Exhibit 10(zz) EXECUTION COPY --------------
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG K-V PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANY, KESTREL-FALCON ACQUISITION CORPORATION, FP1096, INC., AND
FEMMEPHARMA HOLDING COMPANY, INC. DATED AS OF MAY 4, 2005
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INTERPRETATION.....................................................................................54
8.5
COUNTERPARTS.......................................................................................55
8.6
AMENDMENT..........................................................................................55
8.7 ENTIRE AGREEMENT;
ASSIGNMENT.......................................................................55
8.8
SEVERABILITY.......................................................................................55
8.9 OTHER
REMEDIES.....................................................................................55
8.10 GOVERNING LAW;
VENUE...............................................................................55
8.11 RULES OF
CONSTRUCTION..............................................................................56
8.12 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL...............................................................................56
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
---- ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS.................................................................................................1
ARTICLE II THE
MERGER................................................................................................14
2.1 THE
MERGER.........................................................................................14
2.2 EFFECTIVE
TIME.....................................................................................14
2.3 EFFECT OF THE
MERGER...............................................................................14
2.4 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND
BYLAWS...............................................................14
2.5 DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS.............................................................................15
2.6 EFFECT OF MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT
CORPORATIONS..............................15 2.7 DISSENTING
SHARES..................................................................................17
2.8 SURRENDER OF
CERTIFICATES..........................................................................17
2.9 NO FURTHER OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN FP1096 CAPITAL
STOCK................................................19 2.10 LOST,
STOLEN OR DESTROYED
CERTIFICATES.............................................................19
2.11 CLOSING DATE DELIVERIES OF FP1096 AND
FEMMEPHARMA..................................................19
2.12 CLOSING DATE DELIVERIES OF
K-V.....................................................................20
2.13 TAKING OF NECESSARY ACTION; FURTHER
ACTION.........................................................21
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FP1096 AND
FEMMEPHARMA.................................................21 3.1
ORGANIZATION.......................................................................................21
3.2 FP1096 CAPITAL
STRUCTURE...........................................................................21
3.3
SUBSIDIARIES.......................................................................................23
3.4
AUTHORITY..........................................................................................23
3.5 NO
CONFLICT........................................................................................23
3.6
CONSENTS...........................................................................................23
3.7 REGULATORY
MATTERS.................................................................................24
3.8 FP1096 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS........................................................................25
3.9 NO UNDISCLOSED
LIABILITIES.........................................................................26
3.10 NO
CHANGES.........................................................................................26
3.11 TAX
MATTERS........................................................................................27
3.12 RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES................................................................28
3.13 TITLE TO PROPERTIES; ABSENCE OF LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES;
SUFFICIENCY OF ASSETS......................29 3.14 INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY..............................................................................30
3.15 AGREEMENTS, CONTRACTS AND
COMMITMENTS..............................................................32
3.16 INTERESTED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS......................................................................32
3.17 GOVERNMENTAL
AUTHORIZATION.........................................................................32
3.18
LITIGATION.........................................................................................32
3.19 MINUTE
BOOKS.......................................................................................33
3.20 ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS..............................................................................33
3.21 BROKERS' AND FINDERS'
FEES.........................................................................34
3.22 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND
COMPENSATION............................................................34
3.23
INSURANCE..........................................................................................35
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LAWS...............................................................................36
3.25 WARRANTIES;
INDEMNITIES............................................................................36
3.26 COPIES OF
MATERIALS................................................................................36
3.27 FULL
DISCLOSURE....................................................................................36
3.28 INFORMATION
STATEMENT..............................................................................36
3.29 OWNERSHIP OF FP1096 CAPITAL
STOCK..................................................................37
3.30 ABSENCE OF CLAIMS BY THE
SHAREHOLDERS..............................................................37
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF K-V AND K-V
SUB.........................................................37 4.1
ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND
POWER...................................................................37
4.2
AUTHORITY..........................................................................................37
4.3
CONSENTS...........................................................................................38
4.4 CAPITAL
RESOURCES..................................................................................38
4.5 BROKER'S AND FINDERS'
FEES.........................................................................38
4.6 NO
CONFLICTS.......................................................................................38
4.7 INTERIM OPERATIONS OF K-V
SUB......................................................................38
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS......................................................................................38
5.1
CONFIDENTIALITY....................................................................................38
5.2
EXPENSES...........................................................................................40
5.3 FIRPTA
COMPLIANCE..................................................................................40
5.4 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND FURTHER
ASSURANCES........................................................40
5.5 RETAINED EMPLOYMENT
LIABILITIES....................................................................40
5.6 ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.............................................................................41
5.7
NON-COMMERCIALIZATION..............................................................................41
5.8 TAX
MATTERS........................................................................................41
ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE
MERGER..................................................................................43
6.1 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY TO EFFECT THE
MERGER.......................................43 6.2 CONDITIONS TO
THE OBLIGATIONS OF K-V AND K-V
SUB...................................................43 6.3
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF FP1096, FEMMEPHARMA AND THE
SHAREHOLDERS..............................46 ARTICLE VII SURVIVAL;
INDEMNIFICATION................................................................................47
7.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.........................................................47
7.2
INDEMNIFICATION....................................................................................48
7.3
PROCEDURE..........................................................................................49
7.4 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION;
ESCROW..............................................................50
7.5 EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY...................................................................................52
7.6 ESCROW AND ESCROW RELEASE
AMOUNT...................................................................52
7.7 SELLER
REPRESENTATIVE..............................................................................52
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL
PROVISIONS......................................................................................53
8.1
TERMINATION........................................................................................53
8.2 EFFECT OF
TERMINATION..............................................................................53
8.3
NOTICES............................................................................................53
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-iii- INDEX OF EXHIBITS EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION ------- ----------- Exhibit A Asset Contribution
Agreement Exhibit B Form of Escrow Agreement Exhibit C Form of
License Agreement Exhibit D Form of Release Agreement Exhibit E
Retained Contracts Exhibit F List of Shareholders Exhibit G Form of
Transition Agreement Exhibit H1 Form of Merger Certificate Exhibit
H2 Form of Certificate of Merger of Domestic Corporation into
Foreign Corporation Exhibit I Letter of Transmittal Exhibit J
Closing Instructions Exhibit K Form(s) of Proprietary Information,
Confidentiality and Assignment Agreement SCHEDULES ---------
THIS AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement") is made and --------- entered
into as of May 4, 2005 by and among K-V Pharmaceutical Company, a
Delaware corporation ("K-V"), Kestrel-Falcon Acquisition
Corporation, a --- Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of K-V Pharmaceutical ("K-V Sub"), FP1096, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation ("FP1096"), and ------- ------ FemmePharma
Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of FP1096 ("FemmePharma"). ----------- RECITALS A. K-V
and FP1096 believe it is in the best interests of each company and
its respective shareholders that K-V acquire FP1096 through the
statutory merger of K-V Sub with and into FP1096 (the "Merger").
------ B. Immediately prior to the Merger, FP1096 will have
executed and delivered the Asset Contribution Agreement (as defined
in Article I) and the License Agreement (as defined in Article I)
as a condition to K-V to consummate the transactions pursuant to
this Agreement. C. Immediately prior to the Merger, FP1096 will
have consummated the Spin Off (as defined in Article I) as a
condition to FP1096 to consummate the transactions pursuant to this
Agreement. Therefore, in consideration of the premises and mutual
covenants and conditions set forth herein and intending to be
legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS ----------- The terms defined in this Article I,
whenever used in this Agreement, including without limitation in
the exhibits and schedules hereto and the disclosure letters
delivered in connection herewith, unless otherwise specified, shall
have the following meanings: "Accounts Receivable" means, in the
ordinary course of business: ------------------- (i) all trade
accounts receivable and other rights to payment from customers of
FP1096 and the full benefit of all security for such accounts or
rights to payment, (ii) all other accounts or notes receivable of
FP1096, and the full benefit of all security for such accounts or
notes, and (iii) any claim, remedy or other right related to any of
the foregoing. "Affiliate" means with respect to any Person, any
other Person that --------- directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such first Person. The term "control" of such
first Person (including the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with" such first Person) means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such first Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or
otherwise. "Agreement" has the meaning given to it in the first
paragraph of --------- this Agreement. "Anti-infective Product" means any
local regional, topical or ---------------------- intravaginally
administered product that is delivered to the pelvic region used
for the treatment of candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis or
trichomoniasis, whether such conditions are described by such terms
or any other terminology. "Appraisal" has the meaning given to it
in Section 6.2(u) of this --------- Agreement. "Asset Contribution
Agreement" means the Asset Contribution
---------------------------- Agreement dated as of the date hereof
by and between FP1096 and FemmePharma in substantially the form of
EXHIBIT A. "Audit" has the meaning given to it in Section 5.8(c).
----- "Balance Sheet Date" has the meaning given to it in Section
3.8(a). ------------------ "Books and Records" of any Person means
all files, documents, ----------------- correspondence,
instruments, papers, books and records relating to the business,
operations, condition, financial or other results of operations,
and assets of such Person, including without limitation, financial
statements and information; employment and personnel records,
including employee medical surveillance records; tax returns;
budgets, business plans, projections, prospects, opportunities and
strategies; reliability and cost data; pricing lists, formulas and
guidelines; ledgers, journals, deeds, title policies, minute books,
stock certificates and books, stock transfer ledgers and legal
matters; customer lists; advertising and promotions; computer files
and programs; retrieval programs; operating data and plans;
environmental studies and plans; and all employee rosters and other
employee related documents and copies of all personnel records
required by Law to be retained. "Business Day" means each day that
is not a Saturday, Sunday or ------------ holiday on which banking
institutions located in New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by Law to close. "Business Facility" means any real
property that is or at any time ----------------- has been owned,
operated, occupied, controlled or leased by either FP1096 or
FemmePharma in connection with the operation of its business. "Cap"
has the meaning given to it in Section 7.4. --- "Charter Documents"
has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1. -----------------
"Claim" has the meaning given to it in Section 7.3(b). ----- "Claim
Notice" has the meaning given to it in Section 7.3(b). ------------
"Clinical Trials" means, with respect to a product, any and all
--------------- animal, non-human, and non-clinical trials and
human clinical trials performed by or under authority of FP1096 or
its Affiliate prior to the Closing Date, and the foreign
equivalents of such trials, performed prior to or following the
filing of a Marketing Authorization Application for purposes of
obtaining approval therefore, including phase I, phase II and phase
III clinical trials in the United States as -2- defined under the FFDCA and their
foreign equivalents, and any clinical studies performed after such
approval is obtained. "Closing" has the meaning given to it in
Section 2.2. ------- "Closing Date" has the meaning given to it in
Section 2.2. ------------ "Closing Instructions" has the meaning
given to it in Section -------------------- 2.8(g). "Closing
Payments" has the meaning given to it in Section 2.8(g).
---------------- "COBRA" means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of ----- 1985, as amended. "Code" means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. ---- "Confidential
Information" has the meaning given to it in Section
------------------------ 5.1(c). "Conflict" has the meaning given
to it in Section 3.5. -------- "Consideration Per Share" means
$6.0990 per share, subject to the ----------------------- last
paragraph of Section 2.6(a). "Contract" means any agreement, joint
venture agreement, -------- partnership agreement, assignment,
lease, sublease or other occupancy agreement, license, sublicense,
settlement agreement, consent decree, stipulation, promissory note,
evidence of indebtedness, loan agreement, credit agreement or
document, indenture, security agreement, insurance policy, purchase
order, or other contract, arrangement, understanding or conduct
giving rise to any binding commitment, whether written or oral,
including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto.
"Copyrights" has the meaning given to it in the definition of
---------- Intellectual Property Rights. "Current Balance Sheet"
has the meaning given to it in Section ---------------------
3.8(a). "Damage" means any loss, damage, deficiency, cost, expense
or other ------ Liability, including attorneys' fees and expenses
of investigation and defense and all other amounts paid in
investigation, defense or settlement of any of the foregoing, in
each case whether or not arising out of third-party claims. Damage
shall not include a reduction in amount or limitation on the use of
FP1096's net operating loss carryforward to offset income
attributable to any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning
after the Closing Date. "Danazol" has the meaning given to it in
The Merck Index, 13th ------- Edition (2001). "Danazol Product" has
the meaning given to it under the definition --------------- of K-V
Product. "Data" means, with respect to a K-V Product developed by
or on ---- behalf of FP1096, all data, analyses, opinions, results,
reports, clinical Development tests and results, and other
information, in FP1096's possession or control and generated or
used in or for or material to the -3- Development of a K-V Product
developed by or on behalf of FP1096, including such data and
information with respect to a K-V Product developed by or on behalf
of FP1096 that relates to: (i) any screening, optimization, and in
vitro and in vivo testing and studies, (ii) the pharmacological
properties, including pharmacokinetic, toxicological and metabolic
properties or composition of the K-V Product or any of its
components, (iii) protocols and methods for Development, and
protocol and process changes and amendments, (iv) safety data and
information, adverse effects, adverse reactions and events,
clinical databases, case report forms, and patient records, and (v)
all other data and information included in any Marketing
Authorization Application, other Regulatory Documentation, or
otherwise provided or made available to, or received from, any
Regulatory Authority, or developed or obtained in order to meet the
requirements of any applicable Laws or to seek Regulatory Approval
with respect to a K-V Product as developed by or on behalf of
FP1096. "Development," and with correlative meaning "Develop,"
means, with ----------- ------- respect to a product, all
formulation development, process development, stability studies,
Manufacturing development, production of clinical product batches,
validation studies, qualification, quality assurance/quality
control testing, regulatory affairs (including meetings with and
other communications to and from Regulatory Authorities), and other
development and preparation for the Manufacture, supply and
commercialization of or for the product in any and all countries,
including all activities for pre-clinical testing and studies, the
evaluation of toxicological, pharmacological, metabolic or other
clinical aspects of the product, Clinical Trials and activities
otherwise related to the submission of Marketing Authorization
Applications and seeking Regulatory Approvals. "Dissenting Share
Payments" has the meaning given to it in Section
------------------------- 2.7(c). "Dissenting Shares" has the
meaning given to it in Section 2.7(a). ----------------- "DOL"
means the United States Department of Labor. --- "Effective Time"
has the meaning given to it in Section 2.2. --------------
"Employee" means any current or former employee, consultant or
-------- director of FP1096 or any ERISA Affiliate. "Employee
Agreement" means each management, employment, severance,
------------------ consulting, relocation, repatriation,
expatriation, visa, work permit or other agreement, or contract
(including, without limitation, any offer letter or any agreement
providing for acceleration of FP1096 Options, or any other
agreement providing for compensation or benefits) between FP1096 or
any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee. "Employment Liabilities"
means any and all claims, debts, ----------------------
commitments, obligations or other Liabilities whether fixed,
contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever or
however arising, including all costs and expenses relating thereto,
and including those debts, obligations and other Liabilities
arising under Law, rule, regulation, permits, actions or
proceedings before any Governmental Entity, order or consent decree
or any award of any arbitrator of any kind relating to any FP1096
Employee Plan, International Employee Plan, or otherwise to an
Employee. -4-
"Environmental Laws" means all applicable rules, regulations,
------------------ orders, treaties, statutes, and codes and other
Laws promulgated by any Governmental Entity which prohibit,
regulate or control any Hazardous Material or any Hazardous
Material Activity, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,
the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act of 1976, the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, the Clean Water Act, comparable laws, rules, regulations,
ordinances, orders, treaties, statutes, and codes of other
Governmental Entities, the regulations promulgated to any of the
foregoing, and all amendments and modifications of any of the
foregoing. "Environmental Permit" means any approval, permit,
license, -------------------- clearance or consent required to be
obtained from any private person or any Governmental Entity with
respect to a Hazardous Materials Activity which is or was conducted
by FP1096 or FemmePharma. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, ----- as amended. "ERISA Affiliate"
means any other Person that is or has been under ---------------
common control with FP1096 or a subsidiary of FP1096 within the
meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, and the
regulations issued thereunder. "Escrow Agent" means U.S. Bank
National Association. ------------ "Escrow Agreement" means the
Escrow Agreement by and among K-V, ---------------- FP1096,
FemmePharma, the Seller Representative and the Escrow Agent in
substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT B. "Escrow
Amount" means $1,750,000 and any interest thereon received
------------- by the Escrow Agent from time to time following the
investment thereof. "Escrow Amount Per Share" means $0.4339 per
share, being the ----------------------- quotient obtained by
dividing (i) $1,750,000 by (ii) the Total Outstanding Shares, less
the Excluded Shares, measured on an as-converted to FP1096 Common
Stock basis as of the Effective Time. "Escrow Fund" means the
Escrow Amount deposited by K-V with the ----------- Escrow Agent
under the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, which
shall be subject to increase and decrease over time, as provided
under the Escrow Agreement. "Excluded Shares" means the 87,412.5
shares of FP1096 Series C --------------- Preferred Stock held by
K-V as of the date hereof, as the same may be adjusted for stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and the like, or as
converted into FP1096 Common Stock. "Final Return" has the meaning
given to it in Section 5.8(a). ------------ "FP1096" has the
meaning given to it in the first paragraph of this ------
Agreement. "FP1096 Authorizations" has the meaning given to it in
Section --------------------- 3.17. -5- "FP1096 Business" means (i) the
K-V Products developed by or on --------------- behalf of FP1096,
(ii) all Development, Clinical Trials, Manufacture, marketing,
distribution, sale, use and other commercialization and
exploitation of the K-V Products developed by or on behalf of
FP1096, and (iii) all Data and Regulatory Documentation for the K-V
Products developed by or on behalf of FP1096; each in any and all
countries and only to the extent conducted by or on behalf of
FP1096 and any of its Affiliates prior to the Closing. "FP1096
Capital Stock" means FP1096 Common Stock, FP1096 Preferred
-------------------- Stock and any other shares of capital stock,
if any, of FP1096, taken together. "FP1096 Closing Balance Sheet"
has the meaning given to it in ---------------------------- Section
3.9. "FP1096 Common Shareholder" means a holder of FP1096 Common
Stock, ------------------------- each of whom is listed on Section
3.2(a)(1) of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. "FP1096 Common Stock"
means shares of common stock, no par value, ------------------- of
FP1096. "FP1096 Disclosure Letter" means the letter entitled FP1096
------------------------ Disclosure Letter to be delivered by
FP1096 and FemmePharma to K-V concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, addressing certain matters specifically
called for by this Agreement. "FP1096 Employee Plan" means any
plan, program, policy, practice, -------------------- contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for compensation,
severance, termination pay, deferred compensation, retirement
benefits, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards,
including the Plans, fringe benefits or other employee benefits or
remuneration of any kind, whether written, unwritten or otherwise,
funded or unfunded, including without limitation, each "employee
benefit plan," within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is
or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be
contributed to, by FP1096 or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of
any Employee, or with respect to which FP1096 or any ERISA
Affiliate has or may have any liability or obligation. "FP1096
Financial Statements" has the meaning given to it in
--------------------------- Section 3.8(a). "FP1096 Options" means
all issued and outstanding options, -------------- including
commitments to grant options, to purchase or otherwise acquire
FP1096 Capital Stock, whether or not vested, held by any Person,
each of which FP1096 Options and the Persons in whose name the same
are recorded are listed on Section 3.2(b) of the FP1096 Disclosure
Letter. "FP1096 Preferred Shareholder" means a holder of FP1096
Preferred ---------------------------- Stock, each of whom is
listed on Section 3.2(a)(1) of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter.
"FP1096 Preferred Stock" means FP1096 Series A Preferred Stock,
---------------------- FP1096 Series B Preferred Stock, FP1096
Series C Preferred Stock and FP1096 Series D Preferred Stock, taken
together. "FP1096 Series A Preferred Shareholder" means a holder of
FP1096 ------------------------------------- Series A Preferred
Stock, each of whom is listed in the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. -6-
"FP1096 Series A
Preferred Stock" means the Series A Preferred
------------------------------- Stock, no par value, of FP1096.
"FP1096 Series B Preferred Shareholder" means a holder of FP1096
------------------------------------- Series B Preferred Stock,
each of whom is listed in the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. "FP1096
Series B Preferred Stock" means the Series B Preferred
------------------------------- Stock, no par value, of FP1096.
"FP1096 Series C Preferred Shareholder" means a holder of FP1096
------------------------------------- Series C Preferred Stock,
each of whom is listed in the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. "FP1096
Series C Preferred Stock" means the Series C Preferred
------------------------------- Stock, no par value, of FP1096.
"FP1096 Series D Preferred Shareholder" means a holder of FP1096
------------------------------------- Series D Preferred Stock,
each of whom is listed in the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. "FP1096
Series D Preferred Stock" means the Series D Preferred
------------------------------- Stock, no par value, of FP1096.
"FP1096 Stock Certificates" has the meaning given to it in Section
------------------------- 2.8(c). "FP1096 Warrants" means all
issued and outstanding warrants or --------------- other rights,
including commitments to grant warrants or other rights, but
excluding FP1096 Options, to purchase or otherwise acquire FP1096
Capital Stock, whether or not vested, held by any Person, each of
which FP1096 Warrants and the Persons in whose name the same are
recorded are listed on Section 3.2(b) of the FP1096 Disclosure
Letter. "FemmePharma" has the meaning given to it in the first
paragraph of ----------- this Agreement. "FemmePharma Affiliate"
means, with respect to FemmePharma, any --------------------- other
entity that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with, FemmePharma. The term "control"
(including the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with") means the possession of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
entity. "FemmePharma Technology" has the meaning given to it in the
License ---------------------- Agreement. "FDA" means the United
States Food and Drug Administration and any --- successor agency or
authority thereto. "FFDCA" means the United States Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act ----- and rules and regulations thereunder
and any successor thereto. "FICA" has the meaning given to it in
Section 3.11(a)(ii). ---- "FIRPTA Compliance Certificate" has the
meaning given to it in ------ Section 5.3. -7- "FUTA" has the meaning given to it
in Section 3.11(a)(ii). ---- "GAAP" means United States generally
accepted accounting principles ---- consistently applied.
"Governmental Entity" means any court, administrative agency or
------------------- commission or other federal, state, county,
local, foreign or other governmental authority, instrumentality,
agency or commission. "Hazardous Material" means any material,
chemical, substance or ------------------ waste that has been
designated by any Governmental Entity to be radioactive, toxic,
hazardous or otherwise a danger to health, reproduction or the
environment or the disposal, treatment, transfer, storage or
manufacture of which is regulated in any manner by a Governmental
Entity. "Hazardous Materials Activity" means the transportation,
transfer, ---------------------------- recycling, storage, use,
treatment, manufacture, removal, remediation, release or threat of
release, exposure of others to, sale, or distribution of any
Hazardous Material or any product containing a Hazardous Material.
"IND" means an Investigational New Drug submission under the FFDCA.
--- "Indemnified Party" has the meaning given to it in Section
7.2(b). ----------------- "Indemnifying Party" has the meaning
given to it in Section 7.2(b). ------------------ "Initial Danazol
Product" means the intravaginally administered
----------------------- Danazol product that has been Developed by
or on behalf of FP1096, including but not limited to as described
in IND 51,223 (and any amendments thereto) as filed with the FDA
prior to the Closing Date. "Intellectual Property Rights" means any
and all of the following ---------------------------- and all
statutory and common law rights throughout the world in, arising
out of, or associated therewith: (i) patents and patent
applications in the world, including but not limited to any and all
equivalents, provisional applications, non-provisional
applications, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals,
reissues, reexaminations, substitutions, international
applications, national phase applications, regional phase
applications, registrations, confirmations, renewals, petty patent
applications, and utility model applications, that may be filed in
the United States and every foreign country, and the patents,
extensions (including, without limitation, patent term extensions
and supplementary protection certificates), counterparts or
derivations thereof, both foreign and domestic (collectively,
"Patents"), (ii) all inventions (whether ------- patentable or
not), invention disclosures, improvements, data, all trade secrets,
confidential information, proprietary information, know how and
technology (collectively, "Trade Secrets"), (iii) all copyrights,
copyright ------------- registrations and applications, including
moral rights, and all other grants for the protection of industrial
designs and any registrations and applications therefor
(collectively, "Copyrights"), and (iv) any similar, ----------
corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing or other
intellectual property or proprietary rights anywhere in the world.
"International Employee Plan" means each FP1096 Employee Plan or
--------------------------- Employee Agreement that has been
adopted or maintained by FP1096 or any ERISA Affiliate, whether -8-
formally or informally
or with respect to which FP1096 or any ERISA Affiliate will or may
have any liability with respect to Employees who perform services
outside the United States. "IRS" means the United States Internal
Revenue Service. --- "K-V" has the meaning given to it in the first
paragraph of this --- Agreement. "K-V Material Adverse Effect" has
the meaning given to it in --------------------------- Section 4.1.
"K-V Product" means any: (i) local regional or intravaginally
----------- administered product containing Danazol, or any
analogue, salt, ester, prodrug, isomer, derivative or metabolite of
Danazol, that is delivered directly to the vagina, cervix, uterus,
ovaries or fallopian tubes (a "Danazol Product"), including,
without limitation, the Initial Danazol --------------- Product, or
(ii) Anti-infective Product. "K-V Sub" has the meaning given to it
in the first paragraph of ------- this Agreement. "Knowledge,"
"Know" or "Known" means, with respect to FP1096, --------- ----
----- FemmePharma, the Shareholders and/or their Affiliates, the
actual knowledge (after review of this Agreement and the Schedules
hereto) of Gerianne M. DiPiano, Michael A. DiPiano, Jr., Peter Mays
and Jessica Donahue. "Law" means all laws, statutes, ordinances,
regulations and other --- pronouncements having the effect of law
of the United States, or any other country or territory, or
domestic or foreign state, prefecture, province, commonwealth,
city, county, municipality, territory, protectorate, possession,
court, tribunal, agency, government, department, commission,
arbitrator, board, bureau or instrumentality thereof. "Lease
Agreements" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.13(a).
---------------- "Leased Real Property" has the meaning given to it
in Section -------------------- 3.13(b). "Letter of Transmittal"
has the meaning given to it in Section ---------------------
2.8(c). "Liability" means any liability, obligation,
responsibility, --------- indebtedness, expense, claim, deficiency,
Lien, or guaranty of any type, whether known or unknown, whether
asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether
accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, whether
incurred or consequential, whether matured or unmatured, whether
due or to become due and whether or not required to be reflected in
financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, including
any liability for Taxes. "License Agreement" means the License
Agreement by and between ----------------- FemmePharma and FP1096
in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT C. "Lien"
means any mortgage, pledge, lien, statutory or other, ---- security
interest, charge, claim, encumbrance, restriction on transfer,
restriction on conveyance, assignment, license, exclusivity, right
of refusal, right of offer, conditional sale, obligation to assign,
or other title retention device or arrangement, including, without
limitation, a capital lease, of any kind or any -9- nature whatsoever, or restriction
on the creation of any of the foregoing, whether relating to any
property or right or the income or profits therefrom.
"Manufacture," and with correlative meaning "Manufacturing," means,
----------- ------------- with respect to a product, making the
product and related activities, including synthesis, formulation,
filling, processing, testing, finishing, packaging, labeling,
storing, warehousing, quality control, quality assurance,
releasing, handling, shipping and all other activities undertaken
or required to be undertaken in order to manufacture and supply the
product. "Marketing Authorization Application" means, with respect
to a ----------------------------------- product and any
jurisdiction, a pre-marketing application (including and comparable
to an IND) and a marketing authorization application (including and
comparable to an NDA in the United States), including all
supporting documentation and data submitted for such application to
be accepted for review or approval, filed with the requisite
Regulatory Authority of such jurisdiction, and requesting approval
for marketing and/or commercialization of the product, including,
if applicable, approval of pricing or reimbursement. "Merger" has
the meaning given to it in the Recital A at the ------ beginning of
this Agreement. "Merger Certificate" has the meaning given to it in
Section 2.2. ------------------ "Merger Consideration" means an
amount equal to $25,000,000. -------------------- "Multiemployer
Plan" means any Pension Plan which is a ------------------
"multiemployer plan," as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA. "NDA"
means a New Drug Application filed with the FDA seeking ---
permission to market the applicable product in interstate commerce
in the United States which meets the requirements of the FFDCA.
"Non-Commercialization Period" means, on a country by country
---------------------------- basis, the period commencing on the
Closing Date and terminating on the later to occur of (x) or (y),
where: (x) is the date that is ten (10) years after the Regulatory
Approval has been obtained in the country that is necessary to
market, sell, and commercialize the first K-V Product in such
country (including, if applicable, approval of pricing and
reimbursement), and (y) is the first to occur of (i) the date of
the last expiration or invalidation of all of the Patent Rights in
the particular country or (ii) the date when K-V (or its
sublicensees or assignees) ceases development or commercialization
of any K-V Product in such country. "Order" means any ruling,
judgment, order, decree or ordinance of a ----- Governmental
Entity. "Patent Rights" has the meaning given to it in the License
------------- Agreement. "Patents" has the meaning given to it in
the definition of ------- Intellectual Property Rights. "PBGC"
means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty ---- Corporation.
-10- "PCB" means
Polychlorinated Biphenyls as defined in 40 CFR 761.3, ---
(Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Manufacturing, Processing,
Distribution in Commerce and Use Prohibitions). "Pennsylvania Law"
means the Corporations Code of the Consolidated ----------------
Statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "Pension Plan" means
each FP1096 Employee Plan that is an "employee ------------ pension
benefit plan," within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
"Permitted Liens" means such of the following as to which no
--------------- enforcement, collection, execution, levy or
foreclosure proceeding has been commenced: (i) Liens for Taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies not yet due and
payable, (ii) Liens imposed by Law, such as materialmen's,
mechanics', carriers', workmen's and repairmen's liens and other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing
obligations that: (A) are not overdue for a period of more than 30
days and (B) are not in excess of $5,000 in the case of a single
property or $10,000 in the aggregate at any time, and (iii) pledges
or deposits to secure obligations under workers' compensation laws
or to secure public or statutory obligations. "Person" means an
individual, a partnership, whether general or ------ limited, a
corporation, a limited liability company, a business trust, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization or other business enterprise or entity,
or a Governmental Entity, or any department, agency or political
subdivision thereof. The term "Person" as used solely for purposes
of the definition of an "Affiliate" of such Person includes, in
addition to such Person, all of the following Persons: (i) any
relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse,
any one of whom has the same home as such Person; (ii) any trust or
estate in which such Person or any of the Persons specified in
clause (i) collectively own ten percent or more of the total
beneficial interest or of which any of such Persons serve as
trustee, executor or in any similar capacity; and (iii) any
corporation or other organization (other than FP1096 or
FemmePharma) in which such Person or any of the Persons specified
in clause (i) are the beneficial owners collectively of ten percent
or more of any class of equity securities or ten percent or more of
the equity interest. "Plans" means FP1096's 2002 Stock Option Plan.
----- "Proceeding" has the meaning given to it in Section 8.10.
---------- "Proprietary Information Agreements" has the meaning
given to it in ---------------------------------- Section 3.14(h).
"PTO" means the United States Patent and Trademark Office. ---
"Purchaser Indemnified Parties" has the meaning given to it in
----------------------------- Section 7.2(a). "Purchaser
Indemnifying Party" has the meaning given to it in
---------------------------- Section 7.2(a). "Regulatory Approval"
means, with respect to a particular -------------------
pharmaceutical product and jurisdiction, all approvals and
authorizations by the applicable Regulatory Authorities in such
jurisdiction which are required for the Development, Manufacture,
use, import, export, -11- marketing, promotion, pricing,
offer for sale, sale and distribution of the product in such
jurisdiction, including by way of example, approval by the FDA of
an NDA. "Regulatory Authority" means, in respect of a jurisdiction,
any -------------------- agency, department, bureau or other
Governmental Entity with authority over the Development,
Manufacture, use, marketing or sale (including approval of NDAs and
other Marketing Authorization Applications) with respect to any
product in the jurisdiction, including the FDA. "Regulatory
Documentation" means, with respect to a pharmaceutical
------------------------ product, all filings submitted to, or
written communications to or received from any and all Regulatory
Authorities relating to the product, and all supporting documents,
including any INDs (or any equivalent submissions in other
countries), Marketing Authorization Applications (including NDAs),
drug master files, investigator's brochures, correspondence to and
from Regulatory Authorities, notes, memoranda and minutes from
teleconferences and meetings with Regulatory Authorities,
registrations and licenses, regulatory drug lists, advertising and
promotion documents submitted to Regulatory Authorities, product
labeling, adverse event files, complaint files, patient consent
forms and Manufacturing records. "Related Agreements" means the
Asset Contribution Agreement (and ------------------ ancillary
agreements expressly referenced therein), the Escrow Agreement, the
Release Agreement, the Transition Agreement and the Merger
Certificates. "Release Agreement" means the Release Agreement by
and among K-V, ----------------- FP1096, FemmePharma and
Kestrel-Falcon Acquisition Corporation, in substantially the form
attached hereto as EXHIBIT D. "Requisite Shareholder Vote" has the
meaning given to it in Section -------------------------- 3.4.
"Retained Assets" has the meaning given to it in the Asset
--------------- Contribution Agreement. "Retained Contracts" means
the Contracts listed on EXHIBIT E. ------------------ "Retained
Employment Liabilities" has the meaning given to it in
------------------------------- Section 5.5. "Returns" has the
meaning given to it in Section 3.11(a)(i). ------- "SEC" means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission. --- "Seller
Indemnified Party" has the meaning given to it in Section
------------------------ 7.2(b). "Seller Indemnifying Party" has
the meaning given to it in Section -------------------------
7.2(b). "Seller Representative" has the meaning given to it in the
Escrow --------------------- Agreement. "Shareholder" means each
holder of FP1096 Capital Stock, FP1096 ----------- Options and
FP1096 Warrants immediately prior to the Effective Time, excluding
K-V, which Shareholders are listed on EXHIBIT F. -12- "Spin Off" means the distribution
by FP1096 to all of its -------- Shareholders other than K-V of all
of the issued and outstanding capital stock of FemmePharma prior to
the consummation of the Merger. "Surviving Corporation" has the
meaning given to it in Section 2.1. --------------------- "Tax" or,
collectively, "Taxes" means: (i) any and all federal, --- -----
state, local and foreign taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges, duties, impositions and Liabilities, including taxes based
upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and
occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise,
withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise and property
taxes, as well as public imposts, fees and social security charges
(including but not limited to health, unemployment and pension
insurance), together with all interest, penalties and additions
imposed with respect to such amounts, (ii) any liability for the
payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) of this
definition as a result of being a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, and (iii)
any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described
in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition as a result of any express
or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person or as a result
of any obligation under any agreement or arrangement with any other
Person with respect to such amounts and including any liability for
taxes of a predecessor entity. "Technology" means public and
nonpublic technical or other ---------- information, Trade Secrets,
know-how, research, processes, formulations, concepts, ideas,
preclinical, clinical, pharmacological or other Data and testing
results, all experimental or test methods, laboratory notebooks,
results, assays, descriptions, all scientific plans, depictions,
inventions, processes, Manufacturing methods, physical and
analytical safety, testing and quality control data and results,
customer lists, marketing information, sales information, and any
other written, printed or electronically stored information and
materials and any and all other technology, of any nature
whatsoever. "Third Party Consents" has the meaning given to it in
Section -------------------- 6.2(b). "Third Party Expenses" has the
meaning given to it in Section 5.2. --------------------
"Threshold" has the meaning given to it in Section 7.4. ---------
"Total Outstanding Shares" means the FP1096 Capital Stock issued
------------------------ and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, including all FP1096 Options and FP1096 Warrants on
an as-exercised basis. "Trade Secrets" has the meaning given to it
in the definition of ------------- Intellectual Property Rights.
"Transferred Assets" has the meaning given to it in the Asset
------------------ Contribution Agreement. "Transferred
Liabilities" has the meaning given to it in the Asset
----------------------- Contribution Agreement. -13- "Transition Agreement" means the
Transition Agreement by and among -------------------- K-V, FP1096
and Surviving Corporation, in substantially the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT G. ARTICLE II THE MERGER 2.1 THE MERGER. At the
Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Pennsylvania Law,
K-V Sub shall be merged with and into FP1096, the separate
corporate existence of K-V Sub shall cease, and FP1096 shall
continue as the surviving corporation and as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of K-V. The surviving corporation after the Merger is
sometimes referred to herein as the "Surviving Corporation."
--------------------- 2.2 EFFECTIVE TIME. The closing of the Merger
(the "Closing") will ------- take place at 2:00 p.m., New York City
time, at the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, 12 East 49th Street, 30th Floor, New
York, New York, on the later of April 29, 2005 and the first
Business Day following the fulfillment of the conditions set forth
in Sections 6.2(x), 6.2(b), and 6.3(e), or at such other time or
place or on such other date as may be agreed upon in writing by the
parties hereto. The date upon which the Closing actually occurs
shall be referred to herein as the "Closing Date." On the Closing
Date, the parties hereto shall cause the ------------ Merger to be
consummated by (i) filing the Articles of Merger in substantially
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT H1 (the "Merger ------
Certificate") or like instrument with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of ----------- Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
relevant provisions of Pennsylvania Law and (ii) filing the
Certificate of Merger of Domestic Corporation into Foreign
Corporation, in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT
H2 (the "Delaware Certificate of Merger") or like instrument with
the Secretary ------------------------------ of the State of
Delaware, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the time of acceptance by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of the filing of the
Merger Certificate, or such later time and date as may be mutually
agreed and set forth in the Merger Certificate, being referred to
herein as the "Effective Time"). -------------- 2.3 EFFECT OF THE
MERGER. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided in the applicable provisions of Pennsylvania Law. 2.4
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS. (a) The articles of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and
restated in their entirety to be identical to the articles of
incorporation of K-V Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, with such amendments as may be required in
accordance with Pennsylvania Law, until thereafter amended in
accordance with Pennsylvania Law and as provided in such articles
of incorporation. (b) The bylaws of K-V Sub, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, until thereafter -14-
amended in accordance
with Pennsylvania Law and as provided in the articles of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such bylaws. 2.5
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. (a) DIRECTORS OF FP1096. The directors of
K-V Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the
Effective Time, each to hold the office of a director of the
Surviving Corporation in accordance with the provisions of
Pennsylvania Law and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation until their successors are duly elected
and qualified. (b) OFFICERS OF FP1096. The officers of K-V Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of
the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time,
each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws
of the Surviving Corporation. 2.6 EFFECT OF MERGER ON THE CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS. (a) EFFECT ON CAPITAL STOCK
OF FP1096. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any further action on the part of K-V Sub, FP1096 or the
Shareholders: (i) each share of FP1096 Capital Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (x)
Dissenting Shares and (y) Excluded Shares), upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.6, will be
cancelled and extinguished and be converted automatically into the
right to receive, upon surrender of the certificate representing
such shares of FP1096 Capital Stock in the manner provided in
Section 2.8, an amount of cash, without interest, equal to the
product of (A) the number of shares of FP1096 Common Stock into
which such share of FP1096 Capital Stock is convertible as of the
Effective Time (which, in the case of a share of FP1096 Common
Stock, shall be one (1)) multiplied by (B) the Consideration Per
Share less the Escrow Amount Per Share. (ii) each Excluded Share
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will
be cancelled and extinguished and be converted automatically into
the right to receive, upon surrender of the certificate
representing such Excluded Share in the manner provided in Section
2.8, one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of
Preferred Stock of the Surviving Corporation. (iii) each share of
treasury stock of FP1096 will be cancelled and extinguished. For
purposes of clarity, in no event shall the Excluded Shares receive
any payment; nor shall K-V be obligated under this Section 2.6 to
pay to the holders of FP1096 Capital Stock, FP1096 Options or
FP1096 Warrants and any other holder of securities or rights of any
kind exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into FP1096
Capital Stock an aggregate amount in excess of the Merger
Consideration less the Escrow Amount, and, if necessary, the
Consideration Per Share shall be adjusted accordingly to effectuate
the intent of this paragraph. -15- (b) TERMINATION OF FP1096 OPTIONS
AND WARRANTS. (i) K-V shall not assume any FP1096 Options or FP1096
Warrants. FP1096 shall cause the termination, effective immediately
prior to the Effective Time, of all outstanding FP1096 Options and
FP1096 Warrants, in each case whether or not vested, that then
remain unexercised so that no FP1096 Options or FP1096 Warrants
remain outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. In
connection with such termination, holders of FP1096 Options and
FP1096 Warrants shall receive, in respect of each share of capital
stock subject thereto, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Consideration Per Share, less (ii) the Escrow Amount Per Share,
less (iii) the applicable exercise price theretofore not otherwise
paid. Thereafter, the holders of FP1096 Options and FP1096 Warrants
shall, as of the Effective Time, cease to have any further right or
entitlement to acquire any FP1096 Capital Stock or any shares of
capital stock of K-V or the Surviving Corporation under the
terminated FP1096 Options or FP1096 Warrants. (ii) FP1096 shall
cause the termination, effective immediately prior to the Effective
Time, of all Plans. (iii) FP1096 shall obtain all consents and take
all action necessary to cause the termination or exercise of all
FP1096 Options and FP1096 Warrants as provided under subparagraph
(i) above. FP1096 shall take all other actions necessary or
appropriate so that, as of the Effective Time and as a result of
the Merger: (A) no options, warrants or other rights to acquire any
FP1096 Capital Stock or any securities, debt or other rights
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for FP1096 Capital
Stock are outstanding, (B) no Person holding FP1096 Capital Stock,
FP1096 Options or FP1096 Warrants shall, on and after the Closing,
have any right, title or interest in or to FP1096 or the Surviving
Corporation or any securities of FP1096 or the Surviving
Corporation, other than, in the case of the holders of FP1096
Capital Stock, FP1096 Options and FP1096 Warrants, the right to
payments of cash in the manner described in this Agreement, and (C)
no Person holding FP1096 Capital Stock, FP1096 Options or FP1096
Warrants shall by virtue of any such securities have any right to
acquire any securities of K-V. (c) WITHHOLDING TAXES.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, K-V, FP1096,
K-V Sub, and FemmePharma (and its subsidiaries) shall have the
right to deduct and withhold Taxes from any payments to be made
hereunder if such withholding is required by Law and to request any
necessary Tax forms, including Form W-9 or the appropriate series
of Form W-8, as applicable, or any similar information, from the
recipients of payments hereunder. To the extent that amounts are so
withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes
of this Agreement as having been delivered and paid to the
recipient of the payment in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made. (d) CAPITAL STOCK OF K-V SUB. Each share of
Common Stock of K-V Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock
of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock certificate of K-V Sub
evidencing ownership of any such shares shall continue to evidence
ownership of such shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation. -16- 2.7
DISSENTING SHARES. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement to the contrary, any shares of FP1096 Capital Stock,
other than Excluded Shares, held by a holder who (notwithstanding
that such holder may have previously approved this Agreement, the
Related Agreements, the License Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby) has exercised and perfected
appraisal rights for such shares in accordance with Pennsylvania
Law and who, as of the Effective Time, has not effectively
withdrawn or lost such holder's appraisal rights (collectively, the
"Dissenting Shares") shall not be converted into or represent a
right to ----------------- receive the applicable consideration for
FP1096 Capital Stock set forth in Section 2.6, but the holder
thereof shall only be entitled to such rights as are provided by
Pennsylvania Law. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
2.7(a), if any holder of Dissenting Shares shall effectively
withdraw or lose, through failure to perfect or otherwise, such
holder's appraisal rights under Pennsylvania Law, then, as of the
occurrence of such event, such holder's shares shall automatically
be converted into and represent only the right to receive the
consideration for FP1096 Capital Stock, as applicable, set forth in
Section 2.6 hereof, without interest thereon, upon surrender of the
certificate representing such shares. (c) FP1096 shall give K-V:
(i) prompt notice of any written demand for appraisal received by
FP1096 pursuant to the applicable provisions of Pennsylvania Law,
and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. FP1096 shall not, except
with the prior written consent of K-V, make any payment with
respect to any such demands or offer to settle or settle any such
demands. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that K-V or
FP1096: (i) is required to make any payment or payments in respect
of any Dissenting Shares in excess of the consideration that
otherwise would have been payable in respect of such shares in
accordance with this Agreement or (ii) reasonably incurs any other
costs or expenses, (including specifically, but without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses in connection with
any action or proceeding) in respect of any Dissenting Shares
(excluding payments for such shares) (together "Dissenting Share
Payments"), ------------------------- K-V shall be entitled to
recover under the terms of Article VII the amount of such
Dissenting Share Payments without regard to the Threshold. 2.8
SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATES. (a) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.] (b) K-V TO
PROVIDE CASH; DEPOSIT OF ESCROW AMOUNT. Except as provided in
subsection (g) below, at the Effective Time, K-V shall make
available for exchange in accordance with this Article II the cash
payable at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof in
exchange for outstanding shares of FP1096 Capital Stock, and shall
deposit the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent, to be held,
invested and disbursed in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement. Such funds shall be treated in accordance with the
Escrow Agreement. (c) EXCHANGE PROCEDURES. Except as provided in
subsection (g) below, on the Closing Date, K-V shall provide a
letter of transmittal in the form of EXHIBIT I hereto (the -17-
"Letter of
Transmittal") to each Shareholder at the address set forth
--------------------- opposite each such Shareholder's name in
Section 3.2(a)(1) of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. In the Letter of
Transmittal, the Shareholders will be instructed to surrender the
certificates representing their shares of FP1096 Capital Stock (the
"FP1096 Stock Certificates") for cancellation together
------------------------- with a duly completed and validly
executed Letter of Transmittal. Upon surrender of a FP1096 Stock
Certificate for cancellation to K-V, together with the Letter of
Transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with
the instructions thereto, subject to the terms of Section 2.8(d),
the holder of such FP1096 Stock Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the cash amounts to which such holder
is entitled pursuant to Section 2.6, and the FP1096 Stock
Certificate so surrendered shall be cancelled. Until so
surrendered, each FP1096 Stock Certificate outstanding after the
Effective Time will be deemed, for all corporate purposes
thereafter, to evidence only the right to receive the cash amounts
payable in exchange for shares of FP1096 Capital Stock, without
interest, into which such shares of FP1096 Capital Stock shall have
been so converted. No portion of the Merger Consideration will be
paid to the holder of any unsurrendered FP1096 Stock Certificate
with respect to shares of FP1096 Common Stock formerly represented
thereby until the holder of record of such FP1096 Stock Certificate
shall surrender such FP1096 Stock Certificate pursuant hereto. (d)
TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP. If any cash amounts are to be disbursed
pursuant to Section 2.6 to a Person other than the Person whose
name is reflected on the FP1096 Stock Certificate surrendered in
exchange therefor, it will be a condition of the issuance or
delivery thereof that the certificate so surrendered will be
properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and
that the Person requesting such exchange will have paid to K-V any
transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the disbursement of
cash amounts to a Person other than the registered holder of the
certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of K-V
that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. (e) RETURN OF CASH
CONSIDERATION. At any time following the last day of the sixth
(6th) month following the Effective Time, K-V shall be entitled to
all cash amounts, and any and all interest thereon or other income
or proceeds thereof, not disbursed to the holders of FP1096 Stock
Certificates pursuant to Section 2.8(c), and thereafter the holders
of FP1096 Stock Certificates shall be entitled to look only to K-V
(subject to the terms of Section 2.8(f)) only as general creditors
thereof with respect to any and all cash amounts that may be
payable to such holders of FP1096 Stock Certificates pursuant to
Section 2.6 upon the due surrender of such FP1096 Stock
Certificates in the manner provided in Section 2.8(c). (f) NO
LIABILITY. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
2.8, neither the Surviving Corporation nor any party hereto shall
be liable to a holder of shares of FP1096 Capital Stock for any
amount paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. (g) CLOSING PAYMENTS.
Notwithstanding any provision in this section or Section 2.12 to
the contrary, K-V shall pay directly to the Shareholders (other
than with respect to Excluded Shares) the cash payable under
Section 2.6 for whom executed payment and delivery instructions in
the form of EXHIBIT J hereto (the "Closing Instructions"), a Letter
of -------------------- Transmittal, and their FP1096 Stock
Certificate (FP1096 Option or FP1096 Warrant, as applicable) shall
have been delivered by FemmePharma at the Closing; such payment to
be made -18- at the
Effective Time by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
each such Shareholder pursuant to the wire transfer instructions in
the applicable Closing Instructions. Such payments to Shareholders
shall be referred to as the "Closing Payments." ----------------
2.9 NO FURTHER OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN FP1096 CAPITAL STOCK. The cash
amounts paid in respect of the surrender for exchange of shares of
FP1096 Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be
deemed to be full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such
shares of FP1096 Capital Stock, and there shall be no further
registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Corporation of shares of FP1096 Capital Stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the
Effective Time, FP1096 Stock Certificates are presented to the
Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and
exchanged as provided in this Article II. 2.10 LOST, STOLEN OR
DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. In the event any FP1096 Stock Certificates
shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, K-V shall issue in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such
amount, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.6;
provided, -------- however, that K-V may, in its discretion and as
a condition precedent to the ------- issuance thereof, require the
Shareholder who is the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificates to: (i) deliver a bond in such amount as it may
reasonably direct and/or (ii) provide an indemnification agreement
in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to K-V against any
claim that may be made against K-V or the Surviving Corporation
with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen
or destroyed. 2.11 CLOSING DATE DELIVERIES OF FP1096 AND
FEMMEPHARMA. At the Closing, FP1096 or FemmePharma, as applicable,
shall deliver to K-V: (a) all Third Party Consents; (b) a written
resignation from each of the officers, directors and employees of
FP1096 effective as of the Effective Time; -19- (c) a certificate of the Chief
Executive Officer of FP1096 as provided for in Section 6.2; (d) a
certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of FemmePharma as
provided for in Section 6.2; (e) a certificate of the Secretary of
FP1096 as provided for in Section 6.2; (f) a certificate of the
Secretary of FemmePharma as provided for in Section 6.2; (g) a
certificate of good standing for FP1096 from the Secretary of State
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be dated within a reasonable
period prior to Closing with respect to FP1096; (h) a copy of the
FIRPTA Compliance Certificate, validly executed by a duly
authorized officer of FP1096; (i) all Books and Records and Data
included in the Retained Assets; (j) the Appraisal; (k) a complete,
accurate and legible copy of each of the Retained Contracts
(including all amendments and supplements thereto); (l) all FP1096
Options and FP1096 Warrants and evidence of the cancellation
thereof to the extent the same are not exercised at or prior to the
Effective Time; and (m) final, original copies of the Escrow
Agreement, the License Agreement, the Release Agreement and the
Transition Agreement duly executed by FP1096, FemmePharma, the
Escrow Agent and the Seller Representative, as applicable. 2.12
CLOSING DATE DELIVERIES OF K-V. At the Closing: (i) K-V shall pay
by wire transfer of immediately available funds, as set forth in
the Closing Instructions: (A) to the Shareholders identified on the
Closing Instructions the amounts payable to the holders of shares
of FP1096 Capital Stock pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (B) to the
Escrow Agent the Escrow Amount (C) to FemmePharma Global
Healthcare, Inc. $400,225 for the costs and expenses incurred by
FP1096 and FemmePharma in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (D) to FemmePharma Global
Healthcare, Inc. $473,621 for employee tax withholding on
compensation realized by employees and former employees on the
exercise of any options prior to Closing, and (ii) K-V shall
deliver to FP1096 and FemmePharma: (a) a certificate of a Vice
President of K-V as provided for in Section 6.3; and (b) final,
original copies of the Escrow Agreement, the License Agreement, the
Release Agreement and the Transition Agreement executed by K-V and
K-V Sub, as applicable. -20- 2.13 TAKING OF NECESSARY ACTION;
FURTHER ACTION. If at any time after the Effective Time, any
further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes
of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full
right, title and possession to all Retained Assets, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of FP1096, K-V, K-V Sub and the
Surviving Corporation and the officers and directors of FP1096,
K-V, K-V Sub and the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in
the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and
may take, any and all such lawful and necessary actions. ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FP1096 AND FEMMEPHARMA FP1096
and FemmePharma, jointly and severally, hereby represent and
warrant to K-V and K-V Sub as of the Effective Time as follows: 3.1
ORGANIZATION. FP1096 is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. FemmePharma is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Each of FP1096 and FemmePharma has the corporate power to
own, operate or lease its properties and to carry on its business
as currently conducted. Each of FP1096 and FemmePharma is duly
authorized and qualified to conduct business and in good standing
as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which it conducts
business, except where a failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets or financial condition of FP1096. Each of FP1096 and
FemmePharma has delivered to K-V a true, correct and complete copy
of its articles or certificate of incorporation, as the case may
be, and bylaws, each as amended to date and in full force and
effect on the date hereof (collectively, the "Charter -------
Documents"). Section 3.1 of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter lists the
directors --------- and officers of each of FP1096 and FemmePharma
as of the date hereof. The operations now being conducted by each
of FP1096 and FemmePharma are not now and have never been conducted
by FP1096 and FemmePharma, respectively, under any other name,
except "Meridian Pharmaceuticals, Inc." and "FemmePharma, Inc."
Section 3.1 of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter lists every state or
foreign jurisdiction in which each of FP1096 and FemmePharma has
employees, assets or facilities or otherwise carries on business.
3.2 FP1096 CAPITAL STRUCTURE. (a) The authorized capital stock of
FP1096 consists of 19,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which
2,249,792 shares are issued and outstanding, 2,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, of which 713,500 shares have been designated
Series A Preferred Stock, 713,375 shares of which are issued and
outstanding, 713,500 shares have been designated Series B Preferred
Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding, 130,000 shares have
been designated Series C Preferred Stock, 87,412.5 shares of which
are issued and outstanding, and 300,000 shares have been designated
Series D Preferred Stock, 132,736 shares of which are issued and
outstanding. As of the date hereof, the capitalization of FP1096 is
as set forth in Section 3.2(a)(1) of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter,
which capitalization schedule shows for the shares of FP1096
Preferred Stock that number of shares of FP1096 Common Stock into
which such shares of FP1096 Preferred Stock are convertible as of
the Effective Time. FP1096 Capital -21- Stock is held by the persons with
the domicile addresses and in the amounts set forth in Section
3.2(a)(1) of the FP1096 Disclosure Letter. All outstanding shares
of FP1096 Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights
created by statute, the Charter Documents of FP1096, or any
Contract to which FP1096 is a party or by which it is bound, and
have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities
laws. All outstanding shares of FP1096 Capital Stock, FP1096
Options and FP1096 Warrants have been issued and, in the case of
shares that were outstanding and repurchased by FP1096 or any
Shareholder of FP1096, repurchased, in compliance with all
applicable Laws, including federal and state securities laws.
FP1096 has not, and will not have, suffered or incurred any
Liability relating to or arising out of the issuance or repurchase
of any FP1096 Capital Stock or options or warrants to purchase
FP1096 Capital Stock, or out of any agreements or arrangements
relating thereto (including any amendment of the terms of any such
agreement or arrangement). There are no declared or accrued but
unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of FP1096 Capital
Stock. FP1096 has no other capital stock authorized, issued or
outstanding. There are no shares of FP1096 Capital Stock that are
unvested or subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or
other condition under any applicable stock restriction agreement or
other agreement with FP1096. (b) Except for the Plans, or as noted
in the FP1096 Disclosure Letter, FP1096 has never adopted,
sponsored or maintained any stock option plan or any other plan or
agreement providing for equity compensation to any Person. FP1096
has reserved 475,000 shares of FP1096 Common Stock for issuance to
employees and