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Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND
REORGANIZATION
among
CYTYC CORPORATION,
ADMIRAL ACQUISITION CORP.,
ADIANA, INC.
and
THE MEMBERS OF THE STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE
COMMITTEE
Dated as of February 26, 2007
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iii
A GREEMENT AND P LAN OF
M ERGER AND R EORGANIZATION
This Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (this
"Agreement" ) is made and entered into as of
February 26, 2007 (the "Agreement Date" ), by
and among (i) Cytyc Corporation , a Delaware
corporation (the "Parent" ), (ii) Admiral
Acquisition Corp. , a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
Subsidiary of Parent ( "Merger Sub" ), (iii)
Adiana, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the
"Company" ), and (iv) Douglas Kelly, David
Douglass and Joan Neuscheler , acting in each case in his or
her capacity as a member of the Stockholder Representative
Committee referred to herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Section 10.2 hereof.
W HEREAS , upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and
in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (" Delaware Law "), Merger Sub shall
merge with and into the Company (the " Merger "),
following which the Company shall continue as the surviving
corporation;
W HEREAS , the board
of directors of the Company (the "Company Board" )
has approved and adopted the form of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and has
determined to submit the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby to the
holders (the "Company Stockholders" ) of the shares
of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
(the "Company Common Stock" ), and Preferred Stock,
$0.001 par value per share (the "Company Preferred
Stock" ), for their approval in accordance with Delaware
Law and the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation; and
W HEREAS , the
Company Board has carefully considered the terms of this Agreement
and has determined that the terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair
and in the best interests of, and are advisable to, the Company and
the Company Stockholders, and the Company Board recommends that the
Company Stockholders vote for the approval and adoption of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
N OW , T
HEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound
hereby, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the members of the
Stockholder Representative Committee hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE MERGER
Section 1.1 The Merger . Subject to the other terms
and conditions of this Agreement, including those set forth in
Article 7 hereof, the Merger shall be consummated under
the following circumstances:
(a) Merger Certificate . No later than five
(5) business days after the Agreement Date, the Company shall
deliver to Parent a certificate of merger, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Merger Certificate" ), executed by appropriate
officers of the Company. The Merger Certificate shall be retained
by Parent and filed upon the Closing .
(b) The Merger . After execution and delivery of the
Merger Certificate, upon the terms hereof and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, and in accordance with Delaware Law,
at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the
Company and, 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 is referred to herein as the "Surviving
Corporation" ).
(c) Consummation of the Merger; Effective Time . Subject
to the fulfillment or waiver of all of the conditions contained in
Article 7 , as soon as is reasonably practicable
following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions
contained in Article 7 , other than those conditions which
by their terms are to be satisfied at Closing, a closing (the
"Closing" ) will be held at the offices of Bingham
McCutchen LLP in Boston, Massachusetts (or such other place as the
parties may agree). The date on which the Closing is actually held
is referred to herein as the "Closing Date" . On the
Closing Date, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cause the
Merger to be consummated by filing the Merger Certificate with the
Delaware Secretary of State. The term "Effective
Time" means the date and time of the filing of the Merger
Certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State (or such later
time as may be agreed by each of the parties hereto and specified
in the Merger Certificate in accordance with Delaware Law).
Section 1.2 Effect of the Merger . At the Effective
Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the Merger
Certificate and as provided by the applicable provisions of
Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and
subject thereto, upon the consummation of the Merger, all the
property (including, but not limited to, Intellectual Property and
licenses to Intellectual Property), rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of the Company and the Merger Sub shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations,
restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of those corporations
shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions,
disabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 1.3 Charter; Bylaws .
(a) At the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Surviving Corporation (the "Surviving Corporation
Charter" ), shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Company, as amended by the Merger Certificate.
(b) At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation shall be the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended
as provided by Delaware Law, the Surviving Corporation Charter and
such bylaws.
Section 1.4 Directors and Officers . The directors
of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office
in accordance with the Surviving Corporation Charter and the bylaws
of the Surviving Corporation, and until their respective successors
are duly elected and
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qualified or until their earlier death,
disability, resignation or removal. The officers of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until their
respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified
or until their earlier death, disability, resignation or
removal.
Section 1.5 Capitalization and Closing Payment Amount
Certificate; Net Cash Payment; Closing Date Consideration;
Committee Reimbursement Amount; Initial Escrow Amount .
(a) Capitalization and Closing Payment Amount Certificate
. No later than two (2) business days prior to the Closing,
the Company shall prepare and deliver to the Parent a certificate
(the "Capitalization and Closing Payment Amount
Certificate" ) that discloses (i) the information
required to be set forth on Section 3.3 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, as of the Effective Time, (ii) the
respective amounts of all unpaid third party fees, costs or
expenses incurred or expected to be incurred by the Company or the
Participating Rights Holders in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any
fees and expenses of legal counsel, financial advisors and
consultants), whether or not invoiced or billed prior to the
Effective Time (collectively, the " Transaction Costs
"), (iii) the amount (the " Indebtedness Amount
") of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company expected to be
outstanding at the Effective Time and any payment obligations of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any of their respective
Stockholders (other than the Company) expected to be outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding the issuance of
the Merger Consideration hereunder, including payment obligations
in respect of Company Options, but including, without limitation,
any bonus payment obligations outstanding at the Effective Time),
(iv) the aggregate amount of cash or cash equivalents expected
to be held by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
after giving effect to any exercises of options, warrants or other
exercisable rights for cash, taking effect as of the time
immediately prior to the Effective Time (the " Cash On-Hand
Amount "), (v) the aggregate amount (the
"Company Payables Amount" ) of all accounts payable
and similar payment obligations or accrued liabilities of the
Company (excluding any amounts included in the Transaction Costs or
the Indebtedness Amount) that are expected to be outstanding at the
Effective Time ( "Company Payables" ), (vi) the
aggregate amount of the Company’s liability for accrued and
unpaid vacation as of the Effective Time (the " Accrued
Vacation Amount "), and (vii) the Net Cash Amount (as
calculated pursuant to Section 1.5(b) below), which
disclosures shall be deemed to be representations and warranties of
the Company hereunder made as of the Effective Time. During the
period following delivery of the Capitalization and Closing Payment
Amount Certificate and prior to the Closing, the Company shall
provide Parent with reasonable access to the Company’s books
of account and records used to prepare the Capitalization and
Closing Payment Amount Certificate, and the management of the
Company, for the purpose of verifying the amounts set forth
therein.
(b) Net Cash Payment . At the Closing and deemed to be
effective as of the time immediately prior to the Effective Time
(after giving effect to all (i) exercises of Company Options,
(ii) exercises of warrants to purchase Company Common Stock
and Company Preferred Stock and (iii) conversions of Company
Preferred Stock into Company Common Stock, that are elected by the
holders thereof to be made prior to the Effective Time), the
Company shall make a payment (the "Net Cash Payment"
) allocated among the Company Stockholders in accordance
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with the terms of the Company’s Certificate
of Incorporation as in effect as of the earlier of the time of such
Net Cash Payment or the time immediately prior to the Effective
Time , and among the holders of outstanding
unexercised Company Options (assuming the exercise of all of such
Company Options for cash immediately prior to such Net Cash
Payment, whether or not such exercise is actually elected by the
holder thereof prior to the Effective Time), an amount in cash (the
" Net Cash Amount "), if any, equal to the amount, if
any, by which (i) the Cash On-Hand Amount set forth in the
Capitalization and Closing Payment Amount Certificate,
exceeds (ii) the sum of the Indebtedness Amount, the
Transaction Costs, the Company Payables Amount and the Accrued
Vacation Amount, each as set forth in the Capitalization and
Closing Payment Amount Certificate. The Net Cash Payment to the
Company Stockholders shall be characterized as a dividend, and the
Net Cash Payment in respect of outstanding unexercised Company
Options shall be characterized as a one-time bonus and, to the
extent held by employees of the Company, shall be made through the
Company’s payroll system, subject to all applicable Tax
withholding obligations of the Company. The Net Cash Payment shall
be paid as promptly as practicable following the Effective
Time.
(c) Closing Date Consideration . The consideration to be
paid by Parent to the Participating Rights Holders at the Closing
in connection with the Merger shall be the amount of the Closing
Payment Amount allocated to each of such Participating Rights
Holders pursuant to Section 2.1 .
(d) Committee Reimbursement Amount . At the Closing, a
portion of the Closing Payment Amount in cash otherwise payable to
the Participating Rights Holders with respect to their shares of
Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, equal to $250,000
(together with any additional amounts deposited with the
Stockholder Representative Committee pursuant to
Section 2.5(e) , the " Committee Reimbursement
Amount "), shall not be paid at the Closing to the
Participating Rights Holders with respect to such shares of Company
Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, but shall instead be
deposited with the Stockholder Representative Committee, to be held
by the Stockholder Representative Committee for the payment of
expenses incurred by the Stockholder Representative Committee in
performing its duties pursuant to this Agreement, and distributed
in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof. The portion of
the Closing Payment to be contributed hereunder on behalf of each
Participating Rights Holder described above to the Committee
Reimbursement Amount shall be proportionate to that portion of the
Closing Payment that such Participating Rights Holder would
otherwise be entitled to receive hereunder. The Committee
Reimbursement Amount shall be subject to increase from time to time
as provided in Section 2.5 .
(e) Initial Escrow Amount . At the Closing, the Parent
shall deposit $3,000,000 in cash (the " Initial Escrow
Amount ") with The Bank of New York or such other escrow
agent as shall be mutually agreed-upon by Parent and the Company
prior to the Closing (the "Escrow Agent" ), to be
held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to an Escrow Agreement,
substantially in the form of the attached Exhibit B
(the "Escrow Agreement" ), and distributed in
accordance therewith. At the Closing, Parent, Merger Sub, the
Company, the Stockholder Representative Committee and the Escrow
Agent will execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement.
Section 1.6 Additional Payments .
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(a) Certain Definitions . For purposes of
this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
(i) "Bundled Product" means a Contingent Payment
Product and one or more other products (which other products are
not Contingent Payment Products and have value that is independent
from, or incremental to, the Contingent Payment Product (i.e., the
Bundled Product incorporating such other product has a higher value
or utility than the applicable Contingent Payment Product without
such other product)) that are either (a) packaged together for
sale or shipment as a single unit, or (b) sold together in a
kit.
(ii) "Company Incremental Amount" means, with
respect to any Contingent Payment Year, the amount equal to the
Worldwide Net Sales for such Contingent Payment Year, minus the
amount of Worldwide Net Sales for the immediately completed
previous Contingent Payment Year; provided , that in the
event that the final Contingent Payment Year is a period of less
than twelve months, the Company Incremental Amount for such final
Contingent Payment Year shall be an amount equal to the Worldwide
Net Sales for such final Contingent Payment Year minus the
aggregate Worldwide Net Sales for the same calendar months during
the immediately prior Contingent Payment Year as are included in
the final Contingent Payment Year; and provided, further, that if
the amount otherwise determined in accordance with this definition
for any Contingent Payment Year is not greater than zero, then the
Company Incremental Amount for such Contingent Payment Year shall
be deemed to be zero.
(iii) "Company Product" means the Company’s
Complete TransCervical Sterilization System for use in permanent
female sterilization as it has been developed by Company prior to
the Closing, and as it may be improved or modified by the Parent or
the other members of the Buyer Group after the Closing for use in
permanent female sterilization.
(iv) "Contingent Payment Commencement Date" means,
with respect to the Contingent Payment Product, the first day of
the calendar month following the month in which the FDA Milestone
is achieved.
(v) "Contingent Payment Product" means any Company
Product to the extent that the manufacture, marketing, sale, offer
for sale or importation of such device would infringe (absent
applicable appropriate licenses or other rights), in such
jurisdiction of manufacture, sale, offer for sale or importation a
valid and enforceable claim of any patent included in the Company
Owned Intellectual Property or Company Licensed Intellectual
Property issued at or prior to the Effective Time or of any patent
issued after the Effective Time pursuant to a patent application
included in the Company Owned Intellectual Property that has been
filed prior to the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition,
"valid and enforceable claim" means a claim of an issued and
unexpired patent that has not been held revoked, unenforceable or
invalid by a court or administrative or other government agency of
competent jurisdiction and that has not been admitted to be invalid
or unenforceable through reissue, reexamination, disclaimer or
otherwise.
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(vi) "Contingent Payment Termination
Date" means the earlier of the fourth anniversary of the
Contingent Payment Commencement Date or December 31, 2012,
provided , that if the FDA Milestone Payment Amount upon
which the FDA Milestone Payment is actually calculated equals
$25,000,000, then the Contingent Payment Termination Date shall be
the earlier of (x) such fourth anniversary of the Contingent
Payment Commencement Date or if earlier, December 31, 2012, or
(y) the date on which Parent has made (or been deemed to have
made pursuant to Section 1.7 ) Sales Contingent
Payments based on Sales Contingent Payment Amounts equal to the
Maximum Sales Contingent Amount.
(vii) "Contingent Payment Year" means each of the
four successive twelve consecutive calendar month periods beginning
with the twelve calendar month period commencing on the Contingent
Payment Commencement Date and ending with the third twelve calendar
month period following the initial twelve consecutive calendar
month period including the Contingent Payment Commencement Date
(the " First Contingent Payment Year ", "
Second Contingent Payment Year ", " Third
Contingent Payment Year ", and " Fourth Contingent
Payment Year , respectively), provided , that in the
event that the Contingent Payment Commencement Date occurs after
January 1, 2009, then the final Contingent Payment Year shall
be the Contingent Payment Year that includes December 31,
2012, and such Contingent Payment Year shall be deemed to end on
such date, regardless of whether or not such Contingent Payment
Year includes twelve calendar months. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall any Contingent
Payment Year commence after December 31, 2012, and the
Contingent Payment Year ending December 31, 2012 in accordance
with the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be the final
Contingent Payment Year for all purposes of this Agreement.
(viii) "FDA Milestone" shall be deemed to be
achieved upon receipt by any member of the Buyer Group of a written
approval letter from the FDA, or a successor entity, allowing for
the initiation of the marketing or sales of any Company Product in
the United States for use in permanent female sterilization without
any conditions or limitations to such approval other than any
conditions or limitations which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, materially adversely affect the marketability or
commercial viability of such Company Product; provided ,
however , that the FDA Milestone shall be deemed to be
achieved in any event upon the first commercial sale after the
Effective Time by a member of the Buyer Group, or its sublicensee
or authorized or licensed distributor, of a Company Product in the
United States of America outside of a clinical trial.
(ix) "FDA Milestone Payment Amount" means the
amount of $25,000,000; provided , that if the FDA Milestone
is not achieved by November 1, 2007, then the FDA Milestone
Payment Amount shall be equal to $25,000,000 minus
(x) with respect to the first three full calendar months
including November 2007, the product of $1,000,000 multiplied by
the number of full calendar months included in the period beginning
with the month of November 2007 and ending with the full calendar
month immediately prior to the month in which the FDA Milestone is
achieved or, if earlier, the month of January 2008, minus
(y) with respect to the period following January 31,
2008, the product of $2,000,000 multiplied by the number of full
calendar months included in the period beginning with the month of
February 2008 and ending with the full calendar month immediately
prior to the month in which the FDA Milestone is achieved, and
minus (z) the product of $1,000,000 (if the FDA
Milestone is
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achieved on or prior to January 31, 2008) or
$2,000,000 (if the FDA Milestone is achieved after January 31,
2008) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the day
of the month on which the FDA Milestone is achieved, and the
denominator of which is the total number of days in such month.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the
event that there has been a Pregnancies Event prior to the
achievement of the FDA Milestone, the FDA Milestone Payment Amount
shall be equal to zero.
(x) "First Recovery Contingent Payment Amount "
means the amount, if any, by which $25,000,000 exceeds the
amount of the FDA Milestone Payment Amount actually calculated in
accordance with the definition thereof.
(xi) "Maximum Sales Contingent Amount" means the
amount of $130,000,000, provided , that in the event that
the FDA Milestone Payment Amount for purposes of the FDA Milestone
Payment is actually calculated to be zero as a result of the
occurrence of a Pregnancies Event, then the Maximum Sales
Consideration Contingent Amount shall be increased above
$130,000,000 by an amount equal to the amount that the FDA
Milestone Payment Amount would have been calculated to be in
accordance with the definition thereof, had the Pregnancies Event
not occurred.
(xii) "Per Unit Average Selling Price" means, with
respect to a Contingent Payment Product, the amount equal to
(x) the total amount of annual Worldwide Net Sales of such
Contingent Payment Product, not including any such Contingent
Payment Products that are sold as a Bundled Product, divided
by (y) the total number of units of such Contingent Payment
Products sold during such year, not including any such Contingent
Payment Products that are sold as a Bundled Product. "Per Unit
Average Selling Price" means, with respect to a product other than
a Contingent Payment Product, the amount equal to (x) the
total amount of annual worldwide revenue recognized by the Buyer
Group for the sale of such other product, not including any such
products that are sold as a Bundled Product, divided by
(y) the total number of units of such products sold during
such year, not including any such products that are sold as a
Bundled Product.
(xiii) "Sales Contingent Payment Amount" means
(a) with respect to the First Contingent Payment Year, an
amount equal to 300% of the total Worldwide Net Sales of Contingent
Payment Products recorded for the First Contingent Payment Year,
(b) with respect to the Second Contingent Payment Year, an
amount equal to 200% of the Company Incremental Amount for the
Second Contingent Payment Year, (c) with respect to the Third
Contingent Payment Year, an amount equal to 150% of the Company
Incremental Amount for the Third Contingent Payment Year, and
(d) with respect to the Fourth Contingent Payment Year, an
amount equal to 150% of the Company Incremental Amount for the
Fourth Contingent Payment Year. The Sales Contingent Payment Amount
for the final Contingent Payment Year shall be subject to increase
under certain circumstances in accordance with
Section 6.11 .
(xiv) " Second Recovery Contingent Payment Amount
" means an amount equal to the difference of (x) $155,000,000,
minus (y) the Maximum Sales Contingent Amount actually
calculated in accordance with the definition thereof.
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(xv) "Worldwide Net Sales" means
revenue recorded by Parent (or any other applicable member of the
Buyer Group if any sales contemplated hereby are recorded by such
member of the Buyer Group but not by Parent) from the sales or
license of Contingent Payment Products by a member of the Buyer
Group or its sublicensee or authorized or licensed distributor
after the Effective Time to unaffiliated third parties, in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied by Parent (or such other
member of the Buyer Group) across all similar product lines, in
connection with the preparation of the financial statements of such
person, as publicly reported (if applicable). For purposes of
clarification, when measuring the Worldwide Net Sales recorded in
respect of sales of Contingent Payment Products by any person other
than a member of the Buyer Group, only the revenue recorded by
Parent or another member of the Buyer Group shall be included (for
e.g., the transfer price or other amount received by Parent or such
other member of the Buyer Group, in the event of any sales by an
authorized or licensed distributor of the Contingent Payment
Product manufactured by Parent, or the royalty or other license
payment amounts received by Parent or another member of the Buyer
Group in the case of any sales by another party which has been
licensed to manufacture, market or sell Contingent Payment Products
by Parent), and the amount of revenue that may be recorded or
achieved by such other person who is not a member of the Buyer
Group shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, any license payments or royalties
payable in respect of the license or sublicense of Company Owned
Intellectual Property or Company Licensed Intellectual Property
after the Effective Time by any party that does not manufacture,
market or sell Contingent Payment Products shall not be deemed to
be "Worldwide Net Sales" for purposes of this Agreement.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement
or in any financial statements prepared by Parent with respect to
any Contingent Payment Year or portion thereof, or to the extent it
may otherwise be required pursuant to GAAP, the term
"Worldwide Net Sales" shall not include revenue
recorded by Parent or any member of the Buyer Group from
transactions with another member of the Buyer Group unless such
other member of the Buyer Group is an end user of the Contingent
Payment Product or no further resale by such member of the Buyer
Group is contemplated; provided , however , that
"Worldwide Net Sales" shall in such event include the
revenue, if any, recorded upon the further resale of such
Contingent Payment Product by such other member of the Buyer
Group.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement
or in any financial statements prepared by Parent with respect to
any Contingent Payment Year or portion thereof, or to the extent it
may otherwise be required pursuant to GAAP, whenever any Contingent
Payment Product is sold as part of a Bundled Product and all
products (including the applicable Contingent Payment Product) in
such Bundled Product are sold on a "stand-alone" basis within the
particular sales region of such sale, the "Worldwide Net
Sales" for such Contingent Payment Product resulting from
such sale of such Bundled Product shall be the product of
(i) the revenue otherwise recorded by the applicable member of
the Buyer Group for such Bundled Product multiplied by
(ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Per Unit
Average Selling Price of such Contingent Payment Product sold
within such sales region and the denominator of which is the sum of
(x) such numerator and (y) the aggregate Per Unit Average
Selling Prices within such sales region of all other products
included in such Bundled Product.
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(b) Contingent Payments . In the event
that the Merger is consummated, as additional consideration for the
Merger, and subject to the set-off rights of Parent and the
Surviving Corporation pursuant to Section 1.8(j) and
Article 9 hereof, after the Effective Time, Parent shall
make certain contingent payments (collectively, the
"Contingent Payments" ) to the Participating Rights
Holders in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 1.6 and Sections 1.8 and 2.1
hereof, and subject to the limitation on such contingent payments
set forth in this Section 1.6 and
Section 1.7 hereof and the provisions of
Section 2.5 . The Contingent Payments shall include the
FDA Milestone Payment, the Sales Contingent Payments and the First
Recovery Contingent Payment and Second Recovery Contingent Payment,
as applicable.
(c) FDA Milestone Payment . Subject only to the set-off
rights of Parent and the Surviving Corporation pursuant to
Section 1.8(j) and Article 9 hereof, and other
rights of reduction specifically contemplated hereby, Parent and
the Surviving Corporation shall, jointly and severally, make a
Contingent Payment (the " FDA Milestone Payment ")
equal to the FDA Milestone Payment Amount following achievement of
the FDA Milestone. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consideration
to be paid by Parent to the Participating Rights Holders at the
time specified in Section 1.8 in connection with the
FDA Milestone Payment shall be limited to that portion of the FDA
Milestone Payment Amount allocated to such Participating Rights
Holders pursuant to Section 2.1 .
(d) Sales Contingent Payments . Subject only to the
set-off rights of Parent and the Surviving Corporation pursuant to
Section 1.8(j) and Article 9 hereof, and other
rights of reduction specifically contemplated hereby, Parent and
the Surviving Corporation shall, jointly and severally, make a
Contingent Payment with respect to the sale of Contingent Payment
Products recorded for each Contingent Payment Year (each, a
"Sales Contingent Payment" and collectively, the
"Sales Contingent Payments" ), in accordance with
Section 1.8 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
consideration to be paid by Parent to the Participating Rights
Holders at the time specified in Section 1.8 in
connection with each such Sales Contingent Payment shall be limited
to that portion of the Sales Contingent Payment Amount for such
Contingent Payment Year allocated to such Participating Rights
Holders pursuant to Section 2.1 .
(e) First Recovery Contingent Payment . In the event that
(x) the FDA Milestone Payment Amount actually calculated in
accordance with the definition thereof in connection with the
making of the FDA Milestone Payment is less than $25,000,000 solely
as a result of the FDA Milestone not being achieved before
November 1, 2007, and (y) the Buyer Group reports
aggregate Worldwide Net Sales equal to or greater than $110,000,000
during any Contingent Payment Year ( provided ,
however , that if the final Contingent Payment Year contains
fewer than twelve (12) months then, for the purposes of
determining whether or not the Buyer Group reports aggregate
Worldwide Net Sales equal to or greater than $110,000,000 during
such final Contingent Payment Year for purposes of this paragraph
(e) and the following paragraph (f) only, the final
Contingent Payment Year shall be deemed to include that number of
immediately preceding months in the preceding Contingent Payment
Year that may be required so that the final Contingent Payment Year
would consist of twelve (12) months), then, subject only to
the set-off rights of Parent and the Surviving Corporation pursuant
to Section 1.8(j) and Article 9 hereof, and
other rights of reduction specifically contemplated hereby, Parent
and the Surviving Corporation shall, jointly and severally, make a
Contingent Payment (the "First Recovery Contingent
Payment" ) equal to the First Recovery Contingent Payment
Amount.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consideration
to be paid by the Parent and the Surviving Corporation to the
Participating Rights Holders at the time specified in
Section 1.8 in connection with the First Recovery
Contingent Payment shall be limited to the portion of the First
Recovery Contingent Payment Amount allocated to such Participating
Rights Holders pursuant to Section 2.1 .
(f) Second Recovery Contingent Payment . In the event
that (x) the Pregnancies Event occurs, (y) the Buyer
Group has reported aggregate Worldwide Net Sales equal to or
greater than $110,000,000 in any Contingent Payment Year (
provided , however , that if the final Contingent
Payment Year contains fewer than twelve (12) months then, for
the purposes of determining whether or not the Buyer Group reports
aggregate Worldwide Net Sales equal to or greater than $110,000,000
during such final Contingent Payment Year for purposes of this
paragraph (f) and the preceding paragraph (e) only, the
final Contingent Payment Year shall be deemed to include that
number of immediately preceding months in the preceding Contingent
Payment Year that may be required so that the final Contingent
Payment Year would consist of twelve (12) months), and
(z) Parent has not paid Sales Contingent Payments based on
Sales Contingent Payment Amounts equal in the aggregate to
$155,000,000 then subject to the set-off rights of Parent and the
Surviving Corporation pursuant to Section 1.8(j) and
Article 9 hereof, and other rights of reduction specifically
contemplated hereby, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall,
jointly and severally, make a one-time Contingent Payment (the "
Second Recovery Contingent Payment ") equal to the
Second Recovery Contingent Payment Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the consideration to be paid by the Parent and the
Surviving Corporation to the Participating Rights Holders at the
time specified in Section 1.8 in connection with the
Second Recovery Contingent Payment shall be limited to the portion
of the Second Recovery Contingent Payment Amount allocated to each
of such Participating Rights Holders pursuant to Section
2.1.
(g) Contingent Payments Not Certain . Each of Parent, the
Company and the Stockholder Representative Committee hereby
acknowledge that the achievement of the FDA Milestone is uncertain
and that Parent and its Affiliates may not achieve the FDA
Milestone, and it is therefore not assured that Parent will be
required to pay the FDA Milestone Payment at all. Each of Parent,
the Company and the Stockholder Representative Committee hereby
further acknowledge that the amount of Worldwide Net Sales, if any,
that Parent and its Affiliates may generate during any Contingent
Payment Year is uncertain and that (i) Parent and its
Affiliates may not generate any Worldwide Net Sales in any
Contingent Payment Year, and (ii) it is therefore not assured
that Parent will be required to make any Sales Contingent Payments
for any particular Contingent Payment Year, or at all, or that
either the First Recovery Contingent Payment or the Second Recovery
Contingent Payment shall be payable.
(h) Parent Discretion . Without limiting the specific
obligations of Parent in Sections 6.10 and 6.11 ,
Parent shall have sole discretion over all matters relating to the
Contingent Payment Products after the Effective Time, including,
but not limited to, any development, testing, manufacturing,
marketing and sales decisions relating to any Contingent Payment
Product.
Section 1.7 Maximum Aggregate Sales Contingent
Payments . Subject to the further rights of Parent and the
Surviving Corporation to reduce the Contingent Payments
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pursuant to Section 1.8 and
Article 9 hereof, Parent shall not be required to make any
Sales Contingent Payments once Parent has made Sales Contingent
Payments equal to the Maximum Sales Contingent Amount. Upon
distributing Sales Contingent Payments equal to the Maximum Sales
Contingent Amount, Parent’s obligation to make any additional
or future Sales Contingent Payments pursuant to
Section 1.6 shall cease, and the rights of the
Participating Rights Holders to receive any further Sales
Contingent Payments shall terminate. To the extent that any
provision of Section 1.6 would otherwise require Parent
to make a Sales Contingent Payment resulting in Parent paying Sales
Contingent Payments based on Sales Contingent Payment Amounts that,
in the aggregate, exceed the Maximum Sales Contingent Amount,
Parent shall be entitled to reduce such Sales Contingent Payment
such that the Maximum Sales Contingent Amount is not exceeded, and
no further Sales Contingent Payment shall be due or payable
thereafter. For purposes of this Section 1.7 , any
amounts offset by Parent against any Sales Contingent Payments made
pursuant to Section 1.8(j) , Sections
2.1(a)-2.1(c) , Section 2.5(e) ,
Section 9.4 or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been
paid by Parent pursuant to this Section 1.7 . For
clarity, amounts offset by Parent pursuant to
Section 1.8(j) , Sections 2.1(a)-(c) ,
Section 2.5(e) , Section 9.4 or otherwise
shall be included for purposes of determining under this
Section 1.7 whether Parent has paid the Maximum Sales and
Licensing Consideration Contingent Amount. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, Parent shall not be required to make, and
the Participating Rights Holders shall not be entitled to receive,
any further Sales Contingent Payments after the Sales Contingent
Payments are made in connection with the Contingent Payment
Termination Date in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1.8 .
Section 1.8 Payment of Contingent Payments .
(a) FDA Milestone Payment . On or prior to the thirtieth
(30 th ) day
following the achievement of the FDA Milestone, Parent shall
deliver to each of the Participating Rights Holders that portion of
the FDA Milestone Payment Amount allocated to such Participating
Rights Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 .
(b) Sales Contingent Payment Amount Certificates . On or
prior to the ninetieth (90 th
) day following the last day of each Contingent
Payment Year, Parent shall deliver to the Stockholder
Representative Committee a certificate (each, a "Contingent
Payment Certificate" ), setting forth (a) the amount
of Worldwide Net Sales for such Contingent Payment Year and
(b) Parent’s determination of the Sales Contingent
Payment Amount, if any, for such Contingent Payment
Year.
(c) Stockholder Representative Committee Audit Rights .
Parent hereby grants, and shall cause the other members of the
Buyer Group to grant, the Stockholder Representative Committee and
their representatives and advisers, at the Stockholder
Representative Committee’s sole expense, the right,
exercisable no more than once during each sixty (60) day
period following the receipt by the Stockholder Representative
Committee of a Contingent Payment Certificate, subject to the
execution of, and compliance with, a customary confidentiality
agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent,
to examine and have full access to the Buyer Group’s books of
account and records of Worldwide Net Sales for the applicable
Contingent Payment Year with respect to which the most recent
Contingent Payment Certificate has been delivered, as well as the
immediately prior Contingent Payment Year, at the location of such
records on prior written notice of at least fifteen (15) days,
for the
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purpose of verifying the amount of Worldwide Net
Sales for such Contingent Payment Years (each such review shall be
referred to herein as a "Contingent Payment Audit" ).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, absent fraud, intentional
misconduct, or the discovery (following the completion of any
Contingent Payment Audit) of a material fact in existence at the
time of such Contingent Payment Audit and not made available by
Parent to the Stockholder Representative Committee or its
representatives in the course of conducting such Contingent Payment
Audit, which material fact, if taken into account in the
calculation of the applicable Sales Contingent Payment Amount,
would have resulted in an increase in such Sales Contingent Payment
Amount, the Stockholder Representative Committee or its
representatives shall not be permitted to review any records of
Worldwide Net Sales for any Contingent Payment Year for which a
Contingent Payment Audit has previously been performed. For the
purpose of conducting a Contingent Payment Audit, the Stockholder
Representative Committee may hire, at its expense, one or more
auditors or attorneys of the Stockholder Representative
Committee’s choosing to assist in such examination,
provided , that such auditors or attorneys have entered into
customary confidentiality agreements with Parent in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Parent. The Stockholder
Representative Committee and such representatives shall have access
to all of the books and records required to perform any Contingent
Payment Audit for a thirty (30) day period, beginning on the
date on which access to substantially all of such books and records
is first given to the Stockholder Representative Committee. Nothing
in this Section 1.8(c) shall be deemed to require any
member of the Buyer Group to keep any books of account or records
other than those which they maintain in the ordinary course of
business in its usual and customary practice, to retain any such
books of account or records for any period in excess of the period
for which they retain such records in the ordinary course of
business in their usual and customary practice, or to provide
access to any books and records other than that specified above,
and no presumption shall be made against any member of the Buyer
Group as a result of the absence of any such books and records as a
result of the disposition of any such books and records in the
ordinary course of business; provided , however ,
that in no case shall any member of the Buyer Group dispose of such
books of account or records with respect to a Contingent Payment
Year earlier than the date one hundred and eighty (180) days
following the last day of the subsequent Contingent Payment Year
or, if such Contingent Payment Year is the last Contingent Payment
Year, the last day of such Contingent Payment Year; and,
provided further , that once the Stockholder Representative
Committee gives notice of its intention to commence a Contingent
Payment Audit with respect to a Contingent Payment Year or
Contingent Payment Years, the Buyer Group shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to keep and retain all books of account relating
to Worldwide Net Sales for the Contingent Payment Year or
Contingent Payment Years for which such Contingent Payment Audit is
being conducted that are identified in a request or requests from
the Stockholder Representative Committee with respect to the Sales
Contingent Payment Amount for such Contingent Payment Year or
Contingent Payments Years.
(d) Dispute Notice . In the event that the Stockholder
Representative Committee does not agree with the Sales Contingent
Payment Amount set forth on any Contingent Payment Certificate, the
Stockholder Representative Committee shall be entitled, during the
period following delivery of such Contingent Payment Certificate
and ending on the later of (i) ninety (90) days of
delivery of such Contingent Payment Certificate or (ii) thirty
(30) days following the completion of a Contingent Payment
Audit commenced in connection with the delivery of such Contingent
Payment Certificate (the "Dispute Period" ), to give
Parent
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written notice (a "Dispute Notice"
), of such disagreement. In the event that the Stockholder
Representative Committee does not deliver a Dispute Notice during
the Dispute Period, the Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth
on such Contingent Payment Certificate shall irrevocably be deemed
to be the final Sales Contingent Payment Amount for such Contingent
Payment Year and all purposes of this Agreement, absent fraud or
intentional misconduct.
(e) Agreed Contingent Payment . In the event that the
Stockholder Representative Committee delivers a Dispute Notice
within the Dispute Period, the Stockholder Representative Committee
and Parent shall for a period of not less than thirty
(30) days after delivery of the Dispute Notice attempt in good
faith to resolve the Sales Contingent Payment Amount that is in
dispute (the "Disputed Contingent Payment Amount" ),
and mutually determine any adjustments to such Sales Contingent
Payment Amount (the "Agreed Contingent Payment
Amount" ). Parent and the Stockholder Representative
Committee shall, subject to the execution of a confidentiality
agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
delivering party, provide each other with such information, records
and material kept in the ordinary course of business in such
party’s possession and which such party may disclose without
violating confidentiality obligations to third parties, as is
reasonably necessary and appropriate in attempting to resolve such
Disputed Contingent Payment Amount, including the delivery of a
copy to the Stockholder Representative Committee of any such
information, records and material, to the extent then available,
that was used to calculate the amount of Worldwide Net Sales and
the Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth on each relevant
Contingent Payment Certificate. If the final Agreed Contingent
Payment Amount determined pursuant to this
Section 1.8(e ) is greater than the Sales Contingent
Payment Amount set forth on the relevant Contingent Payment
Certificate by an amount equal to more than the greater of
(i) $1,000,000 or (ii) ten percent (10%) of the
Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth in the relevant
Contingent Payment Certificate, Parent shall pay all of the
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred by
the Stockholder Representative Committee in connection with such
Contingent Payment Audit.
(f) Arbitration of Disputes . In the event that no
agreement can be reached by the Stockholder Representative
Committee and Parent as to the calculation of the Disputed
Contingent Payment Amount within ninety (90) days after
delivery of a Dispute Notice and such disagreement relates only to
the amount of Worldwide Net Sales of any Contingent Payment
Product, then, pursuant to this Section 1.8(f) , either
party shall have the right to submit the Disputed Contingent
Payment Amount to arbitration by the Boston, Massachusetts office
of one (1) of the following entities or their respective
successors, or such other accountants as the Company and Parent may
mutually agree, so long as such entity or its successors is not the
principal regularly-engaged outside accountant to Parent or the
Company or any auditor that may have assisted the Stockholder
Representative Committee in any Contingent Payment Audit:
Deloitte & Touche LLP, KPMG, Ernst & Young LLP,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, BDO Seidman, LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, or
any successor entity to the foregoing (collectively, the
"Accountants" ); provided , however ,
that the engagement and charge of the Accountants shall be limited
to determining the Worldwide Net Sales of any identified product or
products for the applicable Contingent Payment Year used to
calculate the Disputed Contingent Payment Amount, and the Appraiser
shall not be entitled to determine whether any products sold by
Parent or its Affiliates are Contingent Payment Products for
purposes of this Agreement or any other matter. The Stockholder
Representative Committee and Parent shall jointly select which
of
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the Accountants will perform the calculation
within thirty (30) days after the Stockholder Representative
Committee and Parent determine that they are unable to settle the
amount independently; provided , that in the event that the
Stockholder Representative Committee and Parent are unable to agree
upon the Accountants to perform such calculation within such thirty
(30) day period, then each of the Stockholder Representative
Committee and Parent shall select one of the Accountants and such
Accountants shall jointly select a third Accountant to perform such
calculation. The Accountants selected in accordance with the
foregoing sentence shall be responsible for the determination of
the Disputed Contingent Payment Amount (the "Appraiser"
) . The Appraiser shall determine the Disputed Contingent
Payment Amount within the limitations set forth above within ninety
(90) days after the date of such Appraiser’s engagement
and the Appraiser shall be provided with such information and
records, which may include on-site access, relating to such dispute
as it may reasonably request. Any Disputed Contingent Payment
Amount determined by an Appraiser in accordance with this paragraph
(f) shall be deemed to be the final Sales Contingent Payment
Amount for the applicable Contingent Payment Year for all purposes
of this Agreement. The fees and expenses of the Appraiser shall be
paid by the Stockholder Representative Committee, provided ,
that if the final Sales Contingent Payment Amount determined by the
Appraiser in any examination conducted pursuant to this
Section 1.8(f) is greater than the Sales Contingent
Payment Amount set forth on the relevant Contingent Payment
Certificate by an amount equal to more than the greater of
(i) $500,000 or (ii) five percent (5%) of the Sales
Contingent Payment Amount set forth in the relevant Contingent
Payment Certificate, then Parent shall pay all of the fees and
expenses of the Appraiser. If the final Sales Contingent Payment
Amount determined by the Appraiser in any examination conducted
pursuant to this Section 1.8(f) is greater than the
Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth on the relevant
Contingent Payment Certificate by an amount equal to more than the
greater of (i) $1,000,000 or (ii) ten percent
(10%) of the Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth in the
relevant Contingent Payment Certificate, then Parent shall also pay
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred
by the Stockholder Representative Committee in connection with any
Contingent Payment Audit. Parent shall not have any right of offset
with respect to any payments made pursuant to this
Section 1.8(f) .
(g) Final Calculation and Payment of Sales Contingent
Payment . With respect to any Sales Contingent Payment Amount
for any Contingent Payment Year:
(i) In the event the Stockholder Representative Committee does
not deliver a Dispute Notice with respect to the Sales Contingent
Payment Amount set forth on the Contingent Payment Certificate
delivered for such Contingent Payment Year within the Dispute
Period, or the Stockholder Representative Committee delivers to
Parent a written notice (an "Agreement Notice" )
informing Parent of its agreement with the Sales Contingent Payment
Amount set forth on such Contingent Payment Certificate, the Sales
Contingent Payment Amount set forth in the relevant Contingent
Payment Certificate shall be deemed to be the final such Sales
Contingent Payment Amount for such Contingent Payment Year for all
purposes of this Agreement, and the Parent shall, within fifteen
(15) days after such determination, pay the amounts required
to be paid based on such Sales Contingent Payment Amount to the
Participating Rights Holders, subject to paragraph
(j) below.
(ii) In the event that the Stockholder Representative Committee
delivers a Dispute Notice pursuant to Section 1.8(d)
with respect to a Sales Contingent Payment
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Amount, and Parent and the Stockholder
Representative Committee shall mutually determine the Agreed
Contingent Payment Amount, then the Agreed Contingent Payment
Amount shall be deemed to be the final such Sales Contingent
Payment Amount for such Contingent Payment Year for all purposes of
this Agreement, absent fraud or intentional misconduct, and Parent
shall, within fifteen (15) days after such Agreed Contingent
Payment Amount is determined, pay the amounts required to be paid
based on such Sales Contingent Payment Amount to the Participating
Rights Holders, subject to paragraph (j) below.
(iii) In the event that the final Sales Contingent Payment
Amount for such Contingent Payment Year is determined by an
Appraiser pursuant to paragraph (f) above, then the Parent
shall, within fifteen (15) calendar days after such
determination, pay the amounts required to be paid based on such
Sales Contingent Payment Amount to the Participating Rights
Holders, subject to paragraph (j) below.
(iv) The determination of any Sales Contingent Payment Amount
pursuant to Sections 1.8(g)(i) , 1.8(g)(ii) or
1.8(g)(iii) shall, in the absence of fraud or intentional
misconduct, be conclusive, and Parent, Stockholder Representative
Committee and Appraiser shall each be free from any and all
liability resultant from such determination.
(h) First Recovery Contingent Payment . Within thirty
(30) days after delivery of the Contingent Payment Certificate
for the first Contingent Payment Year, if any, in which the Parent
reports aggregate Worldwide Net Sales equal to or greater than
$110,000,000, to the extent that a First Recovery Contingent
Payment becomes payable in accordance with
Section 1.6(e), the Parent shall deliver to each of the
Participating Rights Holders that portion of the First Recovery
Contingent Payment Amount allocated to such Participating Rights
Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 , provided , that
to the extent that the Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth on
such Contingent Payment Certificate is greater than zero, Parent
shall be entitled to delay payment of the amounts due to the
Participating Rights Holders in respect of the First Recovery
Contingent Payment until payment of the Sales Contingent Payment
for such Contingent Payment Year.
(i) Second Recovery Contingent Payment . Within thirty
(30) days after delivery of the Contingent Payment Certificate
for the Fourth Contingent Payment Year, to the extent that
(x) such Contingent Payment Certificate or the Contingent
Payment Certificate delivered for any previous Contingent Payment
Year reports aggregate Worldwide Net Sales equal to or greater than
$110,000,000, and (y) a Second Recovery Contingent Payment
becomes payable in accordance with Section 1.6(f) , the
Parent shall deliver to each of the Participating Rights Holders
that portion of the Second Recovery Contingent Payment Amount
allocated to such Participating Rights Holder pursuant to
Section 2.1 , provided , that to the extent that
the Sales Contingent Payment Amount set forth on the Contingent
Payment Certificate for the Fourth Contingent Payment Year is
greater than zero, Parent shall be entitled to delay payment of the
amounts due to the Participating Rights Holders in respect of the
First Recovery Contingent Payment until payment of the Sales
Contingent Payment for such Contingent Payment Year.
(j) Unilateral Right of Set-Off . Subject to the express
limitations set forth in Article 9 hereof, the obligation of
Parent and the Surviving Corporation to make any Contingent
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Payment shall be qualified by the right of Parent
and the Surviving Corporation to reduce the amount of any
Contingent Payment by the amount of any Damages actually incurred
or suffered, or reasonably likely to be incurred or suffered, by
Parent or the Surviving Corporation; provided that with
respect to Damages reasonably likely to be incurred or suffered
with respect to any Third-Party Claim (as defined in
Section 9.3(a)), such amount shall not exceed the stated
amount of such claim. In the event that Parent sets off the amount
of any Contingent Payment by the amount of any Damages that have
not been, at the time such Contingent Payment is made, incurred by
Parent, and it is later finally determined that the full amount of
such Damages will not be incurred by Parent, then, following such
determination, Parent shall either, in its discretion,
(i) increase the next Contingent Payment to be made by Parent
by the amount of such prior reduction attributable to such Damages
that will not be incurred by Parent plus interest on such amount at
the "Prime Rate" as announced from time to time by Bank of America,
N.A., in Charlotte, North Carolina, or its successor, from the date
of such determination until the date on which such next Contingent
Payment is actually paid, or (ii) pay to the Participating
Rights Holders, promptly after such determination and without
interest, the amount of the prior reduction attributable to such
Damages that will not be incurred by Parent in the form of an
additional Contingent Payment that is otherwise paid in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement (but shall not be included in any
calculation of the Maximum Sales Contingent Amount).
(k) Dissenting Shares . The provisions of this
Section 1.8 shall also apply to Dissenting Shares that
lose their status as such, except that the obligations of Parent
under this Section 1.8 shall commence on the date of
loss of such status and the holder of such shares shall be entitled
to receive in exchange for such shares the payments to which such
holder would otherwise have been entitled pursuant to
Section 2.1 hereof had such shares of Company capital
stock not been Dissenting Shares at the Effective Time.
(l) Assignability . The right of each Participating
Rights Holder to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this
Article 1 may be assigned (i) to such Participating
Rights Holder’s spouse, domestic partner, parents or
parents-in-law, siblings or sibling’s in-law, or such
Participating Rights Holder’s or such Participating Rights
Holder’s spouse or domestic partner’s ancestors, lineal
descendants or descendants by virtue of adoption, (ii) to a
trust for the benefit of the Participating Rights Holder or any
person named in the preceding clause (i), (iii) to another
person if all or substantially all of the beneficial ownership of
such person as of the date of assignment are beneficially owned by
the Participating Rights Holder or any person named in the
preceding clause (i), (iv) to another person, if, on the
Closing Date, such other person was the beneficial owner of the
shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock, or Company
Options held of record by the Participating Rights Holder,
(v) to a parent, subsidiary or other affiliate of any
Participating Rights Holder that is an entity or any such
Participating Rights Holder’s partners, members or other
equity owners, or retired partners, retired members or other equity
owners, or to the estate of any of its partners, members or other
equity owners or retired partners, retired members or other equity
owners, or (vi) by operation of law or by will, provided,
however, that the right of each Participating Rights Holder to
receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this Article 1 may
be assigned to no more than three (3) persons, and in no event
shall Parent be required to recognize any such assignment for any
purpose hereunder until the Parent has been duly notified of such
assignment in a certificate to such effect executed by the members
of the Stockholder Representative Committee, and receive such
other
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certifications and other information as the
Parent may reasonably request of the assigning Participating Rights
Holder and any assignees.
(m) Contingent Payments Not Royalties . The Contingent
Payments provided for pursuant to this Article 1 are
provided as a result of bona fide difficulties in determining the
present value of the Company. The Contingent Payments represent
(and shall be reported by Parent as) additional consideration for
the Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock and are not
intended to be royalty payments.
ARTICLE 2
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES; PAYMENTS
Section 2.1 Conversion of Securities .
(a) Common Stock . Each share of the Company Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and
held by Participating Rights Holders will be converted at the
Effective Time into the right to receive from Parent, (i) an
amount equal to the Per Share Closing Payment, (ii) a portion
of the funds deposited in escrow pursuant to
Section 1.5(e) hereof, when such funds, if any, are
released from escrow pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement,
(iii) the Per Share FDA Milestone Payment, when and if such
FDA Milestone Payment is made pursuant to Section 1.6 ,
(iv) an amount equal to the Per Share Contingent Payment
associated with each Sales Contingent Payment when such payments,
if any, are made pursuant to Sections 1.6 and
1.8 hereof and (v) an amount per share equal to the Per
Share Recovery Payment Amount, when and if either the First
Recovery Contingent Payment or the Second Recovery Contingent
Payment is made in accordance with Sections 1.6 and
1.8 hereof. All such shares of Company Common Stock, when so
converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically
be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder
of a certificate representing any such shares of Company Common
Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except
the right to receive the amounts specified in this paragraph
(a) at the times specified therefor, associated with each
Sales Contingent Payment, if any, upon the surrender of such
certificate in accordance with Section 2.2 and this
Section 2.1 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, a portion
of any Contingent Payment otherwise attributable to the Company
Common Stock may be deducted from such Contingent Payment and paid
to the Stockholder Representative Committee as additional Committee
Reimbursement Amount in accordance with Section 2.5 or
made subject to the rights of Parent and the Surviving Corporation
under Section 1.8(h) .
(b) Preferred Stock . Each share of each series, if any,
of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time and held by Participating Rights Holders will
be converted at the Effective Time into the right to receive
(i) an amount equal to the Per Share Closing Payment that
would otherwise be payable with respect to the number of shares of
Company Common Stock into which such share of Company Preferred
Stock is convertible immediately prior to the Effective Time,
(ii) the right to receive a portion of the funds deposited in
escrow pursuant to Section 1.5(e) hereof, when such
funds, if any, are released from escrow pursuant to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement, (iii) the Per Share FDA Milestone
Payment that would otherwise be payable with respect to the number
of shares of
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Company Common Stock into which such share of
Company Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to the
Effective Time associated with the FDA Milestone Payment, when and
if such FDA Milestone Payment is made pursuant to
Section 1.6 , (iv) an amount equal to the Per
Share Contingent Payment that would otherwise be payable with
respect to the number of shares of Company Common Stock into which
such share of Company Preferred Stock is convertible immediately
prior to the Effective Time associated with each Sales Contingent
Payment, when such payments, if any, are made pursuant to
Sections 1.6 and 1.8 hereof and (v) an amount
per share equal to the Per Share Recovery Payment Amount, that
would otherwise be payable with respect to the number of shares of
Company Common Stock into which such share of Company Preferred
Stock is convertible immediately prior to the Effective Time, when
and if either the First Recovery Contingent Payment or the Second
Recovery Contingent Payment is made in accordance with Sections
1.6 and 1.8 hereof. All shares of Company Preferred
Stock, when so converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall
automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist,
and each holder of a certificate representing any such shares of
Company Preferred Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect
thereto, except the right to receive the amounts described in this
paragraph (b) at the times specified therefor, upon the
surrender of such certificate in accordance with
Section 2.2 and this Section 2.1 .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a portion of any Contingent Payment
otherwise attributable to the Company Preferred Stock may be
deducted from such Contingent Payment and paid to the Stockholder
Representative Committee as additional Committee Reimbursement
Amount in accordance with Section 2.5 or made subject
to the rights of Parent and the Surviving Corporation under
Section 1.8(h) .
(c) Disposition of Options .
(i) Option Notice . Parent shall not assume any Company
Options issued under the Company’s 1997 Stock Plan (the
"Company Option Plan" ), or any other options,
warrants or other rights to acquire Company Common Stock or Company
Preferred Stock. No later than eighteen (18) days prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall send a notice (the "Option
Notice" ) to all holders of Company Options, pursuant to
Section 12(c) of the Company Option Plan, which notice
shall notify such holders that (A) Parent and the Surviving
Corporation shall not be assuming or substituting for any Company
Options following the Effective Time, (B) all unvested Company
Options shall become vested and immediately exercisable,
(C) all unexercised Company Options shall terminate on the
fifteenth (15 th ) day following the date of such Option Notice, with such
fifteen day period being referred to herein as the "Option
Termination Period" , and (D) that any holder of
Company Options that are not exercised prior to the end of the
Option Termination Period and are terminated in accordance with the
terms of the Option Notice shall be entitled to payment as provided
in clause (ii) below. It is agreed and understood that for all
purposes of this Agreement the parties will not treat as exercised
(and will instead treat as outstanding unexercised Company Options)
any Company Option that the holder has purported to exercise unless
prior to the Effective Time (x) the holder of the Company
Option has fully complied with the conditions to such exercise and
the holder’s obligations with respect to such exercise as set
out in the Company Option Plan, if applicable, and the applicable
Company Option documentation (including without limitation by
paying in full the applicable purchase price for the shares subject
to that Company Option and any applicable amounts required to be
paid in respect of withholding obligations under the Company Option
Plan and applicable law), (y) the Company has issued a valid
certificate for the shares of
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Company Common Stock purchased upon exercise of
that Company Option, as determined by Parent in its reasonable
discretion, and (z) such shares are reflected as being
outstanding on the Capitalization and Closing Payment Certificate.
The Option Notice shall include specific procedures, mutually
acceptable to Parent and the Company, to facilitate the exercise of
Company Options as of the Effective Time.
(ii) Each holder of a Company Option that is terminated pursuant
to the terms of the Option Notice shall be entitled to receive from
the Surviving Corporation, and the Company agrees to issue, subject
to Section 1.5 and , subject to applicable tax
withholding, (A) payment as of the Effective Time of an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the aggregate Per Share Closing
Payment that would be payable with respect to all shares of Company
Common Stock that would be issuable upon exercise of such Company
Option (the "Option Shares" ) over the aggregate
exercise price otherwise payable by the holder to acquire such
Option Shares, (B) the right to receive a portion of the funds
deposited in escrow pursuant to Section 1.5(e) hereof,
when such funds, if any, are released from escrow pursuant to the
terms of the Escrow Agreement over any exercise price otherwise
payable by the holder to acquire such Option Shares, to the extent
such exercise price has not previously been deducted from the Per
Share Closing Payment, (C) payment out of the FDA Milestone
Payment equal to the excess of the aggregate Per Share FDA
Milestone Payment that would be payable with respect to such Option
Shares in connection with the FDA Milestone Payment over any
exercise price otherwise payable by the holder to acquire such
Option Shares, to the extent such exercise price has not previously
been deducted from the Per Share Closing Payment or the escrow
pursuant to Section 1.5(e) (D) payment out of each
Sales Contingent Payment of an amount equal to the excess of the
aggregate Per Share Contingent Payment that would be payable with
respect to such Option Shares in connection with each Sales
Contingent Payment over any exercise price otherwise payable by the
holder to acquire such Option Shares, in each case to the extent
such exercise price has not previously been deducted from any Per
Share Closing Payment, the escrow pursuant to
Section 1.5(e), Per Share FDA Milestone Payment or Per
Share Contingent Payment, when such Contingent Payments, if any,
are made pursuant to Sections 1.6 and 1.8
hereof, and (E) an amount per share equal to the Per Share
Recovery Payment Amount that would otherwise be payable with
respect to such Option Shares in connection with the First Recovery
Contingent Payment and the Second Recovery Contingent Payment, as
applicable, over any exercise price otherwise payable by the holder
to acquire such Option Shares, in each case to the extent such
exercise price has not previously been deducted from any Per Share
Closing Payment, the escrow pursuant to Section 1.5(e),
Per Share FDA Milestone Payment or Per Share Contingent Payment,
when and if either the First Recovery Contingent Payment or the
Second Recovery Contingent Payment is made in accordance with
Sections 1.6 and 1.8 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a portion of any Contingent Payment otherwise
attributable to the Company Options may be deducted from such
Contingent Payment and paid to the Stockholder Representative
Committee as additional Committee Reimbursement Amount in
accordance with Section 2.5 .
(d) Treasury Stock . Each share of Company Common Stock
or Company Preferred Stock held in the treasury of the Company or
held by any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be cancelled and extinguished at the Effective
Time without any conversion thereof and no payment shall be made
with respect thereto.
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(e) Stock of Merger Sub . Each share of
common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be converted into one (1) validly
issued fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the
Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.2 Exchange of Certificates and Instruments for
Closing Payment Amount .
(a) Exchange Procedures .
(i) Within a reasonable period of time prior to the Closing,
Parent will deliver to the Company forms of the transmittal
materials which Parent or its transfer or paying agent will
reasonably require from those Participating Rights Holders entitled
to receive at the Closing a portion of the Closing Payment Amount
in respect of their shares of Company Common Stock or Company
Preferred Stock, or in respect of their Company Options, which
materials may include any certifications Parent may reasonably
request with respect to compliance with any withholding obligations
of Parent or the Surviving Corporation under the Code. The Company
will distribute such materials to eligible Participating Rights
Holders. As promptly as practicable, and using commercially
reasonable best efforts, immediately following the Effective Time,
Parent will deliver to each Participating Rights Holder who has
completed such transmittal materials and returned them to Parent at
or prior to the Closing, together with the certificate or
certificates representing outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock or Company Preferred Stock (the "Certificates"
) or certificates or instruments representing outstanding Company
Options ( "Derivative Instruments" ), a check (or, at
the Participating Rights Holder’s election, a wire transfer
to the extent that the aggregate amount owed to any such holder at
the Closing is in excess of $1,000,000) representing that portion
of the Closing Payment Amount to which such Participating Rights
Holder is entitled; provided , that such payment made by
Parent by check may be made by delivering such checks on the
Closing Date to the Stockholder Representative Committee, which, in
turn, shall distribute such checks to the appropriate Participating
Rights Holders. The delivery of such checks (or wire transfers, as
applicable) by Parent to the Stockholder Representative Committee
or the Participating Rights Holder, as applicable, shall be deemed,
for all purposes, to have satisfied in full Parent’s
obligation to make payment of the Closing Payment Amount to such
Participating Rights Holders and Parent shall have no further
obligation for such payments. Parent shall not be required to pay
any amount of the Closing Payment Amount or any Contingent Payment
to any Participating Rights Holder until receipt from such
Participating Rights Holder of properly completed and executed
transmittal materials in the form prepared by Parent. Parent shall
be entitled to rely entirely on the information contained in the
Capitalization and Closing Payment Amount Certificate and any
transmittal materials delivered hereunder for purposes of
satisfying Parent’s obligation to deliver the Closing Payment
Amount and any Contingent Payment hereunder. Without limiting any
of the obligations of Parent hereunder with respect to such
payments, Parent shall be entitled to engage a transfer or paying
agent to make payment of the respective payments required to be
made by Parent or the Surviving Corporation to the Participating
Rights Holders hereunder on Parent’s behalf.
(ii) As promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, but
not later than ten (10) days after the Effective Time, Parent
or a transfer or exchange agent engaged by Parent will send to each
Participating Rights Holder who does not submit completed
transmittal
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materials to Parent at or before the Closing, as
permitted by Section 2.2(a)(i) above, transmittal
materials for use in exchanging his, her or its Certificates or
Derivative Instruments for the applicable portion of the Closing
Payment Amount (and any Contingent Payments) into which such shares
of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock (other than any
Dissenting Shares) or Company Options, have been converted. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2 , each
Certificate or Derivative Instrument shall be deemed at any time
after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive
upon such surrender the applicable amounts of Merger Consideration
payable pursuant to Section 2.1 . Upon receipt of the
completed transmittal materials and the applicable Certificates and
Derivative Instruments, Parent will deliver to the Participating
Rights Holder a check (or, at the Participating Rights
Holder’s election, a wire transfer, to the extent that the
aggregate amount owed to such Participating Rights Holder as of the
Closing is in excess of $1,000,000) representing that portion of
the Closing Payment Amount to which such Participating Rights
Holder is entitled.
(iii) Lost Certificates and Derivative Instruments . The
transmittal materials referenced above shall provide that, in the
event that any Certificates or Derivative Instruments have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, the Participating Rights Holder thereof
may deliver a customary form of lost certificate affidavit of that
fact by the holder thereof together with an agreement to indemnify
and hold harmless the Parent for any losses in connection
therewith, and the posting of a bond in customary amount if
required by any paying agent engaged by Parent, and upon such
delivery the Parent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen
or destroyed Certificates the Merger Consideration payable with
respect thereto pursuant to Section 2.1 .
(b) No Further Rights in Certificates or Derivative
Instruments . From and after the Effective Time, holders of
Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or Company Options
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will cease to
be, and will have no rights as, stockholders or rightholders of the
Company or the Surviving Corporation, other than (i) in the
case of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock (other
than Dissenting Shares), and Company Options, the rights to receive
the applicable portions of the Merger Consideration to be issued at
Closing, of the funds deposited in escrow and of the Contingent
Payments; (ii) in the case of Dissenting Shares, the rights
afforded to the holders thereof under Section 262 of Delaware
Law or Sections 1300-1312 of California Law, as applicable, and
(iii) rights under this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement.
(c) No Liability . Neither Parent, the Surviving
Corporation nor the Company shall be liable to any holder of
Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or Company Options
for any portion of the Merger Consideration or the funds deposited
in escrow delivered to an appropriate public official pursuant to
the requirements of any abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
(d) Withholding Rights . Each of the Surviving
Corporation, Parent and Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deduct
and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to
this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement to any holder of Company
Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock or Company Options such
amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to
the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of
state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so
withheld by the Surviving
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Corporation, Parent or Escrow Agent, as the case
may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to such holder in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving
Corporation, Parent or Escrow Agent, as the case may be.
Section 2.3 Stock Transfer Books . At the Effective
Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and
there shall be no further registration of transfers of Company
Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock thereafter on the records
of the Company.
Section 2.4 Dissenting Shares .
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock
that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and
which are held by stockholders who shall have not voted in favor of
the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who shall have
exercised dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal for such
shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock in
accordance with Delaware Law or California Law, if any, and who, as
of the Effective Time, have not effectively withdrawn or lost such
dissenters’ rights (collectively, the "Dissenting
Shares" ), shall not be converted into or represent the
right to receive any portion of the amounts to be paid pursuant to
Section 2.1 or under the Escrow Agreement, but the
holders thereof shall only be entitled to such rights as are
granted by Delaware Law or California Law, if any. All Dissenting
Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who
effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their dissenters’
rights shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into and to
have become exchangeable for, as of the later of the Effective Time
or the occurrence of such event, the right to receive an
appropriate portion of the amounts to be paid pursuant to
Section 2.1 or under the Escrow Agreement, without any
interest thereon, upon surrender, in the manner provided in
Section 2.2 , of the Certificates that formerly
evidenced such shares.
(b) The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any
demands for fair value of shares of Company Common Stock or Company
Preferred Stock received by the Company, withdrawals of such
demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to Delaware Law
or California Law, if any, and received by the Company, and
(ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to demands for fair value under Delaware
Law or California Law, if any. The Company shall not, except with
the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect
to any demands for the fair value of shares of Company Common Stock
or Company Preferred Stock or settle or offer to settle any such
demands other than by operation of law or pursuant to a final order
of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 2.5 Stockholder Representative Committee
.
(a) Appointment of Stockholder Representative Committee .
Upon approval of the Merger by the Company Stockholders, each of
the Participating Rights Holders shall be deemed to have
constituted and appointed, effective from and after the date of
such approval of the Merger, each of Douglas Kelly, David Douglass
and Joan Neuscheler or their successors or replacements, as
determined by the Company prior to the Effective Time, or a
majority-in-interest of the Participating Rights Holders following
the Effective Time, as the agents and
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attorneys-in-fact (the "Stockholder
Representative Committee" ) of such Participating Rights
Holders to act as the Stockholder Representative Committee under
this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this
Section 2.5 and the Escrow Agreement. In the event of
the resignation, removal, death or incapacity of a member of the
Stockholder Representative Committee, a successor member shall
thereafter be appointed by an instrument in writing signed by such
successor member and by the remaining members of the Stockholder
Representative Committee, and such appointment shall become
effective as to any such successor member when a copy of such
instrument shall have been delivered to Parent. Any member of the
Stockholder Representative Committee may be removed by action of
those Participating Rights Holders who immediately prior to the
Effective Time of the Merger held a majority of the outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock held by
all Participating Rights Holders, on an as-if fully-converted basis
(other than Dissenting Shares). So long as there are more than two
members of the Stockholder Representative Committee, the
Stockholder Representative Committee shall act by majority vote in
accordance with such procedures as it may adopt (otherwise, a
unanimous vote shall be required). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
unless Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall have actual
knowledge that Douglas Kelly has not obtained the authority of the
Stockholder Representative Committee with respect to any action or
inaction, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to
rely, without any investigation or inquiry, upon all action or
inaction by Douglas Kelly as having been taken or not taken upon
the authority of the Stockholder Representative Committee;
provided , that a majority of the members of the Stockholder
Representative Committee shall be entitled at any time to designate
another member of the Stockholder Representative Committee as the
designated representative for the Stockholder Representative
Committee for this purpose.
(b) Authority After the Effective Time . From and after
the Effective Time, the Stockholder Representative Committee shall
be authorized to:
(i) take all actions required by, and exercise all rights
granted to, the Stockholder Representative Committee in this
Agreement or the Escrow Agreement;
(ii) receive all notices or other documents given or to be given
to the Stockholder Representative Committee by Parent pursuant to
this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement;
(iii) receive and accept service of legal process in connection
with any claim or other proceeding against the Participating Rights
Holders or the Company arising under this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement;
(iv) negotiate, undertake, compromise, defend, resolve and
settle any suit, proceeding or dispute under this Agreement or the
Escrow Agreement;
(v) analyze, conduct examinations, deliver Dispute Notices,
agree upon an Appraiser, and negotiate or settle any disputes or
claims relating to the calculation of any Contingent Payments
hereunder;
(vi) participate in and manage the defense of any Third-Party
Claims, consult with Parent as to the defense of any Parent-Handled
Claims, approve or withhold
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approval of proposed settlements of any
Third-Party Claims, and take such other actions on behalf of the
Participating Rights Holders as may be necessary or appropriate
under Article IX of this Agreement;
(vii) execute and deliver all agreements, certificates and
documents required or deemed appropriate by the Stockholder
Representative Committee in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including executing and delivering
the Escrow Agreement);
(viii) engage special counsel, accountants and other advisors
and incur such other expenses in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Escrow
Agreement;
(ix) apply the Committee Reimbursement Amount to the payment of
(or reimbursement of the Stockholder Representative Committee for)
expenses and liabilities which the Stockholder Representative
Committee may incur pursuant to this Section 2.5 ;
(x) cause additional amounts to be withheld from Contingent
Payments to the extent the Stockholder Representative Committee
deems it necessary to maintain an adequate amount of funds in the
Committee Reimbursement Amount to cover expenses of the Stockholder
Representative Committee and, under the circumstances described in
Sections 1.8(f) and 6.9(e)(vi) , the Parent, up to a
maximum of $250,000 at any given time; and
(xi) take such other action as the Stockholder Representative
Committee may deem appropriate, including:
(A) agreeing to any modification or amendment of this Agreement
or the Escrow Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof and executing and delivering an agreement of such
modification or amendment;
(B) taking any actions required or permitted under the Escrow
Agreement to protect or enforce the Participating Rights
Holders’ rights thereunder; and
(C) all such other matters as the Stockholder Representative
Committee may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the
intents and purposes of this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement.
(c) Reimbursement of Expenses . The members of the
Stockholder Representative Committee shall be entitled to receive
reimbursement from any Committee Reimbursement Amount retained on
behalf of the Stockholder Representative Committee and then,
immediately prior to its distribution to the Participating Rights
Holders, against the consideration held pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement, for any and all expenses, charges and liabilities,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the
Stockholder Representative Committee in the performance or
discharge of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (the
"SRC Expenses" ). In the event that the obligations
of the Stockholder Representative Committee require that the
members of the Stockholder Representative Committee consistently
spend significant business time over the course of several months
in connection with indemnification claims made pursuant to
Article 9 hereof, the Stockholder Representative
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Committee shall be entitled to a one-time payment
out of the Committee Reimbursement Amount in the aggregate amount
of $50,000, which amount will be considered an SRC Expense for
purposes hereof. The Committee Reimbursement Amount shall only be
used for the payment of the SRC Expenses or as otherwise required
by this Agreement. The Parent and its Affiliates shall have no
obligations whatsoever with respect to any SRC Expenses.
(d) Release from Liability; Indemnification; Authority of
Stockholder Representative Committee . Each Participating
Rights Holder hereby releases the Stockholder Representative
Committee, and each of its members, from, and each Participating
Rights Holder agrees to indemnify the Stockholder Representative
Committee, and each of its members, against, liability for any
action taken or not taken by him, her or it in his, her or its
capacity as such agent, except for the liability of the Stockholder
Representative Committee, or any member thereof, to a Participating
Rights Holder for loss which such holder may suffer from the
willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Stockholder
Representative Committee or such member in carrying out his, her or
its duties hereunder. By virtue of the adoption of this Agreement
and the approval of the Merger by the stockholders of the Company,
each Participating Rights Holder (regardless of whether or not such
Participating Rights Holder votes in favor of the adoption of the
Agreement and the approval of the Merger, whether at a meeting or
by written consent in lieu thereof) appoints, as of the date of
this Agreement, the Stockholder Representative Committee as his,
her or its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact to enter into
any agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, to exercise all or any of the powers, authority and
discretion conferred on him under any such agreement, to give and
receive notices on their behalf and to be his, her or its exclusive
representative with respect to any matter, suit, claim, action or
proceeding arising with respect to any transaction contemplated by
any such agreement, including, without limitation, the defense,
settlement or compromise of any claim, action or proceeding for
which Parent or the Surviving Corporation may be entitled to
indemnification and, by virtue of its approval of the Agreement,
the Stockholder Representative Committee agrees to act as, and to
undertake the duties and responsibilities of, such agent and
attorney-in-fact. All actions, decisions and instructions of the
Stockholder Representative Committee shall be conclusive and
binding upon all of the Participating Rights Holders.
(e) Reduction of Contingent Payments to Replenish Committee
Reimbursement Amount . The Stockholder Representative
Committee, upon written notice delivered to Parent no less than
twenty (20) business days prior to the making of any
Contingent Payment, including the FDA Milestone Payment, shall be
entitled to cause Parent to deduct amounts from that portion of
such Contingent Payment that is not subject to reduction in
accordance with Sections 1.8(j) , 2.1(a) ,
2.1(b) , 2.1(c) and 9.4 for purposes of
replenishing the Committee Reimbursement Amount hereunder (which
Committee Reimbursement Amount may be increased from time to time
in the discretion of the Stockholder Representative Committee, but
not above $250,000 at any one time). Any reduction from the
consideration held pursuant to the Escrow Agreement or any offset
against any Contingent Payment shall be made against the amounts to
be distributed to the Participating Rights Holders pro rata based
on the aggregate amounts of such escrowed consideration or
Contingent Payment otherwise to be received by such Participating
Rights Holders. In connection with any such offsets by Parent
pursuant to this Section 2.5(e) , the Stockholder
Representative Committee hereby releases Parent from, and agrees to
indemnify Parent against, liability for any action taken by Parent
at the direction of the Stockholder Representative Committee in
accordance with this Section 2.5(e) . Any of the
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Committee Reimbursement Amount originally
deposited with the Stockholder Representative Committee pursuant to
this Section 2.5(e) that has not been consumed by the
Stockholder Representative Committee pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement on or prior to the end of the period in which Parent, the
Surviving Corporation and their Affiliates may make claims for
indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2 or, if later,
the date on which all indemnification claims of Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliates outstanding at the
end of such period have been discharged in full, shall be
distributed by the Stockholder Representative Committee to the
Participating Rights Holders pro rata based on their respective
rights to participate in the first Contingent Payment, if any, from
which any such amounts were originally deducted.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows
as of each of (a) the date hereof, and (b) the Closing
Date, except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement;
provided , that such representations and warranties shall be
deemed to be qualified for purposes of this Agreement by the
attached Disclosure Schedule of the Company (the "Company
Disclosure Schedule" ). Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement or such Company Disclosure Schedule, each
exception set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule will be
deemed to qualify only each representation and warranty set forth
in this Agreement (i) that is specifically identified (by
cross-reference or otherwise) in the Company Disclosure Schedule as
being qualified by such exception, or (ii) with respect to
which the relevance of such exception is readily apparent on the
face of the disclosure of such exception set forth in the Company
Disclosure Schedule. In addition, for purposes of determining the
accuracy, as of the Closing Date, of the representations and
warranties of the Company under Section 3.3 below only,
the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to have been
updated by the information set forth in the Capitalization and
Closing Payment Amount Certificate. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Knowledge of the Company" shall mean the actual
knowledge of any of the directors and officers of the Company in
their capacities as directors and officers of the Company or
otherwise, after reasonable inquiry.
Section 3.1 Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification . The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as now conducted. The Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its
properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
perform its obligations under, and carry out the provisions of this
Agreement and to carry on its business as presently conducted. The
Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify
constitutes a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.2 Subsidiaries . The Company has no
subsidiaries and owns no equity securities or other ownership
interest of any other corporation, partnership or other entity. The
Company is not a participant in any joint venture or similar
arrangement.
Section 3.3 Capitalization and Voting Rights .
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(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of:
(i) Common Stock . 100,000,000 shares of Company Common
Stock, 8,134,996 of which are issued and outstanding; and
(ii) Preferred Stock . 76,862,280 shares of Company
Preferred Stock, of which 7,500,000 shares have been designated
Series A Preferred Stock, 7,500,000 of which are issued and
outstanding, 15,538,464 shares have been designated Series B
Preferred Stock, 15,538,464 of which are issued and outstanding,
16,823,816 shares have been designated Series C Preferred Stock,
16,152,174 of which are issued and outstanding, and 37,000,000
shares have been designated Series D Preferred Stock, 34,328,356 of
which are issued and outstanding. The respective rights,
restrictions, privileges and preferences of the Company Preferred
Stock are as stated in the Company’s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware on August 23, 2005.
(b) There are not outstanding any options, warrants,
instruments, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and
rights of first refusal), proxy or stockholder agreements, or other
agreements or instruments of any kind, including convertible debt
instruments, for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of
any of its Securities. The Company is not a party or subject to any
agreement or understanding and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
there is no agreement or understanding between any other persons,
that affects or relates to the voting or giving of written consents
with respect to any Security or by a director of the Company other
than as contemplated by this Agreement. The Company Stockholders
collectively currently own, of record, and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, beneficially, a sufficient number of shares of each class
of the Securities outstanding on the date hereof required to
approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
the Merger.
(c) All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company
Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock (i) have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable,
and (ii) were issued in compliance with all applicable state
and federal laws concerning the issuance of securities.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.3(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, each series of Company Preferred Stock
is presently convertible into Company Common Stock on a one-for-one
basis and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereunder will not result in any anti-dilution adjustment or other
similar adjustment to the outstanding shares of Company Preferred
Stock.
(e) Section 3.3(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth the name and address of record of each
Securityholder and the Securities beneficially owned by each
Securityholder, and, in the case of options, warrants, instruments
and other rights to acquire capital stock of the Company,
(i) the per-share exercise price payable therefor,
(ii) the number of shares of the Company’s capital stock
each option, warrant, instrument or other right are vested with
respect to or exercisable for as of the Agreement Date,
(iii) whether the holder of such option, warrant, instrument
or other right is an employee of the Company, (iv) whether the
vesting of such option, warrant, instrument or other right shall be
accelerated by a change of control of the Company, including as a
result of the Merger, and (v) whether or not any such
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options, warrants, instruments or other rights
are intended to be "incentive stock options" as such term is
defined in the Code. To the Knowledge of the Company, each
Securityholder of record owns all beneficial interest in such
Securities.
Section 3.4 Authorization; Binding Obligations;
Governmental Consents .
(a) All corporate actions on the part of the Company, its
officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder, other than
sending notices to stockholders of the Company pertaining to the
exercise of dissenters’ rights under Delaware Law and
California Law, have been taken prior to the Agreement Date,
subject only to the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the
Merger by the Company’s stockholders under the provisions of
Delaware Law, California Law and the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation and bylaws. This Agreement is the valid and legally
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as may be limited by (i) the effect of
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
conservatorship, arrangement, moratorium or other laws affecting or
relating to the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) the
rules governing the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in law or equity.
(b) No consent, approval, permit, order or authorization of, or
registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing
with, any federal, state or local governmental authority on the
part of the Company is required in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except (i) the filing of
Merger Certificate with the Delaware Secretary of State;
(ii) such consents, approvals, orders authorizations,
registrations declarations and filings as may be required under
applicable state and federal securities laws and the securities
laws of any foreign country; (iii) such filings as may be
required under the HSR Act or any applicable state anti-takeover
and similar laws; and (iv) such other consents,
authorizations, filings, approvals and registrations which, if not
obtained or made, would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect
and would not prevent, or materially alter or delay any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 3.5 Financial Statements .
(a) The Company has made available to the Parent, and included
in the Company Disclosure Schedule are, the Financial Statements.
The Financial Statements are complete and correct in all material
respects as of their respective dates and fairly and accurately
present the financial condition of the Company as of such dates and
during the periods indicated therein, and have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, except that the unaudited financial
statements do not contain footnotes, subject, in the case of the
unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments which are neither individually nor in the aggregate
material. The Company maintains and will continue to maintain a
standard system of accounting established and administered in
accordance with GAAP.
(b) Except for Indebtedness reflected in the Financial
Statements, the Company has no Indebtedness outstanding at the date
hereof, and except as set forth in the Capitalization and Closing
Payment Amount Certificate, the Company shall have no
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Indebtedness outstanding at the Effective Time.
The Company is not in default with respect to any outstanding
Indebtedness or any instrument relating thereto, nor is there any
event which, with the passage of time or giving of notice, or both,
would result in a default, and no such Indebtedness or any
instrument or agreement relating thereto purports to limit the
issuance of any Securities by the Company or the operation of the
business of the Company. Complete and correct copies of all
instruments (including all amendments, supplements, waivers and
consents) relating to any Indebtedness of the Company have been
furnished to the Parent or its counsel.
Section 3.6 Liabilities . The Company and its
Subsidiaries have no material liabilities and the Company knows of
no material contingent liabilities not disclosed in the Financial
Statements, except (a) current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
subsequent to the Financial Statements which do not constitute a
Material Adverse Effect, and (b) the obligation to pay fees
and expenses of the Company’s attorneys, accountants and any
other advisors relating to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 3.7 Agreements; Actions .
(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.7(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no agreements,
understandings or proposed transactions between the Company and any
of its officers, directors, Affiliates, or any Affiliate thereof,
or between any Subsidiary of the Company and any of its officers,
directors or Affiliates.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.7(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no agreements,
understandings, instruments, contracts, proposed transactions,
judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound that involve
(i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to,
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 that
may not be extinguished on thirty (30) days’ notice or
less, (ii) the license, assignment or transfer of any patent,
copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (A) licenses to
the Company arising from the purchase of "off the shelf" or other
standard products or equipment; (B) transfer of trade secret
and proprietary information pursuant to non-disclosure agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business; (C) licenses
granted in connection with the transfer of Products for their
intended use (but do not grant rights to manufacture, sell or
distribute such Products using such Intellectual Property to such
persons) or (D) agreements relating to proprietary information
and inventions executed by employees and consultants of the Company
and its Subsidiaries that contain obligations running in favor of
the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, only), (iii) the
manufacture, marketing, sale or distribution of any products of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, or any
restrictions on the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ exclusive rights to develop, manufacture,
assemble, distribute, market and sell its products (other than
non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business), (iv) indemnification by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to infringements of proprietary rights
(other than indemnification obligations arising from purchase,
sale, license or non-disclosure agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business), (v) the employment of any
individual for a fixed period of time or with a fixed severance
arrangement, or (vi) other agreements that are otherwise
material to the Principal Business of the Company.
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(c) The Company has delivered or has caused to be
delivered to Parent or its counsel correct and complete copies of
each contract, agreement or other arrangement listed in
Section 3.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as such
contracts, agreements and arrangements are amended to date. Each
such contract, agreement or other arrangement is a valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, and to the Knowledge of the Company,
of the other party or parties thereto, and is in full force and
effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.7(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, the other party
or parties thereto, is in material breach or non-compliance, or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, is considered to be in material
breach or non-compliance by the other party thereto, of any term of
any such contract, agreement or other arrangement. Except as set
forth in Section 3.7(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received notice of any default or threat thereof with respect to
any such contract, agreement or other arrangement and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has a reasonable basis for
suspecting that any such default exists or will be forthcoming.
Subject to obtaining any necessary consents by the other party or
parties to any such contract, agreement or other arrangement (as
further set forth in Section 3.7(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule), the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not cause an increase or acceleration of any
obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to
any contract, agreement or other arrangement listed in
Section 3.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or give
additional rights to any other party thereto nor will any such
contract, agreement or other arrangement in any other way be
adversely affected by, or terminate or lapse by reason of, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
(i) declared or paid any dividends or authorized or made any
distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its
capital stock, (ii) incurred any Indebtedness for money
borrowed or any other liabilities individually in excess of $50,000
or, in the case of Indebtedness or liabilities individually less
than $50,000, in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate,
(iii) made any loans or advances to any person, other than
ordinary advances for payroll or travel expenses or otherwise in
the ordinary course of business, or (iv) sold, exchanged or
otherwise disposed of any of its material assets or rights, other
than the sale of its inventory in the ordinary course of
business.
(e) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of this
Section 3.7 , all liabilities, agreements,
understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed transactions
involving the same person (including persons the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has reason to believe are affiliated therewith)
shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual
minimum dollar amounts of such paragraph.
Section 3.8 Related-Party Transactions . No
employee, officer, or director of or consultant to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or member of his or
her immediate family is indebted to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit)
to any of them other than (a) for payment of salary or fees
(in the case of consultants) for services rendered,
(b) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) for other
standard employee benefits made generally available to all
employees (including stock option agreements outstanding under any
stock option plan
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approved by the Company Board or the board of
directors of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as the case
may be). To the Knowledge of the Company, none of such persons has
any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or
corporation with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
affiliated or with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has
a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except that employees,
officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
members of their immediate families may own stock in
publicly-traded companies that may compete with the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that do not represent more than 2% of the
outstanding equity thereof. No member of the immediate family of
any officer or director of the Company is directly or indirectly
interested in any material contract with the Company. No member of
the immediate family of any officer or director of any Subsidiary
of the Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material
contract with such Subsidiary. Except as may be disclosed in the
Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a guarantor or indemnitor of any Indebtedness of
any other person.
Section 3.9 Changes . Except as reflected in the
Financial Statements or as set forth on Section 3.9 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 31, 2007, there
has not been:
(a) Any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition
or operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from that
reflected in the Financial Statements, other than changes in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, none of
which individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(b) Any resignation or termination of any key officers or key
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and to the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no impending resignation or
termination of employment of any such key officer or key
employee;
(c) Any material change, except in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice, in the contingent
obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by way of
guaranty, endorsement, indemnity, warranty or otherwise;
(d) Any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by
insurance, which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
(e) Any waiver by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a
right or of a debt owed to it in excess of $10,000;
(f) Any loans made by the Company to any stockholder, employee,
officer or director of the Company, or a Subsidiary of the Company
to any stockholder, employee, officer or director of such
Subsidiary, other than advances made in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice;
(g) Any material change in any compensation arrangement or
agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
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(h) Any declaration or payment of any dividend or
other distribution of the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(i) Any labor organization activity at the Company;
(j) Any Indebtedness, obligation or liability incurred, assumed
or guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except
those for immaterial amounts and for current liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(k) Any sale, assignment, transfer or license of any patents,
trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible assets of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than (A) pursuant
to non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business and (B) licenses to use such Intellectual Property
granted in connection with the transfer of Products for their
intended use (but do not grant rights to manufacture, sell or
distribute such Products using such Intellectual Property to such
persons);
(l) Any change in any material agreement to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound which
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company; or
(m) Any other event or condition of any character that, either
individually or cumulatively, has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Section 3.10 Title to Properties and Assets; Liens,
Etc . The Company has good and valid title to all of its
tangible properties and assets, including the properties and assets
reflected in the most recent balance sheet included in the
Financial Statements, and good title to its leasehold estates, in
each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance
or charge, other than (a) those resulting from Taxes which
have not yet become delinquent, (b) minor liens and
encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the
Company, and (c) those that have otherwise arisen in the
ordinary course of business. All facilities, machinery, equipment,
fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or used by
the Company are in good operating condition and repair and are
reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being
used. The Company is in compliance with all material terms of each
lease to which it is a party or is otherwise bound.
Section 3.11 Intellectual Property .
(a) Except for Intellectual Property relating to commercial
off-the-shelf computer software, nondisclosure agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business, and agreements relating to
proprietary information and inventions executed by employees and
consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries that contain
obligations running in favor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, only, Section 3.11(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of
(i) all registered Intellectual Property owned or licensed, or
used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, all applications
therefor, and all written licenses assignments (excluding
assignment of patent applications by inventors to the Company) and
other agreements relating thereto to which the Company is a party,
and (ii) all
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written agreements relating to technology,
know-how and processes which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has licensed or authorized for use by others.
(b) The operation of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as currently conducted or as currently contemplated by
the Company and its Subsidiaries to be conducted does not interfere
with, conflict with, infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise
violate the Intellectual Property rights of any third party, and no
action or claim is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened alleging that the operation of such business interferes
with, conflicts with, infringes upon, misappropriates or otherwise
violates the Intellectual Property rights of any third party and,
to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis therefor.
(c) The Company is the sole owner of the entire right, title and
interest in and to, or has a valid license or other legal right
under, Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed
Intellectual Property used in or necessary to the operation of its
business as presently conducted or as currently contemplated by the
Company to be conducted, subject to the terms of the license
agreements governing the Company Licensed Intellectual
Property.
(d) Except for Intellectual Property relating to commercial
off-the-shelf computer software and other standard products or
equipment, nondisclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business, and agreements relating to proprietary
information and inventions executed by employees and consultants of
the Company and its Subsidiaries that contain obligations running
in favor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, only or
otherwise as set forth in Section 3.11(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not a party to any
outstanding options, licenses, or agreements of any kind relating
to the Company Owned Intellectual Property, nor is the Company or
its Subsidiaries bound by or a party to any options, licenses or
agreements of any kind with respect to the patents, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, lic
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