Day ” means a day on which the
principal Trading Market is open for business; and
(vii)
“ Trading Market ” means the following exchanges
or markets on which the CytRx Common Stock is listed or quoted for
trading on the date in question: The Nasdaq Capital Market; The
Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the American
Stock Exchange; the New York Stock Exchange; or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
(b) Subject to the achievement
of Net Sales as set forth in paragraph (a) above and to
CytRx’s offset rights under Article IX, CytRx shall pay
the related Earnout Merger Consideration as provided in
Section 3.02.
SECTION 3.02 Payment .
(a) If, in a calendar year
during the Earnout Period, the Surviving Corporation achieves Net
Sales for such year in one or more of the amounts specified in
Section 3.01(a), CytRx shall promptly, and in no event later
than 90 days following the end of such year, pay and deliver
to the Stockholder Representative, on behalf of the Company
Stockholders, and reserve on behalf of the Company Warrant Holders
the relevant Earnout Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 3.01(a). For clarity, the Earnout Merger Consideration
shall be payable only with respect to the first year during the
Earnout Period in which Net Sales as specified in
Section 3.01(a) are achieved. For further clarity, the
Relevant Earnout Merger Consideration shall be payable with respect
to each level of Net Sales specified in Section 3.01(a) first
achieved during such year. By way of example only, if, in the first
calendar year during the Earnout Period for which Net Sales were at
least $2,000,000, the Surviving Corporation achieves Net Sales of
$17,000,000, the Earnout Merger Consideration payable by CytRx
would be $7,000,000 ( i.e ., $2,000,000 + $5,000,000). In
this example, no further Earnout Merger Consideration would be
payable unless and until Net Sales for any calendar year equaled or
exceeded $30,000,000.
(b) Subject to the Equity
Conditions (as defined below) and share limitation described below,
the Earnout Merger Consideration, if any, shall be payable in
shares of CytRx Common Stock valued for this purpose at the average
of the daily Market Price during the ten-Trading Day period ending
on the second Trading Day prior to CytRx’s payment of the
Earnout Consideration or, in CytRx’s discretion, in cash, or
by any combination of shares of CytRx Common Stock and cash. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Equity
Conditions ” means, at the time of payment of any Earnout
Merger Consideration, (i) CytRx Common Stock is listed for
trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable in
payment of such Earnout Merger Consideration are listed or quoted
for trading on such Trading Market, (ii) the shares of CytRx
Common Stock comprising the Earnout Merger Consideration are
registered, if necessary, under the Securities Act pursuant to an
effective registration statement or otherwise will be freely
tradeable upon issuance thereof, and (iii) there are
sufficient authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares
of CytRx Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares
issuable in payment of such Earnout Merger Consideration.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or
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any
other provision of this Agreement, the maximum number of shares of
CytRx Common Stock issued in payment of the Merger Consideration
shall not exceed 18,145,013 (subject to adjustment for reverse and
forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and like
events with respect to CytRx Common Stock), unless such issuance
shall have been approved by the requisite vote or consent of CytRx
stockholders under applicable Trading Market listing standards. In
the event that the Equity Conditions shall not have been satisfied,
or if payment in shares of CytRx Common Stock of any Earnout Merger
Consideration would cause such share limitation to be exceeded,
CytRx shall, to the extent necessary, instead pay such Earnout
Merger Consideration in cash.
(c) No certificate or scrip
representing fractional shares of CytRx Common Stock shall be
issued as part of the Earnout Merger Consideration. In lieu
thereof, each Company Stockholder otherwise entitled to a fraction
of a share of CytRx Common Stock shall be entitled to receive an
amount of cash (without interest) determined by multiplying the
Market Price for purposes of the payment of such Earnout Merger
Consideration by the fractional share interest to which such holder
would otherwise be entitled, less any applicable tax withholding.
If a Company Stockholder surrenders more than one Certificate, any
fractions of a share of CytRx Common Stock shall be aggregated for
purposes of determining whether such Company Stockholder is
entitled to a fraction of a share.
(d) CytRx shall afford the
Stockholder Representative and his advisers and representatives,
upon request, reasonable access to the books and records of the
Surviving Corporation for purposes relating to the determination of
Net Sales, provided that such access shall be limited to that
portion of the books and records that relate to the calculation of
Net Sales and provided further that prior to granting such access,
the Stockholder Representative shall have entered into a
confidentiality agreement on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to CytRx. If the Stockholder Representative disputes
any Net Sales determination by CytRx, either party may make a
demand for formal resolution in the manner provided in
Section 9.04.
SECTION 3.03 Transfer of the
Surviving Corporation . No sale or transfer by CytRx of any
beneficial ownership in the Surviving Corporation shall relieve
CytRx of its obligations with respect to this Agreement, unless the
purchaser of such interest shall agree in writing to assume all of
CytRx’s obligations hereunder and to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement (in which event, the term
“ CytRx ” shall thereafter include such
purchaser).
SECTION 3.04 Earnout Rights Not
Transferable . No person may sell, exchange, transfer or
otherwise dispose of his, her or its right to receive the Earnout
Merger Consideration, if any, other than by operation of law. Any
transfer or purported transfer in violation of this
Section 3.04 shall be null and voice ab initio and
shall not be recognized by CytRx.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CYTRX AND MERGER
SUBSIDIARY
CytRx and Merger Subsidiary, jointly
and severally, represent and warrant to the Company that, except as
set forth in (i) the CytRx SEC Reports (as defined in
Section 4.04) filed
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with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”)
prior to the date hereof or (ii) the disclosure schedule
delivered to the Company by CytRx concurrently herewith (the
“ CytRx Disclosure Schedule ”), which shall be
arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered sections of this
Article IV, it being agreed that disclosure of any item on the
CytRx Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed disclosure with respect
to all Sections of this Agreement if the relevance of such item is
reasonably apparent from the face of the CytRx Disclosure
Schedule:
SECTION 4.01 Organization and
Qualification . Each of CytRx and Merger Subsidiary is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets
and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted. Each of CytRx and Merger Subsidiary is duly qualified
and licensed to transact business and is in good standing (with
respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in each
jurisdiction in which the properties owned, leased or operated by
it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified, licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be
expected to have a CytRx Material Adverse Effect (as hereinafter
defined). In this Agreement, the term “ CytRx Material
Adverse Effect ” means any change, event, circumstance,
development or occurrence (other than an effect arising out of or
resulting from the entering into or the public announcement or
disclosure of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby) that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) has a
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or
ongoing operations of CytRx or (ii) has a material adverse
effect on CytRx’s ability to consummate the Merger; provided,
that no change, event, circumstance, development or occurrence
regarding the clinical hold placed by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on Cytrx’s Phase II clinical trial as
described in the CytRx SEC reports shall constitute or be
considered a material adverse effect. True, accurate and complete
copies of CytRx’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and Merger Subsidiary’s Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws, in each case, as in effect on the date
hereof, including all amendments thereto, have heretofore been made
available to the Company.
SECTION 4.02 Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital stock
of CytRx consists of 150,000,000 shares of CytRx Common Stock and
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“ CytRx Preferred Stock ”). As of May 30,
2008, (i) 90,770,453 shares of CytRx Common Stock were issued
and outstanding (exclusive of 633,816 shares held in treasury), all
of which shares were duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, (ii) 15,000
shares of CytRx Preferred Stock were designated as Series A
Junior Participation Preferred Stock, (iii) no shares of CytRx
Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, and
(iv) 17,583,203 shares of CytRx Common Stock were reserved for
issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants
(the “ CytRx Options and Warrants ”).
(b) The shares of CytRx Common
Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger, when issued and
delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws.
(c) Except for the CytRx Options
and Warrants, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options,
calls, contracts, commitments, understandings, restrictions,
arrangements,
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rights
or warrants, including any right of conversion or exchange under
any outstanding security, instrument or other agreement and also
including any rights plan or other anti-takeover agreement,
obligating CytRx or any subsidiary of CytRx to issue, deliver or
sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares
of the capital stock of CytRx or obligating CytRx or any subsidiary
of CytRx to grant, extend or enter into any such agreement or
commitment. There are no outstanding stock appreciation rights or
similar derivative securities or rights of CytRx or any of its
subsidiaries. There are no voting trusts, irrevocable proxies or
other agreements or understandings to which CytRx or any subsidiary
of CytRx is a party or is bound with respect to the voting of any
shares of CytRx Common Stock.
SECTION 4.03 Authority;
Non-Contravention; Approvals .
(a) Each of CytRx and Merger
Subsidiary has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and approved by the
respective Boards of Directors of CytRx and Merger Subsidiary. No
other corporate proceedings on the part of CytRx or Merger
Subsidiary are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or the consummation by CytRx and
Merger Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of CytRx and
Merger Subsidiary, and, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery hereof by the Company, constitutes a valid and legally
binding agreement of each of CytRx and Merger Subsidiary,
enforceable against CytRx and Merger Subsidiary in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity, including
principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(b) The respective Boards of
Directors of CytRx and Merger Subsidiary, at meetings duly called
and held, have unanimously approved this Agreement and the Merger.
CytRx, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Merger
Subsidiary, hereby approves of this Agreement and the Merger.
(c) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by each of CytRx and Merger
Subsidiary and the consummation of the Merger and the transactions
contemplated hereby do not and will not violate, conflict with or
result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or
an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or
accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of
termination or acceleration under, contractually require any offer
to purchase or any prepayment of any debt, or result in the
creation of any lien, security interest or encumbrance upon any of
the properties or assets of CytRx or any subsidiary (as defined
below) of CytRx under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
(i) the respective Certificates of Incorporation or the
respective Bylaws of CytRx and Merger Subsidiary, (ii) any
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order,
injunction, writ, permit or license of any court or governmental
authority applicable to CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary or any of
their respective properties or assets, subject, in the case of
consummation, to obtaining (prior to the Effective
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Time)
the CytRx Required Statutory Approvals (as defined in
Section 4.03(d)), or (iii) any contract, agreement,
commitment or understanding (each, a “ contract
”) to which CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary is now a party or
by which CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary or any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound or affected, other than, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (c),
such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations,
accelerations, contractual requirements or creations of liens,
security interests or encumbrances that would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a CytRx
Material Adverse Effect and would not prevent or materially delay
the consummation of the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, the
term “subsidiary” means, with respect to any person,
any corporation or other entity of which such person owns, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of the capital stock or other equity
interests generally entitled to vote for the election of the board
of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other
legal entity.
(d) Except for (i) the
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC ”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 under
the Securities Act by CytRx with respect to the Merger (the “
Registration Statement ”) and applicable filings
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“ Exchange Act ”), and (ii) the filing of
the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State in connection
with the Merger (collectively, the “ CytRx Required
Statutory Approvals ”), no declaration, filing or
registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or
approval of, any governmental or regulatory body or authority is
necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by CytRx
or Merger Subsidiary or the consummation by CytRx or Merger
Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than such
declarations, filings, registrations, notices, authorizations,
consents or approvals which, if not made or obtained, as the case
may be, would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a CytRx Material Adverse Effect and would not
prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Merger.
SECTION 4.04 Reports and Financial
Statements .
(a) Since January 1, 2007,
CytRx has filed with the SEC all material forms, statements,
reports and documents, including all exhibits, post-effective
amendments and supplements thereto (the “ CytRx SEC
Reports ”), required to be filed by it under each of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”), the Exchange Act and the respective rules and
regulations thereunder, all of which, as amended if applicable,
complied when filed, or amended, in all material respects with all
applicable requirements of the appropriate act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. As of their respective dates, the CytRx SEC
Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to
the extent corrected by a subsequent Company SEC Report filed with
the SEC prior to the date hereof.
(b) The financial statements of
CytRx included in the CytRx SEC Reports (collectively, the “
CytRx Financial Statements ”) were prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (except,
with respect to any unaudited financial statements, as permitted by
applicable SEC rules or requirements) applied on a consistent basis
(except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and
fairly present in all material respects the financial position of
CytRx as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and
changes in financial
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position
of CytRx for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of any
unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year-end
adjustments).
SECTION 4.05 Proxy
Statement/Prospectus . None of the information to be
supplied by CytRx or Merger Subsidiary for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus (as defined in Section 5.03(d)) will, at
the time of the mailing thereof or any amendments or supplements
thereto, or at the time of the meeting of stockholders of the
Company to be held in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The
Registration Statement will comply, as of its effective date, as to
form in all material respects with all applicable laws, including
the provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, except that no representation is made by
CytRx with respect to information supplied by the Company for
inclusion therein.
SECTION 4.06 No Violation of
Law . Neither CytRx nor Merger Subsidiary is in violation of or
has been given written (or, to the knowledge of CytRx and Merger
Subsidiary, oral) notice of any violation of any law, statute,
order, rule, regulation, ordinance or judgment of any governmental
or regulatory body or authority, except for violations which would
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a CytRx Material Adverse Effect. Neither CytRx nor any CytRx
subsidiary is in violation of the terms of any permits, licenses,
franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and other governmental
authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to conduct their
businesses as presently conducted, except for delays in filing
reports or violations which would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a CytRx Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 4.07 Material Contracts;
Compliance with Contracts . The CytRx SEC Reports include a
list of each contract to which CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary is a
party or by which CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary or their respective
assets are bound or affected as of the date hereof which is
required to be disclosed in the CytRx SEC Reports (each, a “
CytRx Material Contract ”). With respect to each CytRx
Material Contract (i) the CytRx Material Contract is legal,
valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect with
respect to CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and
subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity,
including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and
fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity) and (ii) neither CytRx nor any
CytRx subsidiary is in material breach or violation of or in
material default in the performance or observance of any term or
provision of, and, to the knowledge of CytRx, no event has occurred
which, with lapse of time or action by a third party, would result
in a default under, the Material Contract.
SECTION 4.08 Brokers and
Finders . CytRx has not entered into any contract with any
person that may result in the obligation of CytRx to pay any
investment banking fees, finder’s fees or brokerage fees in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 4.09 No Prior Activities
of Merger Subsidiary . Except for obligations incurred in
connection with its incorporation or organization and the
negotiation, execution and
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consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, Merger Subsidiary has neither incurred any obligation or
liability nor engaged in any business or activity of any type or
kind whatsoever or entered into any agreement or arrangement with
any person.
SECTION 4.10 Litigation;
Government Investigations . There are no material claims,
suits, actions, proceedings, arbitrations or other actions pending
or, to the knowledge of CytRx, threatened against, relating to or
affecting CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary, before any court,
governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or
authority, or any arbitrator. No material investigation or review
by any governmental or regulatory body or authority is pending or,
to the knowledge of CytRx, threatened, nor has any governmental or
regulatory body or authority indicated an intention to conduct the
same. Neither CytRx nor any CytRx subsidiary is subject to any
judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any court,
governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or
authority, or any arbitrator, or any settlement agreement or
stipulation, which as of the date hereof prohibits the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or would reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a CytRx
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.11 Taxes .
(a) CytRx and each CytRx
subsidiary has timely (i) filed with the appropriate
governmental authorities all material Tax Returns (as defined in
Section 5.12) required to be filed by it, and such Tax Returns
are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and
(ii) paid in full or reserved in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles on the CytRx Financial Statements
all material Taxes (as defined in Section 5.12) required to be
paid. Neither CytRx nor any CytRx subsidiary has requested an
extension of time within which to file a material Tax Return, which
has not been since filed, except that CytRx has requested an
extension of time within which to file its federal and California
and Massachusetts state income tax returns for 2007 and such Tax
Returns have not yet been filed. There are no liens for Taxes upon
any property or asset of CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary, other than
liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or Taxes contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings or that are otherwise not material
and reserved against in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. No deficiency with respect to Taxes has been
proposed, asserted or assessed in writing against CytRx or any
CytRx subsidiary, which has not been fully paid or adequately
reserved or reflected in the CytRx SEC Reports, and there are no
material unresolved issues of law or fact arising out of a written
notice of a deficiency, proposed deficiency or assessment from the
Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority
with respect to Taxes of CytRx or any CytRx subsidiary. Neither
CytRx nor any CytRx subsidiary has agreed to an extension of time
with respect to a Tax deficiency, other than extensions which are
no longer in effect. Neither CytRx nor any CytRx subsidiary is a
party to any agreement providing for the allocation or sharing of
Taxes with any entity other than agreements the consequences of
which are fully and adequately reserved for in the CytRx Financial
Statements. Neither CytRx nor any CytRx subsidiary has been a
United States real property holding corporation within the meaning
of Code Section 897(c)(2) during the five-year period ending
on the date hereof.
(b) CytRx and each CytRx
subsidiary has withheld or collected and has paid over to the
appropriate governmental entities (or are properly holding for such
payment) all Taxes
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required
to be collected or withheld, including with respect to amounts paid
or owed to any employee, independent contractor, stockholder, or
other third party.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants
to CytRx and Merger Subsidiary that, except as set forth in
(i) the Company SEC Reports (as defined in Section 5.04)
filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof and (ii) the
disclosure schedule delivered to CytRx by the Company concurrently
herewith (the “ Company Disclosure Schedule ”),
which shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered
sections of this Article V, it being agreed that disclosure of
any item on the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed
disclosure with respect to all Sections of this Agreement if the
relevance of such item is reasonably apparent from the face of the
Company Disclosure Schedule:
SECTION 5.01 Organization and
Qualification . The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on
its business as it is now being conducted. The Company is duly
qualified and licensed to transact business and is in good standing
(with respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) in each
jurisdiction in which the properties owned, leased or operated by
it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
organized, existing, qualified, licensed and in good standing would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect (as hereinafter defined). In this Agreement, the term
“ Company Material Adverse Effect ” means any
change, event, circumstance, development or occurrence (other than
an effect arising out of or resulting from the entering into or the
public announcement or disclosure of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby) that, individually or in the
aggregate, (i) has a material adverse effect on the business,
financial condition or ongoing operations of the Company, or
(ii) has a material adverse effect on the Company’s
ability to consummate the Merger. True, accurate and complete
copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws, in each case, as in effect on the date hereof, including
all amendments thereto, have heretofore been made available to
CytRx.
SECTION 5.02 Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital stock
of the Company consists of 75,000,000 shares of Company Common
Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share (“ Company Preferred Stock ”). As of
May 30, 2008, (i) 14,610,003 shares of Company Common
Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which shares were duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of
preemptive rights, (ii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock
were issued and outstanding, (iii) 1,689,101 shares of Company
Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise of
outstanding stock options (the “ Company Options
”), and (iv) 3,559,309 shares of Company Common Stock
were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Warrants
(the “ Company Warrants ”). The outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock, the Company Options and the Company
Warrants were issued in compliance with all
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applicable securities laws. Since May 30, 2008, except as
permitted by this Agreement, (i) no shares of capital stock of
the Company have been issued and (ii) no options, warrants or
securities convertible into, or commitments with respect to the
issuance of, shares of capital stock of the Company have been
issued, granted or made.
(b) Section 5.02(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list
of all Company Stock Plans and all holders of Company Options and
Company Warrants, indicating with respect to each Company Option
and Company Warrant, the number of shares of Company Common Stock
subject to such Company Option and Company Warrant, the exercise
price, the date of grant, and the expiration date thereof. The
Company has delivered or made available to CytRx accurate and
complete copies of all Company Stock Plans, the standard forms of
stock option agreement and warrant agreement evidencing Company
Options and Company Warrants, and any stock option agreements and
warrant agreements evidencing a Company Option or a Company Warrant
that deviates in any material manner from the Company’s
standard forms of stock option agreement and warrant
agreement.
(c) Except for Company Options
and Company Warrants, there are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, calls, contracts, commitments, understandings,
restrictions, arrangements, rights or warrants, including any right
of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security,
instrument or other agreement and also including any rights plan or
other anti-takeover agreement, obligating the Company to issue,
deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold,
additional shares of the capital stock of the Company or obligating
the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such agreement or
commitment. There are no outstanding stock appreciation rights or
similar derivative securities or rights of the Company. There are
no voting trusts, irrevocable proxies or other agreements or
understandings to which the Company is a party or is bound with
respect to the voting of any shares of capital stock of the
Company.
(d) The Company has no
subsidiaries.
SECTION 5.03 Authority;
Non-Contravention; Approvals .
(a) The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and, subject to the Company Stockholders’ Approval
(as defined in Section 5.17), to perform its obligations
hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized
and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. No other
corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
or, except for the Company Stockholders’ Approval, the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company, and, assuming with respect to this Agreement the due
authorization, execution and delivery hereof by CytRx and Merger
Subsidiary, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity, including
principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
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(b) The Company Board of
Directors, at a meeting duly called and held, has unanimously (i)
approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Merger, and
(ii) resolved to recommend that stockholders of the Company
adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger.
(c) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation
of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and
will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under,
or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration
under, contractually require any offer to purchase or any
prepayment of any debt, or result in the creation of any lien,
security interest or encumbrance upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or the
Bylaws of the Company, (ii) any statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, decree, order, injunction, writ, permit or
license of any court or governmental authority applicable to the
Company or any of its properties or assets, subject, in the case of
consummation, to obtaining (prior to the Effective Time) the
Company Required Statutory Approvals (as defined in
Section 5.03(d)) and the Company Stockholders’ Approval,
or (iii) any Contract to which the Company is now a party or
by which the Company or any of its properties or assets may be
bound or affected, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii) of this paragraph (b), such violations, conflicts,
breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations, contractual
requirements or creations of liens, security interests or
encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and
would not prevent or materially delay the consummation of the
Merger.
(d) Except for (i) the
filing with the SEC of the Company’s proxy statement relating
to the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (as defined in
Section 6.07), which also shall constitute the prospectus of
CytRx with respect to the shares of CytRx Common Stock to be issued
as part of the Merger Consideration (the “ Proxy
Statement/Prospectus ”), and other applicable filings
pursuant to the Exchange Act, and) the filing of the Certificate of
Merger with the Secretary of State in connection with the Merger
(collectively, the “ Company Required Statutory
Approvals ”), and no declaration, filing or registration
with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of, any
governmental or regulatory body or authority is necessary for the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby, other than such declarations, filings, registrations,
notices, authorizations, consents or approvals which, if not made
or obtained, as the case may be, would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect and would not prevent or materially delay the
consummation of the Merger.
SECTION 5.04 Reports and Financial
Statements .
(a) Since January 1, 2007,
the Company has filed with the SEC all material forms, statements,
reports and documents, including all exhibits, post-effective
amendments and supplements thereto (the “ Company SEC
Reports ”), required to be filed by it under each of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the respective rules and
regulations thereunder, all of which, as amended if applicable,
complied when filed, or amended, in all material respects with all
applicable requirements of the appropriate act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. As of
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their
respective dates, the Company SEC Reports filed did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except to the extent corrected by a
subsequently filed Company SEC Report filed with the SEC prior to
the date hereof.
(b) The financial statements of
the Company included in the Company’s SEC Reports
(collectively, the “ Company Financial Statements
”) were prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (except, with respect to any unaudited
financial statements, as permitted by applicable SEC rules or
requirements) applied on a consistent basis (except as may be
indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and fairly present in
all material respects the financial position of the Company as of
the dates thereof and the results of operations and changes in
financial position of the Company for the periods then ended
(subject in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements,
to normal year-end adjustments).
SECTION 5.05 Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
Internal Accounting Controls . The Company is in material
compliance with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, and
(iii) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of its
controls and procedures as of the date (such date, the “
Evaluation Date ”) prior to the filing date of the
most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the
Company’s internal controls or, to the Company’s
knowledge, in other factors that could adversely affect the
Company’s internal controls.
SECTION 5.06 Liabilities
.
(a) The Company had at
March 31, 2008, and has incurred since that date and as of the
date hereof, no liabilities or obligations (whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) of any nature, except
(a) liabilities, obligations or contingencies (i) which
are accrued or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements
or reflected in the notes thereto or (ii) which were incurred
after March 31, 2008 in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices, (b) liabilities, obligations
or contingencies which (i) would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, or (ii) have been discharged or paid in full
prior to the date hereof in the ordinary course of business, and
(c) liabilities, obligations and contingencies which are of a
nature not required to be reflected in the financial statements of
the Company prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied.
(b) Section 5.06(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s best
estimate of the Net Liabilities (as defined below) of the Company
as of the date of this
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Agreement (the “ Estimated Net Liabilities ”).
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Net
Liabilities ” means Liabilities (as defined below) less
the sum of all cash and equivalents and deposits of the Company.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Liabilities
” means all direct and indirect liabilities, indebtedness,
obligations, commitments, claims, deficiencies, expenses, deferred
income, guaranties and endorsements of any type, whether known,
unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent, matured or unmatured, of
the sort which would be reflected on a balance sheet of the Company
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a basis consistent with the Company Financial
Statements.
SECTION 5.07 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events . Since December 31, 2007,
(a) except with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, the Company has carried on and operated its
businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of
business and (b) there have not been any changes, events,
circumstances, developments or occurrences that would reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08 Litigation;
Government Investigations . There are no material claims,
suits, actions, proceedings, arbitrations or other actions pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against, relating
to or affecting the Company, before any court, governmental
department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or
any arbitrator. No material investigation or review by any
governmental or regulatory body or authority is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor has any governmental or
regulatory body or authority indicated an intention to conduct the
same. The Company is not subject to any judgment, decree,
injunction, rule or order of any court, governmental department,
commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any
arbitrator, or any settlement agreement or stipulation, which as of
the date hereof prohibits the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or would reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 5.09 Proxy
Statement/Prospectus . None of the information to be supplied
by the Company or its stockholders for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus will, at the time of the mailing thereof or
any amendments or supplements thereto, or at the time of the
Company Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus will comply, as of
its mailing date, as to form in all material respects with all
applicable laws, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except that no
representation is made by the Company with respect to information
supplied by CytRx or Merger Subsidiary for inclusion therein.
SECTION 5.10 No Violation of
Law . The Company is not in violation of and has not been given
written (or, to the knowledge of the Comp
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