CONSENT AND RELEASE
AGREEMENT
This Consent
and Release Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of January 27, 2009, by and among RxElite, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), RxElite
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Acquired
Company ”), Castlerigg Master Investments Ltd., a company
organized and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands
(the “ Lender ”), and Piramal Healthcare, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“ Purchaser
”). All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to
them in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 31, 2007, by and between the Company and the Lender, as
amended through the date hereof (the “ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”).
WHEREAS, in connection with the Securities
Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to the Lender a senior
secured promissory note in the original principal amount of
$10,500,000, dated as of December 31, 2007 (the “
Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the Lender currently owns all of the
outstanding Notes ;
WHEREAS, the Company owns 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Acquired Company (the “
Shares ”) which have been pledged to the Lender as
collateral for the Notes pursuant to a Pledge Agreement dated as of
December 31, 2007 (the “ Pledge Agreement ”);
the assets of the Acquired Company constitute
“Collateral” for the Notes as defined in that certain
Security Agreement by and between the Company and Lender dated as
of December 31, 2007 (the “ Security Agreement
”); and the Acquired Company is guarantor of the Notes
pursuant to that certain Guaranty dated as of December 31, 2007 by
and between the Acquired Company and Lender (the “
Guaranty ”);
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to sell the Shares
to Purchaser and the Purchaser wishes to purchase the Shares (the
“ Acquisition ”) from the Company
free and clear of any and all obligations to Lender, including
without limitation those pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, in order to acquire the Retained Assets and Retained
Liabilities, as each such term is defined on Exhibit A
annexed hereto, pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B annexed hereto
(the “ Stock Purchase Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, each
of the Company, the Acquired Company and the Lender desire to
facilitate the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase
Agreement, and, subject to the terms hereof, approve the sale of
the Acquired Company to Purchaser, terminate the pledge of the
Shares under the Pledge Agreement, release any and all Retained
Assets as collateral under the Notes, terminate the Guaranty, and
along with the Purchaser, terminate the Intercreditor
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, and pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the Lender, the Company and the Purchaser agree as
follows:
1.
Representations of Lender. Lender represents and warrants to
Purchaser that (i) Lender owns all of the outstanding Notes issued
under the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (ii) Lender has full
right and authority, without consent or action of any other person,
to take the actions set forth herein.
2.
Payment of Purchase Price. The Purchaser and the
Company hereby agree that $2,546,069.30 of the Purchase Price (the
“ Specified Sale Proceeds” ) shall
be paid at the closing of the Acquisition as
follows: (i) $1,800,000 to the Lender in accordance with
the wire instructions set forth in Section 1 on Exhibit C hereto;
(ii) $100,000 to Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, in payment of legal
fees in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in Section
2 on Exhibit C hereto; and (iii) $646,069.30 into the blocked
account of the Company, in accordance with the wire instructions
set forth in Section 3 on Exhibit C hereto.
3.
Approval and Acceptance; Covenants Related to Challenge of
Transactions. The Lender, on its own behalf and as a
Collateral Agent under the Transaction Documents, has fully
reviewed the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Bill of Sale and
Assignment by and between the Company and the Acquired Company,
dated as of the date hereof, Assignment and Assumption of Assigned
Contracts Agreement, by and between the Company and the
Acquired Company, dated as of the date hereof, and all related
documents and agreements (collectively, the “ Stock
Purchase Documents ”), and hereby approves, accepts and
consents to the sale of the Acquired Company and the transfer of
the Retained Assets and Retained Liabilities pursuant to the terms
of the Stock Purchase Documents. Lender has determined that the
purchase price set forth in the Stock Purchase Documents (the
“ Purchase Price”) , giving due consideration to
the assumption of certain liabilities by Purchaser and other
non-cash consideration, is reasonably equivalent value and
represents fair consideration for the purchase of the Shares of the
Acquired Company and all assets being purchased thereby (including
without limitation the Retained Assets) net of all Retained
Liabilities. Lender hereby covenants, now and forever,
to refrain from challenging or contesting in any manner, in any
forum, including without limitation a bankruptcy proceeding, that
the Purchase Price is reasonably equivalent value and represents
fair consideration for the purchase of the Shares and all assets
being purchased thereby (including without limitation the Retained
Assets) net of all Retained Liabilities.
4.
Release of Obligations and Collateral; Delivery of Possessory
Collateral . Upon (i) satisfaction of all closing
conditions by the Company and the Purchaser under the Stock
Purchase Agreement, including without limitation, the receipt by
the Company of the Purchase Price and (ii) the receipt of the
Specified Sale Proceeds in accordance with the terms hereof;
automatically and without any further action by the parties to this
Agreement, Lender agrees that: (x) all obligations of the Acquired
Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the
Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents and (y) all security
interests and other liens, rights of set off against, and pledges
in favor of, granted to or held by Lender in or against the
Acquired Company, including without limitation the Retained Assets
(but excluding any lien of the Lender in the proceeds received by
the Company as consideration for the sale of the Shares and the
Retained Assets), the Shares, including without limitation, under
the Securities Purchase Agreement,
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