AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
BIO-IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
BIOCLINICA ACQUISITION,
INC.
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ARTICLE I THE OFFER AND THE MERGER
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Section 1.2 Company Actions
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Section 1.3 Treatment of Options and
Restricted Stock
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Section 1.5 Closing; Effective
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Section 1.6 Effects of the
Merger
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Section 1.7 Certificate of Incorporation;
Bylaws
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Section 1.8 Directors and
Officers
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ARTICLE II EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS
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Section 2.1 Conversion of
Securities
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Section 2.2 Surrender of Shares
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Section 2.4 Dissenting Shares
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Section 2.5 Fractional Shares
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
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Section 3.1 Organization and
Qualification
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Section 3.2 Certificate of Incorporation
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Section 3.3 Capitalization
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Section 3.5 No Conflict; Required Filings
and Consents
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Section 3.7 SEC Filings; Financial
Statements
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Section 3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or
Events
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Section 3.9 Absence of
Litigation
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Section 3.10 Employee Benefit
Plans
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Section 3.11 Labor and Employment
Matters
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Section 3.15 Information
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Section 3.16 Opinion of Financial
Advisors
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Section 3.18 Takeover Statutes
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Section 3.19 Intellectual
Property
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Section 3.20 Environmental
Matters
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Section 3.22 Affiliate
Transactions
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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Section 4.2 Certificate of Incorporation
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Section 4.3 Capitalization
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Section 4.5 No Conflict; Required Filings
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Section 4.7 SEC Filings; Financial
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Section 4.8 Absence of Certain Changes or
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Section 4.9 Information Supplied
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Section 4.11 Operations of Merger
Sub
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Section 4.12 Ownership of Shares
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Section 4.13 Absence of
Litigation
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Section 4.15 Available Funds
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ARTICLE V CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE
MERGER
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Section 5.1 Conduct of Business of the
Company Pending the Merger
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Section 5.2 Credit Agreement
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Section 6.1 Company Stockholders
Meeting
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Section 6.2 Company Proxy
Statement
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Section 6.3 Parent Stockholder Meeting;
Certificate of Designation
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Section 6.4 Registration
Statement
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Section 6.5 Access to Information;
Confidentiality
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Section 6.6 Acquisition
Proposals
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Section 6.7 Directors’ and
Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance
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Section 6.8 Further Action;
Efforts
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Section 6.9 Public Announcements
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Section 6.10 Notification
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Section 6.11 Transfer Taxes
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Section 6.12 Anti-Takeover
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Section 6.13 Conduct of Parent Pending the
Merger
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Section 6.15 Rule 14d-10(c)
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS OF MERGER
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Section 7.1 Conditions to Obligation of
Each Party to Effect the Merger
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Section 7.2 Conditions to Obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub
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Section 7.3 Conditions to Obligations of
the Company
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER
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Section 8.2 Effect of
Termination
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Section 8.3 Fees and Expenses
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ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 9.1 Non-Survival of
Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements
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Section 9.3 Certain Definitions
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Section 9.5 Entire Agreement;
Assignment
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Section 9.6 Parties in Interest
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Section 9.7 Governing Law
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Section 9.10 Specific Performance;
Jurisdiction
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Section 9.11 Parent Guarantee
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Section 9.12 Interpretation
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Section 9.13 Waiver of Jury
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Company Intellectual Property Rights
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of
May 4, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”) among
Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Parent ”), BioClinica Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“
Merger Sub ”), and etrials Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”).
WHEREAS the respective Boards of Directors of
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have approved the acquisition of
the Company by Parent on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the acquisition of
the Company by Parent on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, Parent proposes to cause Merger Sub to
make a tender offer (as it may be amended from time to time as
permitted under this Agreement, the “ Offer ”)
to purchase all the outstanding shares of common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (a “ Share ”) of the Company
(the “ Company Common Stock ”), as a result of
which each Share of Company Common Stock validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn would be exchanged for (i) $0.15, net to the
seller in cash, (ii) a fraction of a fully paid and
non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.00025 per share,
of Parent (“ Parent Common Stock ”) equal to the
Common Exchange Ratio, as set forth in Section 2.1(a), and
(iii) a fraction of a fully paid and non-assessable share of
Series A-1 preferred stock, par value $0.00025 per share, of
Parent (“ Parent Preferred Stock ”) equal to the
Preferred Exchange Ratio, as set forth in Section 2.1(a) (such
amount, or any other amount per Share paid pursuant to the Offer
and this Agreement, the “ Offer Price ”), on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company
has (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the
Company and the stockholders of the Company (the “ Company
Stockholders ”, and each such stockholder, a “
Company Stockholder ”), and declared it advisable, to
enter into this Agreement with Parent and Merger Sub providing for
the merger (the “ Merger ”) of Merger Sub with
and into the Company in accordance with the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”),
(ii) approved this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and
(iii) resolved to recommend the Offer and approval of this
Agreement by the stockholders of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent and
Merger Sub have each approved, and Parent, as the sole stockholder
of Merger Sub has approved this Agreement and declared it advisable
for Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement providing for the Offer
and Merger in accordance with the DGCL, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to and condition of
Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain
Company Stockholders will enter into a stockholders agreement dated
as of the date hereof (the “ Stockholder Agreement
”), the form of which is attached as Annex 1 and the Board of
Directors of the Company has approved the entry of such Company
Stockholders into the Stockholder Agreements. The Stockholder
Agreements will be entered into concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual covenants, agreements and representations
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I THE OFFER AND THE
MERGER
Section 1.1 The Offer .
(a) Subject to the conditions of this Agreement, as promptly
as practicable, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub
to, commence the Offer within the meaning of the applicable rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ SEC ”). The obligations of Merger Sub to, and
of Parent to cause Merger Sub to accept for payment, and pay for,
any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer are subject to the
conditions set forth in Exhibit A. The initial expiration date
of the Offer shall be the 20th Business Day following the
commencement of the Offer (determined using Exchange Act
Rule 14d-1(g)(3)). Merger Sub expressly reserves the right to
waive any condition to the Offer or modify the terms of the Offer,
except that, without the consent of the Company, Merger Sub shall
not (i) reduce the number of Shares subject to the Offer,
(ii) reduce the Offer Price, (iii) waive the Minimum
Tender Condition (as defined in Exhibit A), add to the
conditions set forth in Exhibit A or modify any condition set
forth in Exhibit A in any manner adverse to the holders of
Company Common Stock, (iv) extend the Offer, (v) change the
form of consideration payable in the Offer or (vi) otherwise
amend the Offer in any manner adverse to the holders of Company
Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Merger Sub may,
without the consent of the Company, (i) extend the Offer in
increments of not more than five (5) Business Days each, if at
the scheduled expiration date of the Offer any of the conditions to
Merger Sub’s obligation to purchase Shares are not satisfied,
until such time as such conditions are satisfied or waived or
(ii) extend the Offer for the minimum period required by any
rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the
staff thereof applicable to the Offer. In addition, if at any
otherwise scheduled expiration date of the Offer any condition to
the Offer is not satisfied, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall
cause Merger Sub to, extend the Offer at the request of the Company
for not less than five (5) Business Days. In addition, Merger
Sub shall, if requested by either the Company or the Parent, make
available a “subsequent offering period”, in accordance
with Exchange Act Rule 14d-11, of not less than ten
(10) Business Days; provided that Merger Sub shall not
be required to make available such a subsequent offering period in
the event that, prior to the commencement of such subsequent
offering period, Parent and Merger Sub, directly or indirectly own
more than 80% of the Fully Diluted Shares. On the terms and subject
to the conditions of the Offer and this Agreement, Merger Sub
shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, pay for all Shares
validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer that
Merger Sub becomes obligated to purchase pursuant to the Offer as
soon as practicable after the expiration of the Offer. The time at
which Merger Sub initially accepts Shares for payment pursuant to
the Offer shall be referred to herein as the (“ Acceptance
Time ”).
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(b) On the date of commencement of the
Offer, Parent and Merger Sub shall file with the SEC and deliver to
the Company and its counsel a Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO with respect to the Offer, which shall contain an
offer to purchase and a related letter of transmittal and summary
advertisement (such Schedule TO and the documents included
therein pursuant to which the Offer will be made, together with any
supplements or amendments thereto, the “ Offer
Documents ”). Concurrently with the filing of the Offer
Documents, Parent and Merger Sub shall prepare and file with the
SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 to register under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”), the offer and sale of Parent Common Stock and
Parent Preferred Stock pursuant to the Offer (the “
S-4 ”). The S-4 will include a preliminary prospectus
(the “ Preliminary Prospectus ”) containing the
information required under Rule 14d-4(b) promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”). Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the
Company shall promptly correct any information provided by it for
use in the Offer Documents and the S-4 if and to the extent that
such information shall have become false or misleading in any
material respect, and each of Parent and Merger Sub shall take all
steps necessary to amend or supplement the Offer Documents and the
S-4 and to cause the Offer Documents and the S-4 as so amended or
supplemented to be filed with the SEC and the Offer Documents and
the S-4 as so amended or supplemented to be disseminated to the
Company’s stockholders, in each case as and to the extent
required by applicable federal securities laws. Parent and Merger
Sub shall provide the Company and its counsel in writing with any
comments Parent, Merger Sub or their counsel may receive from the
SEC or its staff with respect to the Offer Documents and the S-4
promptly after the receipt of such comments.
(c) Parent shall provide or cause to be
provided to Merger Sub on a timely basis the funds and securities
necessary to purchase any Shares that Merger Sub becomes obligated
to purchase pursuant to the Offer.
(d) The Company hereby grants to Parent and
Merger Sub an irrevocable option (the “ Top-Up Option
”) to purchase at a price per share equal to the Cash Value
of the Offer Price up to that number of newly issued shares of the
Company Common Stock (the “ Top-Up Shares ”)
equal to the lowest number of shares of Company Common Stock that,
when added to the number of shares of Company Common Stock,
directly or indirectly, owned by Parent and Merger Sub at the time
of exercise of the Top-Up Option shall constitute one share more
than ninety percent (90%) of the Fully Diluted Shares immediately
after the issuance of the Top-Up Shares. The Top-Up Option shall be
exercisable only once, at such time as Parent and Merger Sub,
directly or indirectly, own at least 80% of the Fully Diluted
Shares and prior to the fifth Business Day after the expiration
date of the Offer or the expiration date of any subsequent offering
period. Such Top-Up Option shall not be exercisable to the extent
the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject thereto (taken
together with the number of Fully Diluted Shares outstanding at
such time) exceeds the number of authorized shares of Company
Common Stock available for issuances. The obligation of the Company
to deliver the Top-Up Shares upon the exercise of the Top-Up Option
is subject to the condition that no provision of any applicable Law
or rule of the NASDAQ Global Market and no judgment, injunction,
order or decree shall prohibit the exercise of the Top-Up Option or
the delivery of the Top-Up Shares in respect of such exercise. The
parties shall cooperate to ensure that the issuance of the Top-Up
Shares is accomplished consistent with all applicable legal
requirements of all Governmental Entities, including compliance
with an applicable exemption from registration of the Top-Up Shares
under the Securities Act. In the event Parent and Merger Sub wish
to exercise the Top-Up Option, Merger Sub shall give the Company
one (1) Business Day prior written notice specifying the number of
shares of the Company Common Stock that are or will be, directly or
indirectly, owned by Parent and Merger Sub immediately preceding
the purchase of the Top-Up Shares and specifying a place and a time
for the closing of such purchase. The Company shall, as soon as
practicable following receipt of such notice, deliver written
notice to Merger Sub specifying the number of Top-Up Shares. At the
closing of the purchase of Top-Up Shares, the portion of the
purchase price owed by Parent or Merger Sub upon exercise of such
Top-Up Option shall be paid to the Company in cash by wire transfer
or cashier’s check. The “Cash Value of the Offer
Price” shall mean the greater of (i) $0.9068, and
(ii) an amount equal to the highest price per Share paid
pursuant to the Offer.
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Section 1.2 Company Actions .
(a) The Company hereby approves of and consents to the Offer,
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) On the date the Offer Documents are
filed with the SEC or as soon as practicable thereafter, the
Company shall file with the SEC a Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Offer (such
Schedule 14D-9, as amended from time to time, the “
Schedule 14D-9 ”) describing the recommendations
referred to in Section 3.4(b) and shall mail the
Schedule 14D-9 to the holders of Company Common Stock. Each of
the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly correct any
information provided by it for use in the Schedule 14D-9 if
and to the extent that such information shall have become false or
misleading in any material respect, and the Company shall take all
steps necessary to amend or supplement the Schedule 14D-9 and
to cause the Schedule 14D-9 as so amended or supplemented to
be filed with the SEC and disseminated to the Company’s
stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by
applicable federal securities laws. The Company shall provide
Parent and its counsel in writing with any comments the Company or
its counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to
the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after the receipt of such
comments.
(c) In connection with the Offer, the
Company shall cause its transfer agent to furnish Merger Sub
promptly with mailing labels containing the names and addresses of
the record holders of Company Common Stock as of a recent date and
of those persons becoming record holders subsequent to such date,
together with copies of all lists of stockholders, security
position listings and computer files and all other information in
the Company’s possession or control regarding the beneficial
owners of Company Common Stock, and shall furnish to Merger Sub
such information and assistance (including updated lists of
stockholders, security position listings and computer files) as
Parent may reasonably request in communicating the Offer to the
Company’s stockholders. Subject to the requirements of
applicable Law, and except for such steps as are necessary to
disseminate the Offer Documents and any other documents necessary
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
Parent and Merger Sub shall hold in confidence the information
contained in any such labels, listings and files, shall use such
information only in connection with the Offer and the Merger and,
if this Agreement shall be terminated, shall, upon request, deliver
to the Company all copies of such information then in their
possession.
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Section 1.3 Treatment of Options and
Restricted Stock . (a) Each option to purchase Shares of
Company Common Stock granted under any Company Plan (collectively,
the “ Options ”) that is outstanding and
unexercised (whether or not then exercisable), shall become fully
vested and exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, and
to the extent not exercised, shall be canceled at, the Effective
Time, and the holder thereof shall, subject to Section 1.3(c),
be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of
(i) the excess, if any, of (1) the Cash Value of the
Merger Consideration, over (2) the exercise price per share of
Company Common Stock subject to such Option, and (ii) the
total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such
fully vested and exercisable Option as in effect immediately prior
to the Effective Time (the “ Option Consideration
”) that have not been exercised. The Option Consideration
shall be paid in a lump sum within five (5) Business Days
following the Effective Time. No later than five (5) days
prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall notify all holders
of Options (“ Option Holders ”) that such
Options will become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior
to consummation of the Merger and the Options will be canceled in
exchange for the right to receive the Option Consideration if not
exercised prior to the Effective Time. No Option Consideration will
be paid with respect to any Option that has an exercise price equal
to or greater than the Option Consideration. For purposes of this
Section 1.3(a), the Cash Value of the Merger Consideration
shall mean $0.9068.
(b) Immediately prior to the Effective
Time, any then-outstanding restricted shares of Company Common
Stock issued pursuant to any Company Plans or otherwise (the
“ Restricted Stock ”) shall become fully vested
and all restrictions on the Restricted Stock shall lapse. Such
Shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock
shall be converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration
pursuant to Article II, and Parent shall withhold such amounts
as are necessary in accordance with Section 1.3(c).
(c) All amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 1.3 shall be reduced by any required withholding of
taxes in accordance with Section 2.3 and shall, except as
otherwise provided in this Section 1.3, be paid without
interest. The Company shall take all actions as are necessary and
appropriate to effectuate the cancellation of the Options and the
vesting of the Restricted Stock pursuant to this
Section 1.3.
Section 1.4 The Merger . Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in
accordance with 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 of the Merger
(the “ Surviving Corporation ”).
Section 1.5 Closing; Effective Time
. Subject to the provisions of ARTICLE VII, the closing of the
Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the
offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 502 Carnegie Center,
Princeton, New Jersey, as soon as practicable, but in no event
later than the second Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver
(to the extent permitted by Law) of the conditions set forth in
ARTICLE VII (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be
satisfied until the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or
waiver (to the extent permitted by Law) of such conditions at the
Closing), or at such other place or on such other date as Parent
and the Company may mutually agree. The date on which the Closing
actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “
Closing Date ”. At the Closing, the parties hereto
shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of
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 the acceptance of the
filing of the Certificate of Merger by the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware, or such later time as is specified in the
Certificate of Merger and as is agreed to by the parties hereto,
being hereinafter referred to as the “ Effective Time
”) and shall make all other filings or recordings required
under the DGCL in connection with the Merger.
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Section 1.6 Effects of the Merger .
The Merger shall have the effects set forth herein and in the
applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all
the property, rights, privileges, immunities, 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.
Section 1.7 Certificate of
Incorporation; Bylaws . (a) Pursuant to the Merger, the
certificate of incorporation of the Company shall be amended and
restated to be in the form of the certificate of incorporation of
Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time and,
as so amended, such certificate of incorporation shall be the
certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until
thereafter amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by
law, except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be
designated by Parent.
(b) Pursuant to the Merger, the bylaws of
Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended
in accordance with their terms and the certificate of incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation and as provided by Law.
Section 1.8 Directors and Officers .
The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time
and such officers as may be appointed by the directors of Merger
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors
and officers, respectively, of the Surviving Corporation, in each
case until the earlier of his or her resignation or removal or
until his or her successors are duly elected and
qualified.
ARTICLE II EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON
THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS
Section 2.1 Conversion of Securities
. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the
holders of any of the following securities, the following shall
occur:
(a) subject to Section 2.2, each Share
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
(other than any Dissenting Shares), including Shares subject to
vesting or other restrictions, shall be converted into the right to
receive the greater of (i) (A) $0.15, net to the holder in case
without interest (the “ Cash Consideration ”),
plus (B) 0.124 (the “ Common Exchange Ratio
”) of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share
of Parent Common Stock, plus (C) 0.076 (the “
Preferred Exchange Ratio ”) of a validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable share of Parent Preferred Stock (the
“ Stock Consideration ”), and (ii) the
highest price per Share paid pursuant to the Offer, in the same
form of consideration so paid (the greater of clauses (i) and
(ii), the “ Merger Consideration ”);
and
(b) each share of common stock of Merger
Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be converted into one share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
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At the
Effective Time, all Shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to
be outstanding, shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to
exist and each holder of a certificate (a “
Certificate ”) that immediately prior to the Effective
Time represented any such Shares of Company Common Stock shall
cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to
receive the Merger Consideration.
Section 2.2 Surrender of Shares .
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall enter into
an agreement with Parent’s transfer agent to act as agent for
the Company Stockholders in connection with the Merger (the “
Exchange Agent ”) and to receive the Merger
Consideration to which the Company Stockholders shall become
entitled pursuant to this ARTICLE II. At or prior to the Effective
Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to,
deposit with the Exchange Agent to be held in trust for the benefit
of holders of Shares (i) all the cash necessary to pay for the
Shares converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (ii) such number of
certificates of Parent Common Stock representing the shares of
Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 2.1(a)
(the “ Exchange Fund ”). The Exchange Fund shall
not be used for any purpose other than to fund payments due
pursuant to this ARTICLE II, except as provided in this Agreement.
The Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses,
including those of the Exchange Agent, incurred by it in connection
with the exchange of Shares for the Merger Consideration and other
amounts contemplated by this ARTICLE II. Parent shall have the
right to withdraw from the Exchange Fund any amount paid or shares
of Parent Common Stock delivered by Parent or the Surviving
Corporation with respect to any Dissenting Shares, the amount so
withdrawn not to exceed the amount of consideration held in the
Exchange Fund with respect to such Dissenting Shares.
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time,
Parent shall cause to be mailed to each record holder as of the
Effective Time of (x) a Certificate or Certificates which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Shares, or
(y) uncertificated Shares represented by book-entry (“
Book-Entry Shares ”), which, in each case, were
converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration with
respect thereto, (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which
shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the
Certificates to the Exchange Agent or, in the case of Book-Entry
Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the letter of
transmittal, together with such letter(s) of transmittal properly
completed and duly executed to the Exchange Agent) and
(ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger
Consideration. Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a
Certificate or Book-Entry Share, together with such letter of
transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with
the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be
required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such
Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive upon
such surrender of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and such Certificate
or Book-Entry Share shall then be canceled. If payment of the
Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the
Person in whose name the Certificate is registered, it shall be a
condition of payment that the Certificate or Book-Entry Share so
surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in
proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such
payment shall have paid any transfer and other Taxes required by
reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other
than the registered holder of the Certificate or Book-Entry Share
surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Surviving Corporation that such Tax either has been paid or is not
applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this
Section 2.2(b), each Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be
deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the
right to receive upon such surrender of such Certificate or
Book-Entry Share the Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 2.1(a). No interest shall be paid or accrue on the
cash payable upon surrender of any Certificate or Book-Entry
Share.
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(c) At any time following the date that is
twenty-four (24) months after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Exchange
Agent to deliver to it any portion of the Exchange Fund which has
been made available to the Exchange Agent and which has not been
disbursed to holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares and
thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to Parent and the
Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or
other similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect
to the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Surviving Corporation shall
pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange
Agent, incurred by it in connection with the exchange of Shares for
the Merger Consideration and other amounts contemplated by this
ARTICLE II. None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Exchange
Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash
delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned
property, escheat or similar law. The Merger Consideration paid in
accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE II in respect of
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares that have been surrendered in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have
been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the
Shares of Company Common Stock represented thereby.
(d) After 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 that were
outstanding prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective
Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for
transfer or transfer is sought for Book-Entry Shares, such
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall be canceled and exchanged
for the consideration provided for, and in accordance with the
procedures set forth in, this ARTICLE II, subject to applicable Law
in the case of Dissenting Shares. Such stock transfer books shall
be delivered to the Surviving Corporation as soon as reasonably
possible after the Effective Time.
(e) In the event that any Certificate shall
have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof claiming such
Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and, if reasonably
requested, the posting by the holder of a bond in customary amount
as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with
respect to the Certificate, the Exchange Agent will deliver in
exchange for the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger
Consideration payable in respect of the Shares represented by such
Certificate pursuant to this ARTICLE II.
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(f) The Exchange Agent shall invest the
cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by Parent, on a
daily basis. Any interest and other income resulting from such
investments shall be paid to Parent in (i) obligations of or
guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof, or (ii) money market accounts,
certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreement or
banker’s acceptances of, or demand deposits with, commercial
banks having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$5,000,000,000. Any profit or loss resulting from, or interest and
other income produced by, such investments shall be for the account
of Parent. If for any reason (including losses) the cash in the
Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to fully satisfy all of the
payment obligations to be made in cash by the Exchange Agent
hereunder (but subject to Section 2.3), Parent shall promptly
deposit cash into the Exchange Fund in an amount that is equal to
the deficiency in the amount of cash required to fully satisfy such
cash payment obligations.
Section 2.3 Withholding Taxes .
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent,
the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled
to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to
any former holder of Shares pursuant to this Agreement any amount
as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the
making of such payment under applicable tax Laws. To the extent
that amounts are so properly withheld by the Exchange Agent, the
Surviving Corporation or Parent, as the case may be, and are paid
over to the appropriate Governmental Entity in accordance with
applicable Law, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the
Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made
by the Exchange Agent, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as the
case may be.
Section 2.4 Dissenting Shares .
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Shares
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that
are held by any holder who has not voted in favor of the Merger and
who is entitled to demand and properly demands appraisal of such
Shares pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL (“
Dissenting Shares ”) shall not be converted into the
right to receive the Merger Consideration, unless and until such
holder shall have failed to perfect, or shall have effectively
withdrawn or lost, such holder’s right to appraisal under the
DGCL. Dissenting Shares shall be treated in accordance with Section
262 of the DGCL. If any such holder fails to perfect or withdraws
or loses any such right to appraisal, each such Share of such
holder shall thereupon be converted into and become exchangeable
only for the right to receive, as of the later of the Effective
Time and the time that such right to appraisal has been irrevocably
lost, withdrawn or expired, the Merger Consideration in accordance
with Section 2.1(a). The Company shall serve prompt notice to
Parent of any demands for appraisal of any Shares, attempted
withdrawals of such notices or demands and any other negotiations
and proceedings with respect to such demands. The Company shall
not, without the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment
with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such
demands.
Section 2.5 Fractional Shares . No
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock
will be issued by virtue of the Offer or the Merger and any Company
Stockholder entitled hereunder to receive a fractional share of
Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Stock (after aggregating
all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred
Stock that would otherwise be received by such holder) but for this
Section 2.5 will be entitled hereunder to receive no
fractional share but a cash payment in lieu thereof in an amount
equal to such fraction multiplied by $3.7838, rounded to the
nearest cent.
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to
Parent and Merger Sub that, except as identified in the Company SEC
Reports (other than statements in the Risk Factors Sections that do
not relate to historical facts and are forward-looking in nature)
or as set forth on the Company Schedule of Exceptions delivered by
the Company to the Parent and Merger Sub prior to the execution of
this Agreement (the “ Company Schedule of Exceptions
”), it being understood that each item in a particular
section of the Company Schedule of Exceptions shall be deemed to
qualify the specific representation and warranty which is
referenced in the applicable paragraph of the Company Schedule of
Exceptions and such item shall not be deemed to qualify any other
section or subsection of this Agreement:
Section 3.1 Organization and
Qualification . The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing or active status under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated (in the case
of good standing, to the extent the concept is recognized by such
jurisdiction) and has all requisite corporate power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, except where any failure to
be so organized, existing or in good standing or active status or
to have such power or authority would not, or would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly qualified or licensed
to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where
the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or
the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except for any failure to be so qualified or licensed or
in good standing which would not, or would not reasonably be
expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. “ Company Material Adverse
Effect ” means any change, effect, event or occurrence
that has a material adverse effect on the assets, business,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company taken
as a whole; provided , however , that no change,
effect, event or occurrence to the extent arising or resulting from
any of the following, either alone or in combination, shall
constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there
has been or will be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) general
economic or market conditions or general changes or developments in
the pharmaceutical industry or affecting participants in the
pharmaceutical industry, (ii) acts of war or terrorism or
natural disasters, (iii) the announcement or performance of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including
compliance with the covenants set forth herein and the identity of
Parent as the acquiror of the Company, or any action taken or
omitted to be taken by the Company at the written request or with
the prior written consent of Parent or Merger Sub,
(iv) changes in any applicable accounting regulations or
principles or the interpretations thereof, (v) changes in the
price or trading volume of the Company’s stock (provided that
any Company Material Adverse Effect that may have caused or
contributed to such change in market price or trading volume shall
not be excluded), or (vi) any failure by the Company to meet
earnings or loss projections, in and of itself (provided that any
Company Material Adverse Effect that may have caused or contributed
to such failure to meet published earnings or loss projections
shall not be excluded unless covered by another exclusion, such as
clause (iii) above), unless, in the case of clause (i) or
(ii), such change, effect, event or occurrence has a materially
disproportionate effect on the Company, taken as a whole, compared
with other companies operating in the eclinical software and
services industry.
Section 3.2 Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws . The Company has heretofore furnished or otherwise
made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of the amended
and restated certificate of incorporation dated as of
February 9, 2006 (the “ Certificate of
Incorporation ”) and the amended and restated bylaws
dated as of July 2, 2007 (the “ Bylaws ”)
of the Company as in effect on the date hereof and all minutes of
the Board of Directors of the Company since February 20, 2008,
other than those with respect to consideration and approval of the
Offer and the Merger and related transactions. The Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company and the Bylaws are in full force and
effect and no other organizational documents are applicable to or
binding upon the Company. The Company is not in violation of any
provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws in any
material respect.
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Section 3.3 Capitalization .
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
Fifty Million (50,000,000) Shares, and (ii) One Million
(1,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(the “ Preferred Stock ”).
(b) As of April 30, 2009:
(i) Eleven Million Sixty-Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Two
(11,064,142) Shares were issued and outstanding, all of which were
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were issued free
of preemptive rights; (ii) an aggregate of Two Million Seven
Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Four (2,727,764)
Shares was reserved for issuance upon or otherwise deliverable in
connection with the grant of equity-based awards or the exercise of
outstanding Options issued pursuant to the Company Stock Plan; and
(iii) no shares of Preferred Stock were outstanding. Since the
close of business on April 30, 2009, until the date hereof, no
options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock, Restricted
Company Common Stock or Preferred Stock have been granted and no
shares of Company Common Stock or Preferred Stock have been issued,
except for Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Options.
Section 3.3(b) of the Company Schedule of Exceptions sets
forth, as of the date specified thereon, each equity-based award
(including Restricted Company Common Stock or phantom rights) and
Option outstanding under the Company Stock Plan, the number of
Shares issuable thereunder and the expiration date and exercise or
conversion price relating thereto. Unless disclosed on
Section 3.3(b) of the Company Schedule of Exceptions, no other
equity-based award or Option is outstanding under a Company Stock
Plan or otherwise.
(c) As of the date of this Agreement,
except as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this
Section 3.3: (i) there are not outstanding or authorized
any (A) shares of capital stock or other voting securities of
the Company, (B) securities of the Company convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of
the Company or (C) options or other rights to acquire from the
Company, or any obligation of the Company to issue, any capital
stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the Company
(collectively, “ Company Securities ”);
(ii) there are no outstanding obligations of the Company to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities; and
(iii) there are no other options, calls, warrants or other
rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character
relating to the issued or unissued capital stock or other voting
securities of the Company to which the Company is a
party.
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Section 3.4 Authority . (a) The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, subject, in
the case of the Merger, to the approval of this Agreement by the
holders of at least a majority in combined voting power of the
outstanding Shares if required by applicable Law (the “
Company Requisite Vote ”), and the filing with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of
Merger as required by the DGCL. The affirmative vote of a majority
of the outstanding Company Common Stock is the only vote required,
if any such vote is required by applicable Law, of the
Company’s capital stock necessary in connection with the
approval and consummation of the Merger. No other vote of the
Company’s stockholders is necessary in connection with this
Agreement, the Stockholder Agreements, or the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by
Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and any implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company
has, by resolutions duly adopted at a meeting duly called and held
(i) authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, (ii) approved, and declared advisable, this Agreement,
the Offer and the Merger, (iii) determined that the terms of
the Offer and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of
the Company Stockholders, and (iv) recommended that the
holders of Company Common Stock accept the Offer and tender their
Shares pursuant to the Offer (the “ Offer
Recommendation ”), and (v) authorized the submission
of this Agreement to the Company Stockholders for their approval
and recommended that the Company Stockholders approve this
Agreement (the “ Merger Recommendation
”).
Section 3.5 No Conflict; Required
Filings and Consents . (a) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company do not and will not
(i) conflict with or violate the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Company, (ii) assuming that all consents,
approvals and authorizations contemplated by clauses
(i) through (vii) of subsection (b) below have been
obtained, and all filings described in such clauses have been made,
conflict with or violate any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree
or legal requirement (“ Law ”) applicable to the
Company or by which any of its respective properties are bound or
(iii) (A) result in any breach or violation of or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default), or (B) result in the loss of a
benefit under, or give rise to any right of termination,
cancellation, amendment or acceleration of, or (C) result in
the creation of any Lien on any of the properties or assets of the
Company under, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, license, permit or other instrument or obligation
(each, a “ Contract ”) to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company or any of its properties are bound,
except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such
conflict, violation, breach, default, loss, right or other
occurrence which would not, or would not reasonably be expected to,
(A) materially delay consummating the transactions
contemplated hereby on a timely basis or (B) individually or
in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
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(b) The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the Offer
or the Merger do not and will not require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, action by, filing with or notification
to, any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
(including stock exchange) authority, agency, court, commission, or
other governmental body (each, a “ Governmental Entity
”) to be obtained or made by the Company, except for
(i) applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(including the filing of the Schedule 14D-9 and the proxy
statement to be sent to stockholders of the Company in connection
with the Company Stockholders Meeting (the “ Company Proxy
Statement ”) and any information statement (the “
Information Statement ”) required under
Rule 14f-1 in connection with the Offer), and state
securities, takeover and “blue sky” laws, (ii) the
applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“
Nasdaq ”), (iii) the filing with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Merger as
required by the DGCL, (iv) any notices required under the U.S.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (the “
FDA Act ”) or similar laws of jurisdictions other than
the United States, and (v) any such consent, approval,
authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure
of which to make or obtain would not (A) prevent or materially
delay the Company from performing its obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect, (B) materially delay
consummating the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely
basis, or (C) individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.6 Compliance . (a) To
the Knowledge of the Company, the Company is not in violation of
any Law applicable to the Company or by which any of its properties
are bound, and has not been notified in writing by any Governmental
Entity of any violation, or any investigation with respect to any
such Law, including Laws enforced by the United States Food and
Drug Administration (“ FDA ”) and comparable
foreign Governmental Entities (collectively, “ Drug
Law ”), except for any such violation which would not, or
would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company has all registrations,
applications, licenses, requests for approvals, exemptions, permits
and other regulatory authorizations (“ Authorizations
”) from Governmental Entities required to conduct its
businesses as now being conducted, except for any such
Authorizations the absence of which would not, or would not
reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Except for any failures to be in
compliance that would not, or would not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, the Company is in compliance with all such Authorizations.
The Company has made available to Parent all material
Authorizations from the FDA.
(c) Except as would not, or would not
reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company or any of its
employees is or has been debarred from participation in any program
related to pharmaceutical products pursuant to 21 U.S.C.
Section 335a (a) or (b).
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(d) The Company has not been notified in
writing of any material failure (or any investigation with respect
thereto) by it or any licensor, licensee, partner or distributor to
comply with, or maintain systems and programs to ensure compliance
with any Drug Law pertaining to programs or systems regarding
product quality, notification of facilities and products, corporate
integrity, pharmacovigilance and conflict of interest including
Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements, Good Laboratory
Practice Requirements, Good Clinical Practice Requirements,
Establishment Registration and Product Listing requirements,
requirements applicable to the debarment of individuals,
requirements applicable to the conflict of interest of clinical
investigators and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting requirements, in
each case with respect to any products of the Company. In addition
to the foregoing, the Company has not received any letter issued by
the FDA when products are marketed improperly, specifying the
violations and demanding to know how the problem will be corrected
(“ Warning Letter ”), FDA Form 483s, or
other communications from the FDA or any other Governmental
Authority alleging that the Company’s operations are in
violation of any Drug Law or the applicable Laws; nor are there
presently pending, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
in writing, any civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits,
demands, claims, hearings, notices of violation, investigations,
proceedings or demand letters by or on behalf of the FDA or any
other Governmental Authority or any customer of the Company
relating to the Company’s operations.
(e) Neither the Company, nor any officers,
employees or agents of the Company has with respect to any product
that is manufactured, tested or held by the Company, made an untrue
statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or
other Governmental Entity, failed to disclose a material fact
required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental
Entity, or committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a
statement that, at the time such disclosure was made, could
reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other
Governmental Entity to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud,
Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal
Gratuities” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191
(September 10, 1991) or any similar policy.
Section 3.7 SEC Filings; Financial
Statements . (a) The Company has filed or otherwise
transmitted all forms, reports, statements, certifications and
other documents (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements
thereto) required to be filed or otherwise transmitted by it with
the SEC) since January 1, 2008 and prior to the date hereof
(such documents filed since January 1, 2008 and prior to the
date hereof, the “ Company SEC Reports ”). As of
their respective dates, each of the Company SEC Reports complied as
to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, each as in effect on the date so filed.
Except to the extent amended or superseded by a subsequent filing
with the SEC made prior to the date hereof, as of their respective
dates (and if so amended or superseded, then on the date of such
subsequent filing), none of the Company SEC Reports contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated or incorporated by reference therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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(b) The audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company (including any related notes thereto)
included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP in all material respects applied
on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as
may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present in all
material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated
statements of operations, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity for the periods indicated therein. The
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company
(including any related notes thereto) for all interim periods
included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC since December 31, 2008 have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP in all material respects applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be
indicated in the notes thereto or may be permitted by the SEC under
the Exchange Act) and fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company as of the respective
dates thereof and the consolidated statements of operations and
cash flows for the periods indicated therein (subject to normal
period-end adjustments).
(c) The Company’s disclosure controls
and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that material
information relating to the Company is made known to the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company by
others within the Company.
(d) Since December 31, 2008, the
Company has not disclosed to the Company’s independent
registered accounting firm and the audit committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors (i) any significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(e) Since December 31, 2008, the
Company has not identified any material weaknesses in the design or
operation of its internal control over financial reporting. To the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no reason to believe that its
auditors and its chief executive officer and chief financial
officer will not be able to give the certifications and
attestations required pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 when
next due. 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.
(f) The Company does not have any
liabilities of any nature, except liabilities that (i) are
accrued or reserved against in the most recent financial statements
included in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof
or are reflected in the notes thereto, (ii) were incurred in
the ordinary course of business since the date of such financial
statements, (iii) are incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) have been
discharged or paid in full prior to the date of this Agreement in
the ordinary course of business, or (v) would not, or would
not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Section 3.7(f) of the
Company Schedule of Exceptions sets forth a list of all outstanding
debt for money borrowed, the applicable lender, interest rate and
the applicable payment dates.
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Section 3.8 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events . Except as set forth on Section 3.8 of the
Company Schedule of Exceptions, since December 31, 2008, until
the date of this Agreement, and except as contemplated by this
Agreement, the Company has conducted its business in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice and there has not been
(a) any change, event or occurrence which has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend
or other distribution in cash, stock, property or otherwise in
respect of the Company’s capital stock; (c) any
redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any shares of
capital stock of the Company (other than in connection with the
forfeiture or exercise of equity based awards, Options and
Restricted Company Common Stock in accordance with existing
agreements or terms); (d) any granting by the Company to any
of its directors, officers or employees of any material increase in
compensation or benefits, except for increases in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice or that are
required under any Company Plan; (e) any granting to any
director, officer or employee of the right to receive any severance
or termination pay, except as provided for under any plan or
agreement in effect prior to December 31, 2008; (f) any
entry by the Company into any employment, consulting,
indemnification, termination, change of control or severance
agreement or arrangement with any present or former director,
officer or employee of the Company, or any amendment to or adoption
of any Company Plan or collective bargaining agreement;
(g) any material change by the Company in its accounting
principles, except as may be required to conform to changes in
statutory or regulatory accounting rules or GAAP or regulatory
requirements with respect thereto; (h) any material change in
a Tax Group tax accounting period or method or settlement of a
material Tax claim or assessment, in each case, relating to the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, unless required by GAAP or
applicable Law.
Section 3.9 Absence of Litigation .
Except as set forth on Section 3.9 of the Company Schedule of
Exceptions, there are no suits, claims, actions, proceedings,
arbitrations, mediations or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
governmental investigations (“ Proceedings ”)
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the
Company, other than any Proceeding that would not, or would not
reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
properties is or are subject to any order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree or award except for those that would not, or
would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10 Employee Benefit Plans
. (a) Section 3.10 of the Company Schedule of Exceptions
contains a true and complete list of each Company Benefit Plan (as
defined below). As used herein, the term “ Company
Plan ” means each material employee benefit plan (within
the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (“ ERISA ”)),
including each “employee pension benefit plan” (as
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and each “employee
welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA), each material employee benefit plan maintained outside the
United States, and each other material plan, arrangement or policy
(written or oral) to provide benefits, other than salary, as
compensation for services rendered, including, without limitation,
employment agreements, executive compensation agreements, incentive
arrangements, salary continuation, stock option, stock grant or
stock purchase rights, phantom rights, deferred compensation,
bonus, severance policies or agreements, retention policies or
agreements, change in control policies or agreements, fringe
benefits or other employee benefits, in each case maintained or
sponsored by the Company or to which the Company contributes to or
for which the Company has or may have any liability, contingent or
otherwise, either directly or as a result of an ERISA
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Affiliate, or
any other plan, arrangement or policy mandated by applicable Law,
for the benefit of any current, former or retired employee,
officer, consultant, independent contractor or director of the
Company, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate (collectively, the
“ Company Employees ”). The Company has made
available to Parent copies of all material documents constituting
the Company Plans, the three most recently filed Forms 5500 for
such Company Plans and financial statements attached thereto, all
Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS ”)
determination letters for the Company Plans, all notices that were
issued within the preceding three years by the IRS, Department of
Labor, or any other Governmental Entity with respect to the Company
Plans, all employee manuals or handbooks containing personnel or
employee relations policies, and all other material documents
relating to the Company Plans. For purposes of this
Section 3.10, the term Company includes any ERISA Affiliate.
The term “ERISA Affiliate” means any person, that
together with the Company, is or was at any time treated as a
single employer under section 414 of the Code or section 4001 of
ERISA and any general partnership of which the Company is or has
been a general partner.
(b) Each Company Benefit Plan has been
operated and administered in all respects in accordance with its
terms and applicable Law, including, but not limited to, ERISA and
the Code, except for instances of noncompliance that would not
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company. All reporting, disclosure and notice requirements
under ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws have been fully and
completely satisfied with respect to each Company Benefit Plan,
except for instances of noncompliance that would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. With respect to each Company Plan, there has occurred no
non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning
of section 4975 of the Code or section 406 of ERISA) or breach of
any fiduciary duty described in section 404 of ERISA that could, if
successful, result in any liability, direct or indirect, for the
Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any stockholder,
officer, director or employee of the Company, except for instances
of noncompliance that would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. There are no
pending or threatened claims by or on behalf of any Company Plan,
or by or on behalf of any participants or beneficiaries of any
Company Benefit Plans under ERISA or applicable Law, or claiming
benefit payments other than those made in the ordinary operation of
such plans. No Company Plan is presently under investigation, audit
or examination by any Governmental Entity, and no matters are
pending with respect to any Company Plan under any IRS
program.
(c) Each Company Benefit Plan intended to
be qualified under section 401(a) of the Code, and the trust
forming a part thereof, has received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS as to its qualification under the Code and to
the effect that each such trust is exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of the Code, or has an opinion letter from the IRS
to the same effect, and each such determination or opinion letter
remains in effect and has not been revoked. Except as disclosed on
Section 3.10(a) of the Company Schedule of Exceptions, the
Company has never maintained, sponsored or had any liability with
respect to any other plan subject to the requirements of section
401(a) of the Code. To the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has
occurred since the date of such determination letter that could
cause the loss of such qualification or tax-exempt status or the
imposition of any liability, lien, penalty or tax under ERISA or
the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan has been timely amended to
comply with applicable Law.
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(d) The Company does not sponsor, maintain
or contribute to, and has never sponsored, maintained or
contributed to, or had any liability with respect to, any employee
benefit plan subject to section 302 of ERISA, section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA. None of the Company Plans is a
multiemployer plan (as defined in section 3(37) of ERISA). The
Company does not contribute to, and has never contributed to or had
any other liability with respect to, a multiemployer plan or with
respect to any plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at
least two of whom are not under common control. There is not now,
and to the Knowledge of the Company there are no existing
circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to,
any requirement for the posting of security with respect to a
Company Plan or the imposition of any pledge, lien, security
interest or encumbrance on assets of the Company under ERISA or the
Code, or similar Laws of foreign jurisdictions.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance
by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon
occurrence of any additional or subsequent events)
(i) constitute an event under any Company Plan or any trust or
loan related to any of those plans or agreements that will or may
result in a prohibition of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any payment, acceleration, forgiveness of
indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or
obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Company Employee,
or (ii) result in the triggering or imposition of any
restrictions or limitations on the right of the Company to amend or
terminate any Company Plan. No Company Plan, program, agreement or
other arrangement, either individually or collectively, provides
for any payment or benefits becoming due to any director or
employee of the Company that will be considered an “excess
parachute payment” under section 280G of the Code. The
Company has not declared any bonus compensation in contemplation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No payments or
benefits under any Company Plan or other agreement of the Company
are, or are expected to be, subject to the disallowance of a
deduction under section 162(m) of the Code. The Company does not
have any obligation to indemnify, hold harmless or gross-up any
individual with respect to any excise tax, penalty tax or interest
under section 280G or 409A of the Code. Each Company Plan that is a
“nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined
in section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) is in documentary compliance
with the requirements of section 409A of the Code. Each
nonqualified deferred compensation plan has been operated since
January 1, 2005 in good faith compliance with section 409A of
the Code. No option (other than an option the terms of which comply
with the requirements of section 409A of the Code) has an exercise
price that has been or may be less than the fair market value of
the underlying stock as of the date such option was granted or has
any feature for the deferral of compensation that could render the
grant subject to section 409A of the Code.
(f) With respect to any Company Plan that
is a group health plan (within the meaning of section 4980B(g)(2)
of the Code), such Company Plan complies, and in each and every
case has complied, with all requirements of section 4980B of the
Code, ERISA, Title XXII of the Public Health Service Act, the
applicable provisions of the Social Security Act, the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and other
applicable Laws, except for instances of noncompliance that would
not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. No Company Plan provides health or other
benefits after an employee’s or former employee’s
retirement or other termination of employment except as required
under section 4980B of the Code.
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(g) The Company has paid all amounts that
the Company is required to pay as contributions to the Company
Plans as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year of each of
the Company Plans; all benefits accrued under any funded or
unfunded Company Plan have been paid, accrued or otherwise
adequately reserved in accordance with GAAP; and all monies
withheld from employee paychecks with respect to the Company Plans
have been transferred to the appropriate Company Plan in a timely
manner as required by applicable Law.
(h) The Company has made no plan or
commitment to create any additional Company Plan or to modify or
change any existing Company Plan.
(i) Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.10(a) of the Company Schedule of Exceptions, no
benefit or compensation arrangement is maintained outside the
jurisdiction of the United States, or covers any employee residing
or working outside the United States (any such benefit and
compensation arrangement, a “ Foreign Benefit Plan
”). All Foreign Benefit Plans (i) have been established,
maintained and administered in compliance in all material respects
with their terms and all applicable Laws of any Government Entity
and (ii) that are subject to a funding requirement under
applicable Law are in material compliance with such requirement and
with respect to all other Foreign Benefit Plans, reserves therefore
have been established on the Closing Date financial statements in
accordance with applicable accounting standards and based upon
reasonable actuarial assumptions. All contributions or other
payments required to be made to or in respect of the Foreign
Benefit Plans have been made.
Section 3.11 Labor and Employment
Matters . The Company does not have any labor contracts or
collective bargaining agreements with any persons employed by the
Company or any persons otherwise performing services primarily for
the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no unfair
labor practice complaints pending against the Company before the
National Labor Relations Board (the “ NLRB ”) or
any other labor relations tribunal or authority. There are no
strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, arbitrations or
grievances, or other labor disputes pending or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened against or involving the Company. No labor
organization or group of employees of the Company has made a
pending demand for recognition or certification. The Company has
not experienced any labor strike, dispute or stoppage or other
labor difficulty involving its employees, and there are no
representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a
representation proceeding presently pending or threatened to be
brought or filed, with the NLRB or any other labor relations
tribunal or authority. The Company is in compliance with all
applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices,
classification of employees, terms and conditions of employment,
wages and hours, occupational safety and health, immigration and
immigration practices, including, but not limited to, any such Laws
respecting employment discrimination, termination of employment,
workers’ compensation, family and medical leave, the
Immigration Reform and Control Act, except for instances of
noncompliance that would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Section 3.12 Insurance . All
material insurance policies of the Company are listed in
Section 3.11 of the Company Schedule of Exceptions. Except as
would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(a) all insurance policies of the Company are in full force
and effect and provide insurance in such amounts and against such
risks as is sufficient to comply with applicable Law; (b) the
Company is not in breach or default, and the Company has not taken
any action or failed to take any action which, with notice or the
lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit
termination or modification of, any of such insurance policies; and
(c) to the Knowledge of the Company, no notice in writing of
cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any
such policy except customary notices of cancellation in advance of
scheduled expiration.
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Section 3.13 Properties . The
Company owns no real property. Section 3.13 of the Company
Schedule of Exceptions contains a complete and correct list of all
real property leased by the Company (the “ Leased
Property ”). The Company has good and valid leasehold
interests in all Leased Property. With respect to all Leased
Property, there is not, under any of such leases, any existing
default by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, the
counterparties thereto, or event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would become a material default by the Company or, to
the knowledge of the Company, the counterparties thereto. The
Leased Real Property is maintained in a state of repair and
condition that is consistent with the normal conduct of its
business.
Section 3.14 Tax Matters . (a)
(i) All material Tax Returns required to be filed by or
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