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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2015

Registration No. 333-          


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

British Columbia, Canada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  2834
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2800 Park Place
666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada V6C 2Z7
(604) 687-9444
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Adrian Adams
Chief Executive Officer
Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



With copies to:
Andrew P. Gilbert, Esq.
David C. Schwartz, Esq.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2704
(973) 520-2550



Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective and upon completion of the merger described in the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus.

           If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.     o

           If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     o

           If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     o

           Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  o   Accelerated filer  ý   Non-accelerated filer  o
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company  o

           If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

           Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

           Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

               
 
Title of each class of securities
to be registered(1)

  Amount to be
registered(2)

  Proposed maximum
offering price per
share

  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price(3)

  Amount of
registration fee(4)

 

Common shares, without par value

  39,338,377   Not Applicable   $278,319,018   $28,027

 

(1)
This registration statement relates to common shares, without par value, of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Parent Shares"), a company incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada ("Parent"), to be issued to holders of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of POZEN Inc. (the "Pozen common stock"), a Delaware corporation ("Pozen"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "original merger agreement"), by and among Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc, a public limited company incorporated in Ireland ("Aralez Ireland"), Pozen, Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada ("Tribute"), Trafwell Limited (which was renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited), a private limited company incorporated in Ireland ("Holdings"), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario ("Can Merger Sub"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of August 19, 2015 ("Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement"), by and among Aralez Ireland, Pozen, Tribute, Holdings, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., a Delaware corporation ("US Merger Sub") and Can Merger Sub, and as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of December 7, 2015 ("Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement" and, together with the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement, the "merger agreement"), by and among Parent, Aralez Ireland, Pozen, Tribute, Holdings, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub.

(2)
Represents the maximum number of the Parent Shares estimated to be issuable to Pozen stockholders upon the completion of the merger (the "Merger") described in the proxy statement/prospectus contained herein. Calculated based on an exchange ratio of one Parent Share for each share of Pozen common stock estimated to be outstanding immediately prior to the completion of the merger.

(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and computed pursuant to Rule 457(f)(1) and (f)(3) and 457(c) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the Parent Shares is equal to $278,319,018, which was determined by multiplying (i)(A) 39,338,377, the estimated maximum number of Pozen common stock to be exchanged for Parent Shares (which is the sum of 33,237,772 shares of Pozen common stock outstanding as of December 5, 2015, (B) 1,948,513 shares of Pozen common stock potentially issuable pursuant to stock options outstanding as of December 5, 2015 that are vested or that are expected to vest prior to completion of the merger, and (C) 4,152,092 shares of Pozen common stock issuable pursuant to restricted stock units ("RSUs") outstanding as of December 5, 2015 that are expected to vest prior to completion of the merger, by (ii) $7.075, the average of the high and low prices for the Pozen common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December 9, 2015.

(4)
Determined in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act by multiplying the estimated aggregate offering price of the securities to be registered by 0.0001007.

            The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such dates as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

   


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Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 14, 2015
PRELIMINARY COPY

LOGO

MERGER PROPOSAL—YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT

                , 2015

        On June 8, 2015, POZEN Inc. ("Pozen") and Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. ("Tribute") agreed to a business combination under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, among Tribute, Aguono Limited (which was renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited and subsequently renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc in connection with its re-registration as a public limited company ("Aralez Ireland")), Aralez Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited (formerly known as Trafwell Limited) ("Holdings"), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. ("Can Merger Sub") and Pozen, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "original merger agreement"). On August 19, 2015, the parties amended the original merger agreement pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement ("Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement"), whereby ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp. ("US Merger Sub") was formed to replace ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. in order to optimize the corporate structure of the Parent in the future. On December 7, 2015, the parties amended the original merger agreement pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement ("Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement" and, together with the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement, the "merger agreement"), whereby, among other things, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Parent") was added as a party in place of Aralez Ireland, which was removed as a party to the merger agreement. In order to effect the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, US Merger Sub, an indirect subsidiary of Parent, will be merged with and into Pozen (the "merger"). Pozen will be the surviving corporation and, through the merger, will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The merger of Pozen into US Merger Sub will be effected under Delaware law so that Pozen will be reorganized into a holding company structure. In accordance with the merger agreement, immediately preceding the merger, Can Merger Sub and Tribute will amalgamate by way of a court approved plan of arrangement (the "arrangement" and together with the merger, the "transactions"). Upon completion of the arrangement, the separate legal existence of Tribute and Can Merger Sub will cease, and Tribute and Can Merger Sub will continue as one corporation ("Amalco," expected to be renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.), with the property of Tribute and Can Merger Sub becoming the property of Amalco. Upon completion, the merger and the arrangement do not constitute a change of control of Pozen.

        As a result of the merger, each share of Pozen common stock will be converted into the right to receive from Parent one common share of Parent, without par value (the "Parent Shares") (the "merger consideration") for each share of Pozen common stock that they own as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger (the "merger effective time"). Pursuant to the arrangement, each outstanding Tribute common share will be exchanged for 0.1455 Parent Shares. Upon completion of the merger and arrangement, current Pozen stockholders will own approximately 64% of the outstanding Parent Shares, and current Tribute shareholders will own approximately 36% of the outstanding Parent Shares before giving effect to (i) any exercise of outstanding options and warrants or the vesting and delivery of shares underlying restricted stock units ("RSUs") of either company and (ii) the Parent Shares to be issued to new investors pursuant to the equity and debt financings described below. It is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares be approved for listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ"), subject to official notice of issuance, under the symbol "ARLZ" and conditionally approved for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") under the symbol "ARZ", subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX. The terms and conditions of the merger and the arrangement are contained in the merger agreement, a copy of which is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus.

        Pozen is soliciting proxies for use at a special meeting of its stockholders (the "Pozen special meeting") to consider and vote upon (1) a proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby; (2) a proposal to approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the effectiveness of the arrangement for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement at a price that is less than the greater of book or market value pursuant to an Amended and Restated Share Subscription Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2015, which, together with the issuance by Parent of certain convertible notes to be exchanged for convertible notes issued by Tribute, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent; (3) a proposal to approve the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the transactions, of Parent Shares


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upon the conversion of convertible notes at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2015, which, together with the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares in a private placement, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent; (4) a proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain compensatory arrangements between Pozen and its named executive officers relating to the transactions; (5) a proposal to approve the 2016 Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan"); and (6) a proposal to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Pozen special meeting to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby. Approval of the second and third proposals at the Pozen special meeting are required to complete the merger unless waived by the parties. Approval of the fourth and fifth proposals at the Pozen special meeting are not required to complete the merger.

         After careful consideration, the Pozen board of directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Pozen board of directors unanimously recommends that Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" each of the proposals to be submitted at the Pozen special meeting.

        We cannot complete the merger unless the Pozen stockholders approve the proposal related to the adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby. Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares you own. Whether or not you expect to attend the Pozen special meeting in person, please vote your shares as promptly as possible so that your shares may be represented and voted at the Pozen special meeting. Please note that a failure to vote your shares of Pozen common stock has the same effect as a vote against the adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby.

         We are not asking for a proxy or any approval from the Tribute shareholders unless such Tribute shareholders are also holders of Pozen common stock. Tribute shareholders are not entitled to vote on the matters described above unless such Tribute shareholders are also holders of Pozen common stock. Tribute shareholders are expected to receive a separate information circular and should read and respond to that document when it is circulated to them.

         The obligations of Pozen, Tribute and Parent to complete the merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions in the merger agreement. Additional information about Pozen, Tribute and Parent, and the merger and the arrangement is contained in this proxy statement/prospectus. You should read this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes provided herewith, carefully. In particular, we urge you to read the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 42 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

        We thank you for your consideration and continued support.

Sincerely,    

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POZEN Inc.

 

 

         Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission, nor any securities regulatory authority in Canada, has approved or disapproved any of the transactions described in this proxy statement/prospectus or the securities to be issued under this proxy statement/prospectus or determined that this proxy statement/prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. This proxy statement/prospectus does not constitute an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, any securities, or a solicitation of a proxy, in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.

        This proxy statement/prospectus is dated                        , 2016, and is first being mailed to Pozen stockholders on or about                        , 2016.


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GRAPHIC

POZEN INC.
1414 RALEIGH RD, SUITE 400

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA 27517

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON                        , 2016

To the stockholders of POZEN Inc.:

        NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of stockholders of POZEN Inc. (the "Pozen special meeting"), a Delaware corporation ("Pozen"), will be held at the offices of DLA Piper LLP (US) at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, on                        , 2016, at 8:30 a.m., local time. The purpose of the Pozen special meeting shall be to consider and act upon the following matters:


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        Approval of the second and third proposals at the Pozen special meeting are required to complete the merger unless waived by the parties. Approval of the fourth and fifth proposals at the Pozen special meeting are not required to complete the merger. These items of business, including the merger agreement and the proposed merger, are described in detail in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus. Please read these documents, including the annexes and documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, carefully in deciding how to vote. The Pozen board of directors, by unanimous vote, has determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are advisable and in the best interests of Pozen and its stockholders and recommends that Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, "FOR" the proposal to approve the issuance of Parent Shares to be exchanged for Tribute common shares issued in a private placement, "FOR" the proposal to approve the issuance of Parent Shares by Parent upon the conversion of certain convertible notes of Parent to be exchanged for Tribute convertible notes issued in a private placement, "FOR" the proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain compensatory arrangements between Pozen and its named executive officers relating to the merger, "FOR" a proposal to approve the Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and "FOR" the Pozen special meeting adjournment proposal.

        The record date for the Pozen special meeting is                        , 2016 (the "record date"). Only holders of Pozen common stock of record at the close of business on                        , 2016 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Pozen special meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof. A complete list of such stockholders will be open to the examination of any such stockholder at Pozen's principal executive offices at 1414 Raleigh Rd, Suite 400, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, for a period of ten days prior to the Pozen special meeting and on the day of the Pozen special meeting.

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proxy, of holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. Therefore, your vote is very important. Your failure to vote your shares will have the same effect as a vote "against" the adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby. Whether or not you plan to attend the Pozen special meeting, please promptly vote your shares and provide your proxy by telephone or by accessing the Internet site following the instructions in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus or by marking, dating, signing and returning the accompanying proxy card as promptly as practicable. You may revoke your proxy in the manner described in the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus at any time before it is voted at the Pozen special meeting. By providing your proxy, you do not restrict your right to vote in person at the Pozen special meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ GILDA THOMAS

Secretary
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
                        , 2015
   

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REFERENCES TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

        This proxy statement/prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about Pozen and Tribute from other documents that Pozen and Tribute have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and that are contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. For a listing of documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, please see the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus. This information is available for you to review at the SEC's public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549, and through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

        You may request copies of this proxy statement/prospectus and any of the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus or other information concerning Pozen, without charge, by written or telephonic request directed to POZEN Inc., Attention: Corporate Communications, 1414 Raleigh Rd, Suite 400, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, Telephone (919) 913-1030; Georgeson, Inc. ("Georgeson"), Pozen's proxy solicitor, by calling 1-866-216-0462 toll-free; or from the SEC through the SEC website at the address provided above.

        You may also request a copy of this proxy statement/prospectus and any of the documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus or other information concerning Tribute, including a copy of the information circular sent to Tribute shareholders, when available, without charge, by written or telephonic request directed to Tribute's Canadian headquarters at Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 151 Steeles Avenue East, Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 1Y1, Telephone (905) 876-3166; from the SEC through the SEC website at the address provided above; or from the Canadian Securities Administrators through the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. The information that Tribute makes available on SEDAR is not a part of, or incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus.

        In order for you to receive timely delivery of the documents in advance of the Pozen special meeting to be held on                        , 2016, you must request the information no later than five business days prior to the date of the Pozen special meeting, or                        , 2016.


ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS

        This document, which forms part of the registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC by Parent (File No. 333-             ), constitutes a prospectus of Parent under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the common shares, without par value, of Parent (the "Parent Shares"), to be issued to Pozen stockholders pursuant to the merger agreement. This document also constitutes a proxy statement of Pozen under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and a notice of meeting with respect to the Pozen special meeting, at which Pozen stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the adoption of the merger agreement and the other transactions contemplated therein.

        Parent has supplied all information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus relating to Parent, Pozen has supplied all such information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus relating to Pozen, and Tribute has supplied (or consented to the use with respect to information incorporated by reference to Tribute filings) all such information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus relating to Tribute.

        You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. Pozen and Tribute have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. This proxy statement/prospectus is dated                        , 2015, and you should not assume that the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus is accurate as of any date, other than such date. Further, you should not assume that the information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus is accurate as of any date, other than the date of the incorporated document. Neither the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus to Pozen stockholders nor the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares pursuant to the merger agreement will create any implication to the contrary.


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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS AND THE MEETING

  1

SUMMARY

 
10

The Parties to the Merger and the Arrangement

 
10

The Merger, the Arrangement and the Merger Agreement

  12

Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders

  12

Treatment of Outstanding Pozen Equity Awards

  13

Comparative Per Share Market Price Data and Dividend Information

  13

Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen's Reasons for the Transactions

  14

Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors

  14

Vote Required

  16

Interests of Certain Persons In the Merger

  16

Regulatory Approvals

  17

Delisting and Deregistration of Pozen common stock

  17

Pozen Non-Solicitation; Pozen Acquisition Proposals

  18

Pozen Change of Recommendation

  19

Tribute Non-Solicitation; Tribute Acquisition Proposals

  20

Tribute Change of Recommendation

  22

Conditions to the Completion of the Arrangement and the Merger

  23

Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination

  26

Financings

  29

Accounting Treatment

  31

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger

  31

Canadian Tax Considerations

  31

Comparison of the Rights of Parent Shareholders and Pozen Stockholders

  31

SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF TRIBUTE

 
32

SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF POZEN

 
34

SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA

 
36

COMPARATIVE PER SHARE DATA

 
38

COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE DATA AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION

 
40

RISK FACTORS

 
42

Risks Relating to the Transactions

 
42

Risks Relating to the Businesses of the Combined Company

  49

Risks Related to the Parent Shares

  52

Other Risk Factors

  53

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 
54

THE PARTIES TO THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

 
55

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 

 
55

ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp. 

  55

ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. 

  56

POZEN Inc. 

  56

Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. 

  56

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PROPOSAL 1: VOTE OF POZEN STOCKHOLDERS TO ADOPT THE MERGER AGREEMENT AND APPROVE THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

  58

THE TRANSACTIONS

 
58

The Merger and the Arrangement

 
58

Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders

  58

Background of the Transactions

  58

Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen's Reasons for the Transactions

  68

Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors

  72

Prospective Financial Information

  98

Regulatory Approvals

  102

Canadian Court Approvals

  103

Financings

  103

Accounting Treatment

  105

THE MERGER AGREEMENT

 
106

Closing of the Merger and the Arrangement

 
106

Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders

  106

Treatment of Outstanding Pozen Equity Awards

  107

Governing Documents Following the Merger

  107

Officers and Directors upon Completion of the Merger

  108

Exchange of Pozen Stock Certificates Following the Merger

  108

Fractional Shares

  109

Representations and Warranties

  109

Material Adverse Effect

  112

Covenants

  113

Board Recommendations; Pozen Special Meeting

  119

Pozen Non-Solicitation; Pozen Acquisition Proposals

  119

Pozen Change of Recommendation

  121

Tribute Non-Solicitation; Tribute Acquisition Proposals

  122

Tribute Change of Recommendation

  124

Consents and Approvals

  125

Employee Matters

  126

Financing Covenant

  126

Indemnification

  127

Other Covenants and Agreements

  127

Conditions to the Completion of the Arrangement and the Merger

  128

Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination

  130

Expenses

  133

Amendment

  134

Governing Law

  134

Injunctive Relief

  134

CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER

 
135

Tax Consequences of the Transactions to Pozen and Parent

 
136

Tax Consequences of the Transactions to Holders of Shares of Pozen common stock

  138

Tax Consequences to Holders of Parent Shares

  140

CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER

 
146

Scope of Discussion

 
146

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Non-Residents of Canada

  146

Residents of Canada

  147

PROPOSAL 2: VOTE TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE BY PARENT OF PARENT SHARES TO BE EXCHANGED FOLLOWING THE ARRANGEMENT EFFECTIVE TIME FOR TRIBUTE COMMON SHARES ISSUED IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ARRANGEMENT; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 
149

Introduction

 
149

Consequences of Approval of Proposal 2

  149

Summary of Share Subscription Agreement

  150

Required Vote

  152

PROPOSAL 3: VOTE TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE BY PARENT, AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT, OF PARENT SHARES UPON THE CONVERSION OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES ISSUED BY PARENT IN EXCHANGE FOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES ISSUED BY TRIBUTE IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ARRANGEMENT; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 
152

Introduction

 
152

Summary of Convertible Note Terms

  153

Registration Rights Agreement

  155

Consequences of Approval of Proposal 3

  156

Required Vote

  156

PROPOSAL 4: VOTE TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, CERTAIN COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN POZEN AND ITS NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS RELATING TO THE MERGER; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 
157

Introduction

 
157

Proposed Resolution

  157

Required Vote

  157

PROPOSAL 5: VOTE TO APPROVE THE ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 
158

Timing of Proposal

 
159

Why You Should Vote for the 2016 Plan

  159

Key Features Designed to Protect Stockholders' Interests

  160

Summary of the 2016 Plan

  161

Background and Purpose

  161

Shares Available

  161

Administration

  162

Eligibility and Participation

  163

Types of Awards

  163

Award Limitations

  167

Change in Control

  168

Duration, Amendment and Termination

  168

New Plan Benefits

  168

Federal Income Tax Consequences

  169

Vote Required and Board Recommendation

  170

PROPOSAL 6: VOTE TO ADJOURN THE POZEN SPECIAL MEETING; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 
170

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INTERESTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN THE MERGER

  170

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT OF POZEN COMMON STOCK

 
178

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 
181

COMPARISON OF THE RIGHTS OF PARENT SHAREHOLDERS AND POZEN STOCKHOLDERS

 
204

LEGAL MATTERS

 
235

EXPERTS

 
235

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 
235

FUTURE POZEN STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

 
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DELISTING AND DEREGISTRATION OF POZEN COMMON STOCK

 
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HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

 
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 
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ANNEX A—AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT, AS AMENDED

 
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ANNEX B—OPINION OF GUGGENHEIM SECURITIES, LLC

 
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ANNEX C—OPINION OF DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. 

 
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ANNEX D—ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS AND THE MEETING

         Set forth below are questions and answers that briefly address some frequently asked questions you, as a stockholder of Pozen, may have regarding the transactions and the other matters to be considered at the Pozen special meeting and the answers to those questions. Pozen urges you to read carefully the remainder of this proxy statement/prospectus, because the information in this section does not provide all the information that might be important to you with respect to the transactions and the other matters to be considered at such meeting. We urge you to read carefully this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes. Unless otherwise noted, all references to USD, dollars or $ are to United States dollars.

Q:    Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?

A:
Pozen and Tribute have agreed to a business combination under the terms of the merger agreement.

Q:    Whose proxies are being solicited?

A:
Only proxies from Pozen stockholders are being solicited. We are not soliciting any proxies or votes from Tribute shareholders.

Q:    Who is soliciting my proxy?

A:
The Pozen board of directors and management are soliciting your proxy on behalf of Pozen and Parent for use at the Pozen special meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. All associated costs of the proxy solicitation will be borne by Pozen. In addition to the use of the mail, proxies may be solicited directly by directors, officers and other employees of Pozen, without

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Q:    What are the proposals on which I am being asked to vote?

A:
At the Pozen special meeting, Pozen stockholders will vote upon proposals to:

adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby;

approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement immediately prior to the arrangement, at a price that is less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance of Parent Shares upon the conversion of certain convertible notes, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent;

approve the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent Shares upon conversion of convertible notes at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares in exchange for Tribute common shares issued in a private placement, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent;

approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain compensatory arrangements between Pozen and its named executive officers relating to the merger;

approve the 2016 Plan; and

adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Pozen special meeting to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

Q:    What will I receive in the merger?

A:
If Proposal 1, Proposal 2 and Proposal 3 are approved (or, in the case of Proposal 2 and Proposal 3, waived by the parties) at the Pozen special meeting, upon filing of the requisite certificates with the Delaware Secretary of State, each issued and outstanding share of Pozen common stock will be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and will be converted into the right to receive from Parent one Parent Share.

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Q:
Are there any risks I should consider in deciding whether to vote for the adoption of the merger agreement?

A:
Yes. You should read and carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 42 of this proxy statement/prospectus. You also should read and carefully consider the risk factors of Parent, Pozen and Tribute contained in the documents that are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. There are also some significant risks associated with the tax treatment of the transactions. See the section entitled "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger" beginning on page 135 of this proxy statement/prospectus for a more detailed description of the U.S. federal tax consequences of the merger. See the section entitled "Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger" beginning on page 146 of this proxy statement/prospectus for a more detailed description of the Canadian federal tax consequences of the merger and arrangement.

Q:    What is the value of the per share merger consideration?

A:
Upon completion of the merger, each share of Pozen common stock will be converted into the right to receive from Parent one Parent Share (the "merger consideration"). Because the number of Parent Shares being offered as merger consideration to Pozen stockholders will not vary based on the market value of Parent Shares, which will not be publicly traded until after the merger effective time, the market value of the consideration Pozen stockholders will receive in the merger will be based in part on the value of Pozen and Tribute shares at the time the merger consideration is received. If the price of either Pozen or Tribute shares decline or increase, Pozen stockholders could receive less or more value for their shares of Pozen common stock upon the completion of the merger than the value calculated on the date the merger agreement was announced, as of the date of the filing of this proxy statement/prospectus, as of the date of the Pozen special meeting or as of the date such Pozen stockholder made his or her election. The market price of Pozen and Tribute shares will continue to fluctuate from the date of this proxy statement/prospectus through the date of the closing of the merger. Accordingly, at the time of the Pozen special meeting and at the time Pozen stockholders make their elections, Pozen stockholders will not know or be able to determine the market price of the Parent Shares they may receive upon completion of the merger.

Q:    What are Pozen's reasons for the merger?

A:
As more fully described below, the Pozen board of directors believes that the transactions will provide Pozen and its stockholders with a number of significant strategic and financial benefits. See

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Q:    Why is the combined company now incorporated in Canada as opposed to Ireland?

A:
Pozen decided that Parent would be incorporated in Canada for the following reasons:

Parent will benefit from Tribute's business foundation and strong presence in Canada where Tribute is incorporated and from where it has always operated;

Similar financial and competitive advantages as an Irish domicile;

Canada is a beneficial location considering Pozen's and Tribute's business in markets outside the United States, and plans to expand internationally in the future;

Domicile in Canada will create a dynamic pharmaceutical company with a compelling growth platform, given Tribute's active business presence in Canada; and

Ability to focus on the efficiency of the combined companies through establishing global supply chain activities in Ireland, utilizing Pozen's existing Irish subsidiary, as Ireland is a preferable jurisdiction to access European markets, given the established pharmaceutical industry, including sophisticated workforce for pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, supply chain and procurement.

Incorporating Parent in Canada while maintaining an operating presence in Ireland will result in significantly enhanced global cash management flexibility and associated financial benefits to the combined enterprise. These benefits include increased global liquidity as a result of access to cash generated by Parent's non-U.S. subsidiaries, which will continue to be free of U.S. tax so long as Parent is not taxed as a U.S. corporation.

Q:    When and where will the Pozen special meeting be held?

A:
The Pozen special meeting will be held at the offices of Pozen located at the offices of DLA Piper LLP (US) at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, NewYork, NewYork 10020, on                        , 2016, at 8:30 a.m., local time.

Q:    Who is entitled to attend the Pozen special meeting?

A:
All Pozen stockholders as of the record date (                        , 2016) for the Pozen special meeting, or their duly appointed proxies, are invited to attend the Pozen special meeting. Stockholders will be asked to present valid picture identification, such as a driver's license or passport. If a Pozen stockholder holds shares through a broker or other nominee, the stockholder must bring a copy of a brokerage statement reflecting his or her stock ownership as of the record date. All stockholders will be required to check in at the registration desk at the Pozen special meeting.

Q:    Who is entitled to vote at the Pozen special meeting?

A:
Pozen has fixed                        , 2016 as the record date for the Pozen special meeting (the "record date"). If you were a Pozen stockholder as of the close of business on such date, you are entitled to vote on matters that come before the Pozen special meeting.

Q:    How many votes do I have?

A:
You are entitled to one vote for each share of Pozen common stock that you owned as of the close of business on the record date. As of the close of business on the record date, there were approximately                        outstanding shares of Pozen common stock.

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Q:    How do I vote?

A:
If you are a record holder of Pozen common stock as of the close of business on the record date, you may vote in person by attending such meeting or, to ensure your shares are represented at the Pozen special meeting, you may authorize a proxy to vote your shares by:

accessing the Internet website specified on your proxy card;

calling the toll-free number specified on your proxy card; or

signing and returning your proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided.
Q:
My shares are held in "street name" by my broker, or I am a non-registered stockholder. Will my broker automatically vote my shares for me?

A:
No. If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee, you are considered the "beneficial owner" of the shares held for you in what is known as "street name". You are not the "record holder" or "registered holder" of such shares. If this is the case, this proxy statement/prospectus has been forwarded to you by your bank, broker or other nominee. As the beneficial owner, unless your bank, broker or other nominee has discretionary authority over your shares, you generally have the right to direct your bank, broker or other nominee as to how to vote your shares. If you do not provide voting instructions, your shares will not be voted on any proposal on which your bank, broker or other nominee does not have discretionary authority. This is often called a "broker non-vote".

Q:    What vote is required to approve each proposal?

A:
The proposal at the Pozen special meeting to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the close of business on the record date (the "Pozen stockholder approval").

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Q:    What will happen if I fail to vote or I abstain from voting?

A:


If you are a Pozen stockholder and fail to vote, fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee to vote, or mark your proxy or voting instructions to abstain, this will have the effect of a vote against the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

If you are a Pozen stockholder and fail to vote, or fail to instruct your bank, broker or other nominee to vote, or mark your proxy or voting instructions to abstain, this will have no effect on the vote held on the proposal to approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute

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Q:    What will happen if I return my proxy card without indicating how to vote?

A:
If you are a holder of record of shares of Pozen common stock and sign and return your proxy card without indicating how to vote on any particular proposal, the Pozen common stock represented by your proxy will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Pozen board of directors.

Q:    What constitutes a quorum?

A:
A majority of the outstanding shares of Pozen common stock entitled to vote at the Pozen special meeting must be represented in person or by proxy at the Pozen special meeting in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Pozen special meeting. All shares of Pozen common stock represented at the Pozen special meeting, including shares of Pozen common stock that are represented but that abstain from voting, will be treated as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum.

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Q:    Can I change my vote after I have returned a proxy or voting instruction card?

A:
If you are a record holder of Pozen common stock as of the close of business on the record date for the Pozen special meeting: You can change your vote at any time before the start of the Pozen special meeting. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, you can revoke your proxy in one of the following ways:

you can grant a new, valid proxy bearing a later date (including by telephone or Internet);

you can send a signed notice of revocation; or

you can attend the Pozen special meeting and vote in person, which will automatically cancel any proxy previously given, or you may revoke your proxy in person, but your attendance alone will not revoke any proxy that you have previously given.
Q:
What will happen if Pozen's stockholders approve the merger, but Tribute's shareholders do not approve the arrangement?

A:
If the Pozen stockholders approve the merger, but the Tribute shareholders do not approve the arrangement, either Pozen or Tribute may terminate the merger agreement.

Q:    When do you expect the transactions to be completed?

A:
Pozen, Parent and Tribute expect to complete the transactions in the first quarter of 2016. However, the merger is subject to the adoption of the merger agreement by the required vote of Pozen stockholders, and the arrangement is subject to the approval by Tribute shareholders, as well as the obtaining of certain regulatory approvals and other conditions, and it is possible that factors outside the control of both companies could result in the transactions being completed at a later time, or not at all. See the sections entitled "The Merger Agreement—Conditions to the Completion of the Arrangement and the Merger" and "Risk Factors" beginning on pages 128 and 42, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:    What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

A:
If you hold shares of Pozen common stock in "street name" and also directly, as a record holder or otherwise, or if you hold shares of Pozen common stock in more than one brokerage account, you may receive more than one set of voting materials relating to the Pozen special meeting. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card (or cast your vote by telephone or Internet as provided on your proxy card) or otherwise follow the voting instructions provided in this proxy statement/prospectus in order to ensure that all of your shares of Pozen common stock are voted. If you hold your shares in "street name" through a bank, broker or other nominee, you should follow the procedures provided by your bank, broker or other nominee to vote your shares.

Q:    Are Pozen stockholders entitled to appraisal/dissenters rights?

A:
No. Pozen stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights under Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL").

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Q:    What do I need to do now?

A:
Carefully read and consider the information contained in, and incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement/prospectus, including its annexes, then please authorize a proxy to vote your shares as soon as possible so that your shares may be represented at the Pozen special meeting.

Q:    Do I need to do anything with my shares now?

A:
No. To the extent certain Pozen stockholders have certificated shares, such Pozen stockholders should keep their existing stock certificates at this time. After the merger is completed, Pozen stockholders will receive written instructions for exchanging their stock certificates for Parent Shares to be received as merger consideration.

Q:    What happens if I sell my shares before the Pozen special meeting?

A:
The record date for the Pozen special meeting is                        , 2016. If you transfer your shares of Pozen common stock after the record date but before the Pozen special meeting, you will retain (subject to any arrangements made with the purchaser of your shares) your right to vote your shares at the Pozen special meeting. In order for Pozen stockholders to receive the merger consideration, they must hold their shares of Pozen common stock at the merger effective time.

Q:    What do I do with my shares following completion of the transactions?

A:
Following completion of the transactions, you will receive a letter of transmittal which will contain instructions on how to exchange your existing Pozen common stock share certificates for the merger consideration.

Q:    Where will the Parent Shares be traded following completion of the transactions?

A:
It is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares be approved for listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ"), subject to official notice of issuance, under the symbol "ARLZ" and conditionally approved for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") under the symbol "ARZ", subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX.

Q:    Who can help answer my questions?

A:
Pozen stockholders who have questions about the merger or the other matters to be voted on at the Pozen special meeting or desire additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or additional proxy cards should contact:

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SUMMARY

        The following summary highlights selected information in this proxy statement/prospectus and may not contain all the information that may be important to you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read carefully this entire proxy statement/prospectus. In addition, you should read the annexes and the documents referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus since they are the legal documents that govern the transactions. Each item in this summary includes a page reference directing you to a more complete description of that topic. You may obtain the information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus without charge by following the instructions under the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

The Parties to the Merger and the Arrangement (page 55)

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., replacing Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc (formerly Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited and Aguono Limited)

2800 Park Place
666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada V6C 2Z7
(604) 687-9444

        Parent is a corporation formed on December 2, 2015 under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. To date, Parent has not conducted any material activities other than those incident to its formation, the execution of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the taking of certain steps in connection thereto.

        It is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares be approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance, and conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX, and Parent has reserved the symbols "ARLZ" and "ARZ", respectively. It is also expected that after consummation of the transactions, Parent's financial statements to be filed with the SEC will be audited by Ernst & Young LLP, a U.S. PCAOB registered firm.

ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., replacing ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement

c/o POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

        US Merger Sub is a Delaware corporation, initially formed as a sister company to Parent and currently an indirect subsidiary of Parent, incorporated on August 13, 2015. On August 19, 2015, pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement, US Merger Sub replaced ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. in order to optimize the corporate structure of the Parent in the future. To date, US Merger Sub has not conducted any activities other than those incident to its formation, the execution of Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the taking of certain steps in connection thereto.

ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp.

c/o POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

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        Can Merger Sub is a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario on June 5, 2015 and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent. To date, Can Merger Sub has not conducted any activities other than those incident to its formation, the execution of the merger agreement and the taking of certain steps in connection thereto.

POZEN Inc.

1414 Raleigh Rd, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

        Pozen is a Delaware corporation. Pozen is a specialty pharmaceutical company that to date has historically focused on developing novel therapeutics for unmet medical needs and licensing those products to other pharmaceutical companies for commercialization. By utilizing a unique in-source model and focusing on integrated therapies, Pozen has successfully developed and obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") approval of two self-invented products. Funded by milestones/royalty streams, Pozen has created a portfolio of cost-effective, evidence-based integrated aspirin therapies. Since its founding in 1996, Pozen has had a long, successful history of creating novel pharmacologic agents by combining existing drug therapies that result in superior patient outcomes. This approach allows for a potentially higher success rate than NCE (new chemical entity) development. Pozen's lead product candidate PA32540 (YOSPRALA™) is a component of Pozen's pipeline of cost-effective, integrated therapies that are designed to enable the full power of aspirin by reducing its GI damage—with the potential to benefit the millions of Americans who use aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention.

        POZEN's common stock is traded under the symbol "POZN" on the NASDAQ Global Market.

Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. (expected to be renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.)

151 Steeles Avenue East
Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 1Y1
(905) 876-3166

        Tribute is a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario. Tribute is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on the acquisition, licensing, development and promotion of healthcare products in Canadian and U.S. markets.

        Tribute markets Cambia® (diclofenac potassium for oral solution), Bezalip® SR (bezafibrate), Soriatane® (acitretin), NeoVisc® (1.0% sodium hyaluronate solution), Uracyst® (sodium chondroitin sulfate solution 2%), Fiorinal®, Fiorinal® C, Visken®, Viskazide®, Collatamp® G, Durela®, Proferrin®, Iberogast®, MoviPrep®, Normacol®, Resultz®, Pegalax®, Balanse®, Balanse® Kids, Diaflor™, Mutaflor®, and Purfem® in the Canadian market. Additionally, NeoVisc® and Uracyst® are commercially available and are sold globally through various international partnerships. Tribute also has the exclusive U.S. rights to Fibricor® and its related authorized generic. In addition, it has the exclusive U.S. rights to develop and commercialize Bezalip SR in the U.S. and has the exclusive right to sell bilastine, a product licensed from Faes Farma for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives), in Canada. The exclusive license is inclusive of prescription and non-prescription rights for bilastine, as well as adult and pediatric presentations in Canada. Bilastine is subject to receiving Canadian regulatory approval. Tribute also has the Canadian rights to ibSium®, which was approved in Canada in June 2015 and two additional pipeline products including Octasa® and BedBugz™, both of which are pending submission to Health Canada.

        Tribute common shares are currently traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") under the symbol "TRX", and quoted on the OTCQX International ("OTCQX") under the symbol

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"TBUFF". After the closing of the transactions, it is expected that Tribute's name will be changed to Aralez Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc.

        Below is a complete corporate chart of Parent and its subsidiaries immediately following the effective time of the transactions:

GRAPHIC

The Merger, the Arrangement and the Merger Agreement

        The terms and conditions of the merger and the arrangement are contained in the merger agreement, a copy of which is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus. We encourage you to read the merger agreement carefully and in its entirety, as it is the legal document that governs the merger.

        As depicted above, upon completion of the transactions, the parties will be structured in a holding company structure with Parent being the holding company, Pozen being an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and Amalco being a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. To effect this structure, Pozen caused Parent to be incorporated, Holdings to be incorporated as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and each of US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub to be incorporated as sister corporations. Subsequently, US Merger Sub will be transferred to become a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings, and Can Merger Sub will be transferred to become a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Each of Holdings, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub has a nominal amount of stock outstanding, has no assets (other than nominal amounts of cash and cash equivalents representing its initial capitalization) and conducts no business, except in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.

        Under the terms of the merger agreement, US Merger Sub will merge with and into Pozen, with Pozen as the surviving corporation in the merger. As a result of the merger, Pozen will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Immediately preceding the merger, Can Merger Sub and Tribute will amalgamate by way of a court approved plan of arrangement. Upon completion of the arrangement, the separate legal existence of Tribute and Can Merger Sub will cease, and Tribute and Can Merger Sub will continue as Amalco, with the property of Tribute and Can Merger Sub becoming the property of Amalco. Upon completion of the arrangement, Amalco will become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders (page 106)

        At the merger effective time, each share of Pozen common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the merger effective time shall be converted into the right to receive from Parent one Parent Share. All such shares of Pozen common stock, when so converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist. Holders of outstanding Pozen equity awards will receive the consideration described under the section entitled "The Merger

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Agreement—Treatment of Outstanding Pozen Equity Awards" beginning on page 107 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Treatment of Outstanding Pozen Equity Awards (page 107)

        Except for the performance-based option to be issued to John R. Plachetka pursuant to his separation agreement dated May 29, 2015, each stock option that is unvested and outstanding immediately prior to the merger effective time, shall, as of immediately prior to the merger effective time, become vested and exercisable. At the merger effective time, each outstanding option to purchase Pozen common stock shall be assumed by Parent. Each option to purchase Pozen common stock so assumed by Parent under the merger agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions of such options immediately prior to the merger effective time (including, without limitation, any repurchase rights) except that (i) each option to purchase Pozen common stock will be solely exercisable (or will become exercisable in accordance with its terms) for that number of whole Parent Shares equal to the number of shares of Pozen common stock that were issuable upon exercise of such Pozen option immediately prior to the merger effective time, and (ii) the per share exercise price for the Parent Shares issuable upon exercise of such assumed options to purchase Pozen common stock will be equal the exercise price per share of Pozen common stock at which such option to purchase Pozen common stock was exercisable immediately prior to the merger effective time.

        Except for Pozen RSU awards held by Adrian Adams, Andrew Koven and other Pozen employees hired after May 31, 2015 ("New Pozen Employees") and RSU awards held by our board of directors, each stock-based award other than a Pozen option that is outstanding immediately prior to the merger effective time, shall, whether vested or unvested, as of immediately prior to the merger effective time, become vested except with respect to other Pozen stock-based awards subject to and not exempt from Section 409A of the Code. Each New Pozen Employee, our directors and any individual holding stock-based awards subject to Section 409A will receive comparable Parent RSU awards of equal value and vesting on the basis of one Parent RSU for each Pozen RSU held immediately prior to the merger effective time.

        At the merger effective time, the POZEN Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan will terminate with no further grants being made thereunder, and shares with respect to all grants outstanding under the POZEN Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan will be issued or transferred under the 2016 Plan.

Comparative Per Share Market Price Data and Dividend Information (page 40)

        It is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares be approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance, under the symbol "ARLZ" and conditionally approved for listing on the TSX under the symbol "ARZ", subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX. Pozen common stock is listed and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "POZN". Tribute common shares are currently listed on TSXV under the symbol "TRX" and quoted on the OTCQX under the symbol "TBUFF". Upon completion of the merger, the Pozen common stock will cease to be listed on the NASDAQ and the Tribute common shares will cease to be listed on the TSXV and quoted on the OTCQX.

        The following table represents the closing prices of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares on (i) June 5, 2015, the last trading day before the public announcement of the merger agreement, (ii) June 8, 2015, the trading day on which Pozen and Tribute announced the merger, (iii) December 8, 2015, the trading day after Pozen and Tribute announced Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the amendments to the other transaction documents, and

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(iv) December     , 2015, the last practicable trading day prior to the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Date
  Pozen
Closing Price
  Tribute
Closing Price
on OTCQX(1)
  Tribute
Closing Price
on TSXV(2)
 

June 5, 2015

  $ 7.55   $ 1.05   $ 1.30  

June 8, 2015

  $ 8.98   $ 1.17   $ 1.50  

December 8, 2015

  $ 7.19   $ 0.95   $ 1.33  

December     , 2015

  $     $     $    

(1)
Price in U.S. dollars.

(2)
Price in Canadian dollars.

Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen's Reasons for the Transactions (page 68)

        After careful consideration of various factors, including those described in the section entitled "The Transactions—Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen's Reasons for the Transactions" beginning on page 68 of this proxy statement/prospectus, at meetings held on June 7, 2015, August 19, 2015 and December 6, 2015, the Pozen board of directors present at such meetings unanimously (i) approved the original merger agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement, respectively, and the transactions contemplated thereby and, at their June 7, 2015, August 19, 2015 and December 6, 2015 meetings, (ii) recommended that Pozen stockholders vote for adoption of the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement, respectively, and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby and for the other proposals to be considered at the Pozen special meeting.

Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors (page 72)

Opinion of Guggenheim Securities, LLC (page 72)

        Guggenheim Securities, LLC ("Guggenheim Securities") delivered its opinion to Pozen's board of directors to the effect that, as of June 8, 2015 and based on the matters considered, the procedures followed, the assumptions made and various limitations of and qualifications to the review undertaken, taking into account the merger, the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares (as defined below) per Tribute common share, was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of shares of Pozen common stock, excluding Tribute and Tribute's affiliates. The full text of Guggenheim Securities' written opinion, which is attached as Annex B to this proxy statement/prospectus and which you should read carefully and in its entirety, is subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other conditions contained in such opinion and is necessarily based on economic, capital markets and other conditions, and the information made available to Guggenheim Securities, as of the date of such opinion.

        Guggenheim Securities' opinion was provided to Pozen's board of directors (in its capacity as such) for its information and assistance in connection with its evaluation, taking into account the merger, of the Tribute exchange ratio, pursuant to the original merger agreement, and did not constitute a recommendation to Pozen's board of directors with respect to the merger or the arrangement, and does not constitute advice or a recommendation to any holder of Pozen common stock or Tribute common shares as to how to vote in connection with the merger, the arrangement or otherwise. Guggenheim Securities' opinion only addresses, as of the date thereof, taking into account the merger, the fairness of the Tribute exchange ratio, pursuant to the original merger agreement, from a financial point of view, to the stockholders of Pozen (excluding Tribute and its affiliates), and does not address any other term or aspect of the merger, the arrangement, the original merger transaction documentation (the "transaction documentation") or any other agreement, transaction document or instrument

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contemplated by the transaction documentation or to be entered into or amended in connection with the merger, the arrangement or any financing or other transactions related thereto.

         More specifically, Guggenheim Securities' opinion (i) did not address Pozen's underlying business or financial decision to pursue the transactions, the relative merits of the transactions as compared to any alternative business or financial strategies that might exist for Pozen, the original equity financing (as defined below) and original debt financing (as defined below) (the original equity financing and the original debt financing together, the "financing transactions"), or the effects of any other transaction in which Pozen might engage; (ii) only addressed, as of the date thereof, taking into account the merger, the fairness of the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen common stock (excluding Tribute and its affiliates), pursuant to the transaction documentation; (iii) expressed no view or opinion as to (a) any other term or aspect of the transactions, the transaction documentation or any other agreement, transaction document or instrument contemplated by the transaction documentation or to be entered into or amended in connection with the transactions, or (b) the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the transactions to the holders of any class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of Tribute; and (iv) expressed no view or opinion as to the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the amount or nature of any compensation payable to or to be received by any of Pozen's and/or Tribute's officers, directors or employees, or any class of such persons, in connection with the transactions relative to the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement or otherwise. Furthermore, Guggenheim Securities expressed no view or opinion as to the price or range of prices at which the shares of common stock or other securities of Pozen, the common shares or other securities of Tribute, and the Aralez Ireland Shares (as defined below) or other securities of Aralez Ireland may trade at any time, including, without limitation, subsequent to the announcement or consummation of the transactions. See the section entitled " The Transactions—Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors—Opinion of Guggenheim Securities, LLC" beginning on page 72.

        Guggenheim Securities' opinion was rendered in connection with the execution of the original merger agreement on June 8, 2015 and did not take into account any amendments thereto pursuant to the merger agreement.

Opinion of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (page 87)

        On June 7, 2015, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche Bank"), a financial advisor to Pozen, rendered its oral opinion to the Pozen board of directors, subsequently confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated June 8, 2015, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions set forth in its opinion, the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares (as defined below) per Tribute common share pursuant to the original merger agreement (taking into account the merger) was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Pozen common stock (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates). Deutsche Bank expressed no opinion with respect to the original equity financing and the original debt financing?.

         The full text of Deutsche Bank's written opinion, dated June 8, 2015, which sets forth the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken in connection with the opinion, is included in this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex C and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of Deutsche Bank's opinion set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the opinion. Deutsche Bank's opinion was addressed to, and for the use and benefit of, the Pozen board of directors in connection with its evaluation of the transaction. Deutsche Bank's opinion does not constitute a recommendation as to how any holder of Pozen's common stock or other securities of Pozen or any holder of securities of any other entity should vote or act with respect to the transaction or any related matter. Deutsche Bank's opinion was limited solely to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares (as defined below) per

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Tribute common share pursuant to the original merger agreement (taking into account the merger) to the holders of outstanding Pozen common stock as of the date of the opinion (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates), and Deutsche Bank did not express any opinion as to the underlying decision by Pozen to engage in the transaction or the relative merits of the transaction as compared to any alternative transactions or business strategies. See the section entitled " The Transactions—Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors—Opinion of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc." beginning on page 87.

        Deutsche Bank's opinion was rendered in connection with the execution of the original merger agreement on June 8, 2015 and did not take into account any amendments thereto pursuant to the merger agreement.

Vote Required

        The proposal at the Pozen special meeting to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the close of business on the record date.

        The proposal to approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement immediately prior to the arrangement, at a price that is less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance of Parent Shares upon the conversion of certain convertible notes, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon.

        The proposal to approve the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent Shares upon conversion of convertible notes at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares in exchange for Tribute common shares issued in a private placement, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon.

        The proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain compensatory arrangements between Pozen and its named executive officers relating to the merger requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon, although such vote will not be binding on Pozen.

        The proposal to approve the 2016 Plan requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon.

        The proposal to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the merger agreement at the time of the Pozen special meeting, requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Pozen special meeting and entitled to vote thereon, whether or not a quorum is present.

        As of the record date, the directors and executive officers of Pozen beneficially owned and were entitled to vote                        shares of Pozen common stock, representing approximately         % of the outstanding shares of Pozen common stock as of the close of business on the record date. Each of Pozen's directors and executive officers has indicated his or her present intention to vote their shares of Pozen common stock in favor of each of the proposals to be submitted at the Pozen special meeting, including Dr. Plachetka pursuant to the Plachetka Voting Agreement.

Interests of Certain Persons In the Merger (page 170)

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of Pozen have certain interests in the merger that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of Pozen stockholders generally. The Pozen board of directors were aware of these interests and considered them, among other matters, in approving the merger agreement and the transactions and making their recommendations to Pozen stockholders. Interests of Pozen's directors and executive officers that may be in addition to, or different from, any interests of Pozen's shareholders include that:

    Parent and/or Pozen intends to enter into an agreement with each director and executive officer of Pozen providing for a gross-up with respect to any excise taxes that may be imposed pursuant to Section 4985 of the Code, which excise tax is not applicable to other Pozen stockholders. No Pozen director or executive officer will receive a gross-up from Parent or Pozen in respect of any capital gains tax imposed on the exchange of Pozen common shares held by such Pozen director or executive officer in the transaction, and each Pozen director and executive officer will be responsible for such capital gains tax just like any other Pozen stockholder.

    Pozen intends to accelerate the vesting of the outstanding equity awards for the legacy Pozen employees.

    Pozen's directors and executive officers are entitled to continued indemnification and insurance coverage under Pozen's organizational documents, Delaware law and the merger agreement.

        These interests are discussed in more detail in the section entitled "Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger" beginning on page 170.

Regulatory Approvals (page 102)

        Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC"), Pozen and Tribute each may be required to submit a Notification and Report Form and certain documents and information to the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the "Antitrust Division"). Generally, the form requires each of Pozen and Tribute to submit its most recent annual financial report, certain documents that may have been created for the purpose of evaluating the competitive effects of the acquisition (if any), certain information about revenues derived in the most recent complete year from operations affecting U.S. markets, certain information concerning the corporate structure of each party and the interests that each party may hold in other entities and, to the extent that the parties are active in the same product markets in the U.S., certain additional information about the parties' activities in the U.S. The parties in this case are not active in the same product markets in the U.S. If compliance with the HSR is required, the parties will be required to observe a statutory 30 calendar day waiting period following submission of the materials described above, which waiting period can be extended by the relevant agency, before completing the transactions. The parties do not expect the waiting period in this case to be extended beyond 30 calendar days. Pozen and Tribute plan to comply with their respective obligations, if any, under the HSR Act.

        Under the Competition Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Competition Act"), merging parties may be required to submit notifications and certain documents and information to the Canadian Competition Bureau if certain financial thresholds are satisfied. Pozen and Tribute have determined that no pre-notification pursuant to the Competition Act is required in respect of the transactions.

Delisting and Deregistration of Pozen common stock (page 236)

        Upon completion of the transactions, the Pozen common stock currently listed on NASDAQ will cease to be listed on NASDAQ and is expected to be subsequently deregistered under the Exchange Act.

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Pozen Non-Solicitation; Pozen Acquisition Proposals (page 119)

        Subject to the exceptions described below, until the earlier of the closing of the transactions or the date, if any, on which the merger agreement is terminated, Pozen has agreed that it will not, and will cause its subsidiaries and direct each of its and their respective representatives not to, directly or indirectly, through any other person:

    initiate, solicit, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing or affording access to information), or take any other action that would be reasonably expected to promote, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to a Pozen acquisition proposal or potential Pozen acquisition proposal;

    participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or provide any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate, any effort or attempt by any other person (other than Tribute and its affiliates) to make or complete a Pozen acquisition proposal;

    effect any Pozen change of recommendation (defined below);

    approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to, or publicly propose to approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to any Pozen acquisition proposal (it being understood that publicly taking no position or a neutral position with respect to a Pozen acquisition proposal until the fifth business day after such Pozen acquisition proposal has been publicly announced shall not constitute a violation of this requirement; or

    accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any Pozen acquisition agreement.

        A "Pozen change of recommendation" for the purpose of the merger agreement means any of the following: (i) the Pozen board of directors withholds, withdraws, modifies, changes or qualifies in a manner adverse to Tribute the Pozen recommendation (as defined in the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Board Recommendations; Pozen Special Meeting" beginning on page 119 of this proxy statement/prospectus), (ii) the Pozen board of directors approves or recommends any Pozen acquisition proposal, (iii) Pozen enters into a Pozen acquisition agreement or (iv) Pozen or the Pozen board of directors publicly proposes or announces its intention to do any of the foregoing.

        However, if, prior to receipt of the Pozen stockholder approval, Pozen or any of its subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective representatives, receives a written Pozen acquisition proposal (including, an amendment, change or modification to a Pozen acquisition proposal made prior to the date of the merger agreement) that was not solicited after the date of the merger agreement in contravention of the restrictions described above, Pozen and its representatives may:

    contact the person making the Pozen acquisition proposal (or such person's representatives) solely for the purpose of clarifying the terms and conditions of such Pozen acquisition proposal and the likelihood of its consummation, so as to determine whether such Pozen acquisition proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Pozen superior proposal (as described below); and

    if the Pozen board of directors determines in good faith, following consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that such Pozen acquisition proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Pozen superior proposal and that the failure to take relevant action would conflict with its fiduciary duties:

    furnish to such person (and such person's representatives) information with respect to Pozen and its subsidiaries, provided that (1) Pozen first enters into a confidentiality agreement with such person that is no less favorable (including with respect to any "standstill" and similar provisions) to Pozen than the non-disclosure agreement between

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      Pozen and Tribute, and sends a copy of such agreement to Tribute promptly following its execution, and (2) Pozen contemporaneously provides to Tribute any non-public information concerning Pozen and its subsidiaries that is provided to such person which was not previously provided to Tribute is also provided to Tribute or its representatives; and

      engage in discussions and negotiations with such person and its representatives with respect to such Pozen acquisition proposal.

        A "Pozen superior proposal" for the purpose of the merger agreement means, in general terms, an unsolicited bona fide written Pozen acquisition proposal ( provided , however , that, for the purposes of this definition, all references to "20%" in the definition of "Pozen acquisition proposal" as it relates to securities of Pozen shall be changed to "50%" and references to "20%," as regards the assets of Pozen, shall be changed to "50%") made by a person or persons acting jointly or in concert (other than Parent, Tribute, Pozen and any of their respective affiliates) and which, or in respect of which: (i) the Pozen board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel: (a) would, if consummated, taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Pozen acquisition proposal (but not assuming any risk of non-completion), result in a transaction which is more favorable to Pozen stockholders from a financial point of view than the merger and the arrangement; (b) is reasonably capable of being completed in accordance with its terms, without undue delay, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Pozen acquisition proposal and the person or persons making such Pozen acquisition proposal; and (c) that funds, securities or other consideration necessary for the Pozen acquisition proposal are or are reasonably likely to be available; and (ii) in the case of a Pozen acquisition proposal involving shares of Pozen common stock, is made available to all of the Pozen stockholders on the same terms and conditions.

        Pozen must promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt) notify Tribute, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request relating to or constituting a Pozen acquisition proposal, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Pozen acquisition proposal, in each case, received on or after the date of the merger agreement, of which Pozen, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives is or becomes aware, or any request received by Pozen or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives for non-public information relating to Pozen or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Pozen acquisition proposal or for access to the properties, books and records or a list of securityholders of Pozen or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Pozen acquisition proposal. Such notice shall include the identity of the person making such Pozen acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of the material terms and conditions of such Pozen acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request, including a copy of any written materials submitted to Pozen, any of its subsidiaries or their representatives. Following the initial notification by Pozen to Tribute in respect of any Pozen acquisition proposal (or proposal, inquiry, offer or request in respect thereof) pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding sentence, Pozen must keep Tribute promptly and fully informed of the status, including any change to the material terms and conditions, of any such Pozen acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request (for the avoidance of doubt, following such initial notification pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the terms of this sentence shall control in respect of such Pozen acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request).

Pozen Change of Recommendation (page 121)

        The Pozen board of directors may, at any time after the date of the merger agreement and prior to the receipt of the Pozen stockholder approval, (i) effect a Pozen change of recommendation, if there is a material change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts, event or occurrence (that does not relate to or involve a Pozen acquisition proposal) occurring or arising after the date of the merger agreement that was not known to the Pozen board of directors or certain officers of Pozen, or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to the Pozen board of directors or certain officers, as of the date of the merger agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable, as of the date of the

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merger agreement (a "Pozen intervening event"), or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide, unsolicited, written Pozen acquisition proposal that the Pozen board of directors determines in good faith, after consultations with outside legal and financial advisors, is a Pozen superior proposal, effect a Pozen change of recommendation and/or accept, approve or enter into any alternative Pozen acquisition agreement, if and only if:

    in the case of clause (ii) above, such Pozen acquisition proposal did not result from a breach of the non-solicitation provision described above and Pozen has complied with the other terms described in this summary;

    the Pozen board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, that the failure to take the relevant action specified in clause (i) or clause (ii) above, as applicable, would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the Pozen board of directors' fiduciary duties to Pozen stockholders under applicable laws;

    Pozen has provided written notice to Tribute delivered promptly (and in any event, within 24 hours) after the determination by the Pozen board of directors that (a) a Pozen intervening event has occurred, advising Tribute that the Pozen board of directors has determined that a Pozen intervening event has occurred and, as a result thereof, the Pozen board of directors intends to effect a Pozen change of recommendation, which written notice will set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances related to the Pozen intervening event, or (b) a Pozen superior proposal exists, advising Tribute that Pozen has received a Pozen superior proposal and including written notice of the determination of the Pozen board of directors that such Pozen acquisition proposal constitutes a Pozen superior proposal, and, in the case of clause (ii) above, provided Tribute with a copy of any document(s) containing such Pozen acquisition proposal; and

    solely in the case of a Pozen intervening event or a Pozen superior proposal, Pozen previously or concurrently will have terminated the merger agreement and paid the applicable termination fee described below under the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination" beginning on page 130 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

        Nothing in the merger agreement will prevent Pozen or the Pozen board of directors from (i) complying with its disclosure obligations under applicable U.S. federal or state law with regard to a Pozen acquisition proposal, as long as such disclosure does not constitute a Pozen change of recommendation, except as otherwise permitted by the merger agreement, or (ii) calling and/or holding a meeting of the Pozen stockholders requisitioned by the Pozen stockholders in accordance with the DGCL or taking any other action with respect to a Pozen acquisition proposal to the extent ordered or mandated by a court of competent jurisdiction, as long as any proxy statement or other document required in connection with such meeting recommends that Pozen stockholders vote against any proposed resolution in favor of or necessary to complete such Pozen acquisition proposal.

Tribute Non-Solicitation; Tribute Acquisition Proposals (page 122)

        Subject to the exceptions described below, until the earlier of the closing or the date, if any, on which the merger agreement is terminated, Tribute has agreed that it will not, and will cause its subsidiaries and direct each of its and their respective representatives not to, directly or indirectly, through any other person:

    initiate, solicit, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing or affording access to information), or take any other action that would be reasonably expected to promote, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to a Tribute acquisition proposal or potential Tribute acquisition proposal;

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    participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or provide any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate, any effort or attempt by any other person (other than Pozen and its affiliates) to make or complete a Tribute acquisition proposal;

    effect any Tribute change of recommendation (defined below);

    approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to, or publicly propose to approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to any Tribute acquisition proposal (it being understood that publicly taking no position or a neutral position with respect to a Tribute acquisition proposal until the fifth business day after such Tribute acquisition proposal has been publicly announced shall not constitute a violation of this requirement); or

    accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any Tribute acquisition agreement.

        A "Tribute change of recommendation" for the purpose of the merger agreement means any of the following: (i) the Tribute board of directors withholds, withdraws, modifies, changes or qualifies in a manner adverse to Pozen the Tribute recommendation (as defined in the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Board Recommendations; Pozen Special Meeting" beginning on page 119 of this proxy statement/prospectus), (ii) the Tribute board of directors approves or recommends any Tribute acquisition proposal, (iii) Tribute enters into a Tribute acquisition agreement or (iv) Tribute or the Tribute board of directors publicly proposes or announces its intention to do any of the foregoing.

        However, if, prior to receipt of the Tribute shareholder approval, Tribute or any of its subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective representatives, receives a written Tribute acquisition proposal (including, an amendment, change or modification to a Tribute acquisition proposal made prior to the date of the merger agreement) that was not solicited after the date of the merger agreement in contravention of the restrictions described above, Tribute and its representatives may:

    contact the person making the Tribute acquisition proposal (or such person's representatives) solely for the purpose of clarifying the terms and conditions of such Tribute acquisition proposal and the likelihood of its consummation, so as to determine whether such Tribute acquisition proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Tribute superior proposal (as defined below); and

    if the Tribute board of directors determines in good faith, following consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that such Tribute acquisition proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Tribute superior proposal and that the failure to take relevant action would conflict with its fiduciary duties, Tribute's board of directors may:

    furnish to such person (and such person's representatives) information with respect to Tribute and its subsidiaries, provided that (1) Tribute first enters into a confidentiality agreement with such person that is no less favorable (including with respect to any standstill and similar provisions) to Tribute than the non-disclosure agreement between Pozen and Tribute, and sends a copy of such agreement to Pozen promptly following its execution, and (2) Tribute contemporaneously provides to Pozen any non-public information concerning Tribute and its subsidiaries that is provided to such person which was not previously provided to Pozen is also provided to Pozen or its representatives; and

    engage in discussions and negotiations with such person and its representatives with respect to such Tribute acquisition proposal.

        A "Tribute superior proposal" for the purpose of the merger agreement means, in general terms, an unsolicited bona fide written Tribute acquisition proposal ( provided , however , that, for the purposes of this definition, all references to "20%" in the definition of "Tribute acquisition proposal" as it relates to securities of Tribute shall be changed to "50%" and references to "20%," as regards the

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assets of Tribute, shall be changed to "50%"), made by a person or persons acting jointly or in concert (other than Parent, Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective affiliates) and which, or in respect of which: (i) the Tribute board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel: (a) would, if consummated, taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Tribute acquisition proposal (but not assuming any risk of non-completion), result in a transaction which is more favorable to Tribute shareholders from a financial point of view than the merger and the arrangement; (b) is reasonably capable of being completed in accordance with its terms, without undue delay, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Tribute acquisition proposal and the person or persons making such Tribute acquisition proposal; and (c) that funds, securities or other consideration necessary for the Tribute acquisition proposal are or are reasonably likely to be available; and (ii) in the case of a Tribute acquisition proposal involving Tribute common shares, is made available to all of the Tribute shareholders on the same terms and conditions.

        Tribute must promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt) notify Pozen, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request relating to or constituting a Tribute acquisition proposal, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Tribute acquisition proposal, in each case, received on or after the date of the merger agreement, of which Tribute, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives is or becomes aware, or any request received by Tribute or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives for non-public information relating to Tribute or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Tribute acquisition proposal or for access to the properties, books and records or a list of securityholders of Tribute or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Tribute acquisition proposal. Such notice shall include the identity of the person making such Tribute acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of the material terms and conditions of such Tribute acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request, including a copy of any written materials submitted to Tribute, any of its subsidiaries or their representatives. Following the initial notification by Tribute to Pozen in respect of any Tribute acquisition proposal (or proposal, inquiry, offer or request in respect thereof) pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding sentence, Tribute must keep Pozen promptly and fully informed of the status, including any change to the material terms and conditions, of any such Tribute acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request (for the avoidance of doubt, following such initial notification pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the terms of this sentence shall control in respect of such Tribute acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request).

Tribute Change of Recommendation (page 124)

        Tribute may, prior to the receipt of the Tribute shareholder approval, (i) effect a Tribute change of recommendation, if there is a material change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts, event or occurrence (that does not relate to or involve a Tribute acquisition proposal) occurring or arising after the date of the merger agreement that was not known to the Tribute board of directors or certain officers of Tribute, or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to the Tribute board of directors or certain officers of Tribute, as of the date of the merger agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable, as of the date of the merger agreement (a "Tribute intervening event"), or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide, unsolicited, written Tribute acquisition proposal that the Tribute board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, is a Tribute superior proposal, effect a Tribute change of recommendation and/or accept, approve or enter into any alternative Tribute acquisition agreement, if and only if:

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    the Tribute board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal and financial advisors, that the failure to take the relevant action specified in clause (i) or clause (ii) above, as applicable, would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the Tribute board of directors' fiduciary duties to Tribute under applicable laws;

    Tribute has provided written notice to Pozen delivered promptly (and in any event, within 24 hours) after the determination by the Tribute board of directors that (a) a Tribute intervening event has occurred, advising Pozen that the Tribute board of directors has determined that a Tribute intervening event has occurred and, as a result thereof, the Tribute board of directors intends to effect a Tribute change of recommendation, which written notice will set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances related to such Tribute intervening event, or (b) a Tribute superior proposal exists, advising Pozen that Tribute has received a Tribute superior proposal and including written notice of the determination of the Tribute board of directors that such Tribute acquisition proposal constitutes a Tribute superior proposal, and, in the case of clause (ii) above, provided Pozen with a copy of the document(s) containing such Tribute acquisition proposal; and

    solely in the case of a Tribute intervening event or a Tribute superior proposal, Tribute previously or concurrently has terminated the merger agreement and paid the applicable termination fee described below under the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination" beginning on page 130 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

        Nothing in the merger agreement will prevent Tribute or the Tribute board of directors from (i) complying with its disclosure obligations under applicable U.S. federal or state law with regard to a Tribute acquisition proposal, as long as such disclosure does not constitute a Tribute change of recommendation, except as otherwise permitted by the merger agreement, or (ii) calling and/or holding a meeting of the Tribute shareholders requisitioned by the Tribute shareholders in accordance with the applicable law or taking any other action with respect to a Tribute acquisition proposal to the extent ordered or mandated by a court of competent jurisdiction, as long as any proxy statement or other document required in connection with such meeting recommends that Tribute shareholders vote against any proposed resolution in favor of or necessary to complete such Tribute acquisition proposal.

    Conditions to the Completion of the Arrangement and the Merger (page 128)

        The completion of the arrangement and the merger depend upon the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions, all of which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, may be waived by Tribute and/or Pozen, as applicable.

        The following conditions must be satisfied or waived before Pozen or Tribute is obligated to complete the arrangement and the merger:

    the arrangement resolution shall have been approved by the Tribute shareholders at the Tribute special meeting in accordance with the interim order and applicable laws, including, if applicable, on a "majority of the minority" basis;

    the Pozen stockholder approval must have been obtained at the Pozen special meeting in accordance with applicable laws;

    each of the interim order and final order shall have been obtained on terms consistent with the merger agreement and in form and substance satisfactory to each of Pozen and Tribute, each acting reasonably, and shall not have been set aside or modified in any manner unacceptable to either Pozen or Tribute, each acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

    the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Parent in respect of the Parent Shares to be issued in the merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, must have been declared effective and must not be the subject of a stop order suspending its effectiveness;

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    the Parent Shares to be issued as the merger consideration and the arrangement consideration shall have been approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to official notice of issuance and (ii) conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX;

    the conditions to closing shall have been met or waived with respect to the Financing (as defined in the merger agreement) (see description of Equity Financing and Debt Financing, both as defined below, contained in this proxy statement/prospectus);

    the only condition precedent to the respective obligations of the parties to consummate the merger which remains unsatisfied pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, shall be the filing of the certificate of merger. The only condition precedent to the respective obligations of the parties to consummate the arrangement which remains unsatisfied pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, shall be the filing of the articles of arrangement;

    the required regulatory approvals shall have been obtained or concluded and shall be in full force and effect and any waiting or suspensory periods related to the required regulatory approvals shall have expired or been terminated, in each case, without the imposition of any restraint;

    (i) no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law or order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is in effect and which prevents or prohibits consummation of the merger and the arrangement or any of the other transactions contemplated in the merger agreement and (ii) no governmental authority shall have instituted any proceeding (which remains outstanding at what would otherwise be the closing date) before any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction seeking to enjoin or otherwise prohibit consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

    there has been no change in applicable law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective) with respect to Section 7874 of the Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (or any other U.S. tax law), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") (other than IRS news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), and no bill that would implement such a change has been passed in identical (or substantially identical such that a conference committee is not required prior to submission of such legislation for approval or veto by the President of the United States) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed, in each case, that, once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would cause Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes;

    following the merger and the arrangement, Parent should not be taxed as a U.S. resident corporation;

    Pozen shall have received the legal opinion from DLA Piper LLP (US), special tax advisor to Pozen ("DLA Piper"), in the manner described in the merger agreement to the effect that Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. tax law), existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance should not apply so as to cause Parent to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the closing date; and

    the issuance of the Parent Shares to Tribute shareholders in exchange for their Tribute common shares, the issuance of Parent Convertible Notes to holders of Tribute Convertible Notes in exchange for their Tribute Convertible Notes and the issuance of Parent options to Tribute optionholders in exchange for their Tribute options, all pursuant to the arrangement, shall be

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      exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) thereof and shall be exempt or qualified under all applicable U.S. state securities laws, and such securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws except such as may be imposed contractually by the parties or by Rule 144 under the Securities Act with respect to (i) any of such securities of Parent issued to certain persons who are "affiliates" (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of Parent or who have been affiliates of Parent within 90 days of the arrangement effective date, and (ii) any of such securities of Parent issued and exchanged for securities issued by Tribute as part of the Financing.

        The following conditions must also be satisfied or waived before Pozen is obligated to complete the merger:

    Tribute must have complied in all material respects with its obligations, covenants and agreements in the merger agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the closing date;

    the representations and warranties of Tribute must be accurate in the manner described in the merger agreement;

    no material adverse effect with respect to Tribute has occurred and is continuing since the date of the merger agreement;

    Pozen must have received a certificate of Tribute signed by a senior officer of Tribute for and on behalf of Tribute and dated the closing date certifying satisfaction of certain closing conditions;

    Tribute shall not have received duly exercised rights of dissent (which notices have not been withdrawn prior to the closing time) from Tribute shareholders holding greater than 1% of the Tribute common shares; and

    Pozen shall have received the fairness opinions in the manner described in the merger agreement.

        The following conditions must also be satisfied or waived before Tribute is obligated to complete the merger:

    Pozen shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations, covenants and agreements in the merger agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the closing date;

    the representations and warranties of Pozen must be accurate in the manner described in the merger agreement;

    no material adverse effect with respect to Pozen has occurred and is continuing since the date of the merger agreement;

    Tribute must have received a certificate of Pozen signed by a senior officer for and on behalf of Pozen and dated the closing date certifying satisfaction of certain closing conditions;

    Tribute must have received a certificate of Parent and Can Merger Sub signed by their respective senior officers for and on behalf of Parent and Can Merger Sub and dated the closing date certifying satisfaction of certain closing conditions;

    Tribute shall have received the fairness opinion in the manner described in the merger agreement;

    Tribute shall have received certified copies of resolutions duly passed by the board of directors of Parent (acting for itself and on behalf of Can Merger Sub) approving the merger agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated thereby; and

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    Can Merger Sub or Parent will have deposited, or caused to be deposited with the arrangement exchange agent, sufficient funds (including share certificates) to effect payment in full of the aggregate consideration payable by Can Merger Sub under the arrangement.

Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination

        The merger agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the closing by:

    mutual written consent of Pozen and Tribute;

    either Pozen or Tribute if:

    the closing does not occur on or before April 30, 2016, as may be extended (the "outside date"), except that the right to so terminate the merger agreement will not be available to Pozen or Tribute if its failure to fulfill any obligation or breach of any of its agreements or covenants under the merger agreement has been a principal cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the closing to occur by such date;

    Pozen stockholder approval has not been obtained at the Pozen special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof;

    Tribute shareholder approval has not been obtained in accordance with applicable laws and the interim order at the Tribute special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof;

    The Financing (as defined in the merger agreement) has not consummated prior to the closing; or

    any law is passed that makes completion of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited or if any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has issued an order or taken action enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the merger or arrangement, and such order or other actions is or shall have become final and non-appealable;

    by Pozen if:

    Tribute shall have effected a Tribute change of recommendation;

    subject to payment of the Pozen termination fee to Tribute described below, Pozen enters into a Pozen acquisition agreement that constitutes a Pozen superior proposal;

    Tribute breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the merger agreement, which breach would cause any conditions to the closing of the merger not to be satisfied, and does not cure such breach in the manner set forth in the merger agreement;

    subject to Pozen paying the reduced Pozen termination fee to Tribute described below, there shall have occurred, after the date of the merger agreement but on or before the closing date, a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect on Pozen, as further specified in the merger agreement; or

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      a material adverse effect on Tribute shall have occurred since the date of the merger agreement;

    by Tribute if:

    Pozen shall have effected a Pozen change of recommendation;

    subject to payment of the Tribute termination fee to Pozen described below, Tribute enters into a Tribute acquisition agreement that constitutes a Tribute superior proposal;

    Pozen breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the merger agreement, which breach would cause any conditions to the closing of the merger not to be satisfied, and does not cure such breach in the manner set forth in the merger agreement;

    there shall have occurred, after the date of the merger agreement but on or before the closing date, a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect, including causing Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, as further specified in the merger agreement;

    DLA Piper, special tax advisor to Pozen, is unable to deliver the opinion in the manner described in the merger agreement solely for reasons other than: (i) a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect on Pozen, as further specified in the merger agreement; or (ii) a misrepresentation contained in or breach of any representation or warranty of Tribute or a breach of any covenant of Tribute which affects the determination of compliance with Section 7874 of the Code (or any other US tax law), existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance, such that following the closing date Parent shall not be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or

    a material adverse effect on Pozen shall have occurred since the date of the merger agreement.

        Under the merger agreement, Pozen will be required to pay Tribute a termination fee of $3,500,000 if:

    Pozen terminates the merger agreement to enter into a Pozen acquisition agreement that constitutes a Pozen superior proposal, in which case the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen concurrent with the Pozen termination fee event;

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    Tribute terminates the merger agreement because Pozen has effected a Pozen change of recommendation, in which case the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen within two business days of the Pozen termination fee event;

    DLA Piper, special tax advisor to Pozen, is unable to deliver the opinion in the manner described in the merger agreement, as described above, in which case the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen within two business days of the Pozen termination fee event; or

    either (1) Pozen or Tribute terminates the merger agreement if the closing does not occur on or before the outside date, (2) the Pozen stockholder approval is not obtained at the Pozen special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof or (3) Tribute terminates the merger agreement because of a Pozen breach of the non-solicitation provisions in the merger agreement, if, in each of the foregoing cases, (i) prior to such termination, a Pozen acquisition proposal shall have been made public or proposed publicly to Pozen or Pozen stockholders and has not been publicly withdrawn prior to the Pozen special meeting and (ii) within 12 months following such termination, Pozen or one or more of Pozen's subsidiaries shall have executed a Pozen acquisition agreement and the transactions thereby are at any time subsequently consummated in respect of such Pozen acquisition proposal, in which cases the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen on the date of consummation of such transaction; provided that, for purposes of this determination, all references to "20%" in the definition of Pozen acquisition proposal shall instead be references to "50%".

        Under the merger agreement, Tribute will be required to pay Pozen a termination fee of $3,500,000 if:

    Tribute terminates the merger agreement to enter into a Tribute acquisition agreement that constitutes a Tribute superior proposal, in which case the Tribute termination fee shall be paid by Tribute concurrent with the Tribute termination fee event;

    Pozen terminates the merger agreement because Tribute has effected a Tribute change of recommendation, in which case the Tribute termination fee shall be paid by Tribute within two business days of the Tribute termination fee event; or

    either (1) Pozen or Tribute terminates the merger agreement if the closing does not occur on or before the outside date, as may be extended, (2) the arrangement resolution is not approved by the Tribute shareholders, in accordance with the interim order and applicable laws, at the Tribute special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, or (3) Pozen terminates the merger agreement because of a Tribute breach of the non-solicitation provisions in the merger agreement, if, in each of the foregoing cases, (i) prior to such termination, a Tribute acquisition proposal shall have been made public or proposed publicly to Tribute or Tribute shareholders and has not been publicly withdrawn prior to the Tribute special meeting and (ii) within 12 months following such termination, Tribute or one or more of Tribute's subsidiaries shall have executed a Tribute acquisition agreement and the transactions thereby are at any time subsequently consummated in respect of such Tribute acquisition proposal, in which cases the Tribute termination fee shall be paid by Tribute on the date of consummation of such transaction; provided that, for purposes of this determination, all references to "20%" in the definition of Tribute acquisition proposal shall instead be references to "50%".

        Under the merger agreement, Pozen will be required to pay Tribute a reduced termination fee of $1,750,000 within two business days of the Pozen termination fee event if there shall have occurred, on or before the closing date, a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect on Pozen.

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Financings (page 103)

    Equity Financing

        On June 8, 2015, Pozen entered into a Share Subscription Agreement (the "Original Subscription Agreement") among QLT Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada ("QLT"), Tribute, Pozen, Aralez Ireland, and the following investors thereto: Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. ("Deerfield Private Design"), Deerfield International Master Fund, L.P. ("Deerfield International"), Deerfield Partners, L.P. ("Deerfield Partners"); EcoR1 Capital Fund, L.P.; EcoR1 Capital Fund Qualified, L.P.; Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd; JW Partners, LP; and JW Opportunities Fund, LLC (each, an "Original Investor" and together, the "Original Investors") (the "original equity financing"). Pursuant to the Original Subscription Agreement, subject to the closing of the merger and the arrangement and the approval of Pozen stockholders with respect to Proposals 2 and 3, Aralez Ireland was to issue and sell to QLT and the Original Investors, concurrently with the closing of the transactions, $75 million of the ordinary shares of Aralez Ireland, $0.001 nominal value per share (the "Aralez Ireland Shares") in a private placement at a purchase price of $7.20 per Aralez Ireland Share. The Original Subscription Agreement provided that Pozen was to prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC two registration statements to effect a registration of the Aralez Ireland Shares issued under the Original Subscription Agreement within 60 days of the date of the signing of the Original Subscription Agreement and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Original Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement (the "Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement") among QLT, Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Aralez Ireland and the following investors thereto: Deerfield Private Design; Deerfield International; Deerfield Partners; Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd; JW Partners, LP; and JW Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. (each, an "Investor" and together, the "Investors") (the "Equity Financing"). Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions, Tribute will sell to QLT and the Investors $75 million of Tribute common shares in a private placement at a purchase price per share equal to (a) the lesser of (i) $7.20, and (ii) a 5% discount off the VWAP per share of Pozen common stock calculated over the five trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25, multiplied by (b) 0.1455 (the "equity price"). For example, based on the 5-day VWAP of Pozen's common stock as of December 7, 2015 of $7.87, the lower $7.20 price per Pozen share would apply and the resulting purchase price per Tribute common share would be equal to $1.05 after applying the exchange ratio. In the event any of Pozen, Tribute or Parent announce a material event whether by press release or filing of a Form 8-K (other than results of any shareholder meeting) during the ten day period immediately preceding closing of the transactions, then clause (ii) above shall be revised to read: "(ii) a 5% discount off the two day VWAP per share of Pozen common stock, calculated over the two trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25". Based on the floor equity price of $6.25, the maximum number of Tribute common shares to be sold to QLT and the Investors is 82,474,227 shares, which would amount to 12,000,000 Parent Shares based on the exchange ratio. Based on the maximum equity price of $7.20, the minimum number of Tribute common shares to be sold to QLT and the Investors is 71,592,211 shares, which would amount to 10,416,667 Parent Shares based on the exchange ratio. Upon consummation of the transactions, Tribute common shares will be exchanged for Parent Shares. The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement provides that Parent shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement to effect a registration of the Parent Shares to be issued under the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement on or before January 15, 2016 and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

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        The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement amends and restates the Original Subscription Agreement by (i) removing Aralez Ireland as a party to the Original Subscription Agreement and substituting Parent for Aralez Ireland, (ii) substituting Tribute common shares for ordinary shares of Aralez Ireland, (iii) updating the list of Investors that are parties to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, and (iv) making certain other changes to effect the foregoing.

        A copy of the Original Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 11, 2015. A copy of the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2015. The foregoing descriptions of the Original Subscription Agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Original Subscription Agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement.

    Debt Financing

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into a Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (the "Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement"), among Pozen, Parent, Tribute, Deerfield Private Design, Deerfield International and Deerfield Partners and the other lender parties thereto (together with Deerfield Private Design, Deerfield International and Deerfield Partners, the "Lenders") (the "Debt Financing").

        Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, subject to the closing of the transactions, Tribute shall borrow from the Lenders up to an aggregate principal amount of $275 million, of which (i) $75 million will be in the form of a 2.5% senior secured convertible promissory note due six years from issuance and convertible into Tribute Shares (the "Convertible Notes") at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the equity price multiplied by 0.1455, issued and sold by Tribute to the Lenders at the merger effective time, upon the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, and (ii) up to an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, which will be made available for Permitted Acquisitions (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement), and will be in the form of Secured Promissory Notes issued and sold by Parent to the Lenders (the "Acquisition Notes"), evidencing the Acquisition Loans, upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations set forth in the Acquisition Notes, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, the obligations under the Convertible Notes will be assumed by Parent, and the Convertible Notes will be exchanged for convertible notes of Parent ("Parent Convertible Notes"), which will be convertible into Parent Shares at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the equity price. The Parent Convertible Notes shall be secured by the assets of Parent and its subsidiaries. The Parent Convertible Notes may thereafter be convertible into Parent Shares.

        The Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement amends and restates the original Facility Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "Original Facility Agreement"), among Stamridge Limited, a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Ireland ("Stamridge"), Pozen, Tribute, Aralez Ireland and the Lenders (the "original debt financing"), as amended and restated on October 29, 2015 ("First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement"). In addition to the foregoing, the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement provided for amendments relating to (i) the substitution of Parent for Aralez Ireland, (ii) the substitution of Tribute for Stamridge, (iii) the substitution of Tribute common shares for Aralez Ireland Shares, (iv) the substitution of Convertible Notes for "exchangeable notes", (v) the provision for certain obligations under the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement to be assigned to and assumed by Parent following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, and (vi) certain other changes to effect the foregoing.

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        A copy of the Original Facility Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 11, 2015. A copy of First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 30, 2015. A copy of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2015. The foregoing descriptions of the Original Facility Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Original Facility Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement.

Accounting Treatment (page 105)

        The business combination under the terms of the merger agreement will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), with Pozen being considered the accounting acquirer. See the section entitled "The Transactions—Accounting Treatment" beginning on page 105 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger (page 135)

        For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the merger is intended to qualify as a non-taxable "reorganization" in which (i) US Merger Sub will merge with and into Pozen (with Pozen as the surviving corporation in the merger), and (ii) Pozen stockholders will exchange their shares of Pozen common stock for Parent Shares. However, notwithstanding such qualification as a non-taxable reorganization, it is expected that U.S. holders of Pozen common stock will recognize gain, if any, but not loss, on the receipt of Parent Shares in exchange for Pozen common stock pursuant to the merger. The amount of gain recognized should equal the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Parent Shares received in the merger over the U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in its Pozen common stock exchanged therefor. Accordingly, a U.S. holder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain recognized without a corresponding receipt of cash. See the section entitled "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger" beginning on page 135 of this proxy statement/prospectus for a more detailed description of the U.S. federal tax consequences of the merger.

Canadian Tax Considerations (page 146)

        No Canadian tax should arise for Pozen stockholders pursuant to the merger, unless such stockholders are resident in Canada or hold their shares of Pozen common stock in connection with a business carried on in Canada. See the section entitled "Canadian Tax Considerations" beginning on page 146 of this proxy statement/prospectus for a more detailed description of the Canadian tax consequences of the transactions.

Comparison of the Rights of Parent Shareholders and Pozen Stockholders (page 204)

        As a result of the merger, the holders of shares of Pozen common stock who receive stock consideration will become holders of Parent Shares and their rights will be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (instead of Delaware law) and by Parent's Notice of Articles and Articles (instead of Pozen's amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the "Pozen charter") and second amended and restated bylaws (the "Pozen bylaws")). Following the transaction, former Pozen stockholders will have different rights as Parent shareholders than they had as Pozen stockholders. For a summary of the material differences between the rights of Pozen stockholders and Parent shareholders, see the section entitled "Comparison of the Rights of Parent Shareholders and Pozen Stockholders" beginning on page 204 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF TRIBUTE

        The following tables present selected historical financial data for Tribute as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The statement of operations data for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2014 and the balance sheet data as of December 31 have been obtained from Tribute's audited financial statements for such years and, with respect to the periods ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, from its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, which are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. The financial data as of September 30, 2015 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 have been obtained from Tribute's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

        The information set forth below is not necessarily indicative of future results and should be read together with the other information contained in Tribute's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, including the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the consolidated financial statements and related notes

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therein. See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

 
  For the Year Ended December 31,   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   2014   2015  

Statement of Operation Data:

                                           

Revenue

                                           

Licensed domestic product net sales

  $   $ 572,272   $ 8,322,945   $ 8,598,385   $ 9,106,038   $ 7,121,403   $ 6,968,164  

Other domestic product sales

    1,879,554     1,977,167     2,494,359     3,366,374     6,127,968     2,945,936     11,355,924  

International product sales

    835,381     1,306,215     1,525,479     1,277,678     1,619,372     1,318,002     2,705,543  

Royalty and licensing revenues

    2,022,383     14,227         197,924     18,414     18,414      

Total Revenue

    4,737,318     3,869,881     12,342,783     13,440,361     16,871,792     11,403,755     21,029,631  

Cost of Sales

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Licensor sales and distribution fees

        484,480     5,916,845     5,844,494     5,902,034     4,457,240     4,700,228  

Cost of products sold

    947,069     932,755     1,220,716     1,541,662     1,787,584     1,252,370     2,998,366  

Write down of inventories

    195,488     26,117     36,345     56,935     53,099     38,584     7,793  

Total Cost of Sales

    1,142,557     1,443,352     7,173,906     7,443,091     7,742,717     5,748,194     7,706,387  

Gross Profit

   
3,594,761
   
2,426,529
   
5,168,877
   
5,997,270
   
9,129,075
   
5,655,561
   
13,323,244
 

Expenses

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Selling, general and administrative

    2,488,278     3,034,740     8,870,609     9,489,579     10,149,854     8,161,873     11,941,496  

Amortization of assets

    49,720     77,951     718,981     1,245,846     1,511,021     883,649     3,441,839  

Total Operating Expenses

    2,537,998     3,112,691     9,589,590     10,735,425     11,660,875     9,045,522     15,383,335  

Loss from Operations

   
1,056,763
   
(686,162

)
 
(4,420,713

)
 
(4,738,155

)
 
(2,531,800

)
 
(3,389,961

)
 
(2,060,091

)

Non Operating Income (expenses)

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Gain on derivative instrument

                    (167,511 )   (180,913 )   136,150  

Retirement payout

    (401,000 )                        

Change in warrant liability

    (10,048 )   214,280     247,486     (399,217 )   283,305     (163,184 )   (3,994,708 )

Cost of extending warrant

            (135,157 )                

Change in fair value of contigent consideration

        (57,996 )   79,724                  

Research and Development

    (115,471 )   (49,977 )   (21,402 )                

Transaction cost

                                        (1,206,899 )

Loss on disposal of equipment

    (15,308 )   (259,636 )                    

Acquisition and restructuring

        (671,112 )                   (1,156,109 )

Loss on disposal of intangible asset

                (161,200 )            

Loss on extinguishment of debt

                (620,835 )            

Unrealized foreign currency exchange on debt

                (340,553 )   (1,641,238 )       (2,180,600 )

Accretion expense

        (6,888 )   (140,154 )   (103,775 )   (167,555 )   (102,264 )   (222,983 )

Interest income

    10,772     18,910     13,940     3,559     59,586     58,088     10,195  

Interest expense

            (253,143 )   (527,079 )   (1,441,729 )   (868,911 )   (1,989,392 )

Net Loss for the period

    525,708     (1,498,581 )   (4,629,419 )   (6,887,255 )   (5,606,942 )   (4,647,145 )   (12,664,437 )

Deferred income tax recovery

   
   
976,800
   
1,209,300
   
314,900
   
   
   
(237,488

)

Current income tax recovery

            71,153                  

Unrealized gain(loss) on derivative instrument, net of tax

                (38,156 )       13,158     37,950  

Net loss and comprehensive loss for the period

  $ 525,708   $ (521,781 ) $ (3,348,966 ) $ (6,610,511 ) $ (5,606,942 ) $ (4,633,987 ) $ (12,388,999 )

Basic net income (loss) per common share

  $ 0.02   $ (0.02 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (0.13 ) $ (0.08 ) $ (0.07 ) $ (0.11 )

Shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per common share

    23,767,369     25,706,000     39,167,419     49,169,414     71,940,005     64,283,839     108,713,903  

Diluted net income (loss) per common share

  $ 0.02   $ (0.02 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (0.13 ) $ (0.08 ) $ (0.07 ) $ (0.11 )

Shares used in computing diluted net income per common share

    23,767,369     25,706,000     39,167,419     49,169,414     71,940,005     64,283,839     108,713,903  

 

 
  For the Year Ended December 31,   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   2014   2015  

Balance Sheet Data

                                           

Cash and Cash equivalents

  $ 4,352,285   $ 2,227,973   $ 2,283,868   $ 2,813,472   $ 3,505,791   $ 28,725,849   $ 13,228,708  

Total Assets

    7,280,594     19,208,435     20,828,532     20,034,541     53,079,740     46,227,687     112,632,454  

Total Liabilities

    1,132,123     5,835,574     9,094,408     12,134,428     22,739,009     14,973,915     63,816,665  

Accumulated deficit

    (3,852,809 )   (4,374,590 )   (7,723,556 )   (14,295,911 )   (19,902,853 )   (18,943,056 )   (32,329,802 )

Total shareholders' equity

    6,148,471     13,372,861     11,734,124     7,900,113     30,340,731     31,253,772     48,815,789  

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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF POZEN

        The following tables present selected historical financial data for Pozen as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The statement of operations data for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 have been obtained from Pozen's audited financial statements contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, which are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. The statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 have been obtained from Pozen's audited financial statements for such years, which have not been incorporated into this document by reference. The financial data as of September 30, 2015 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 have been obtained from Pozen's unaudited condensed financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus.

        The information set forth below is not necessarily indicative of future results and should be read together with the other information contained in Pozen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, including "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the financial statements and related notes therein. See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

 
  For the Year Ended December 31,   For the Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   2014   2015  
 
  (in thousands, except per share data)
 

Statement of Operations Data:

                                           

Revenue:

                                           

Sale of royalty rights, net of costs

  $   $ 71,870   $   $   $   $   $  

Licensing revenue

    68,417     15,081     5,349     10,322     32,394     22,508     15,426  

Development revenue

    132                          

Total revenue

    68,549     86,951     5,349     10,322     32,394     22,508     15,426  

Operating expenses:

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Sales, general and administrative

    23,755     21,752     19,024     17,161     10,078     7,898     33,663  

Research and development

    22,651     23,020     11,867     9,945     5,740     4,808     5,092  

Total operating expenses

    46,406     44,772     30,891     27,106     15,818     12,706     38,755  

Interest and other income

    929     161     259     76     3,099     2,855     (154 )

Net income (loss) before taxes

    23,072     42,340     (25,283 )   (16,708 )   19,675     12,656     (23,483 )

Income tax expense

                            974  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

  $ 23,072   $ 42,340   $ (25,283 ) $ (16,708 ) $ 19,675   $ 12,656   $ (24,457 )

Basic net income (loss) per common share

  $ 0.77   $ 1.41   $ (0.84 ) $ (0.55 ) $ 0.63   $ 0.41   $ (0.75 )

Shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per common share

    29,880     29,925     30,092     30,450     31,360     31,119     32,476  

Diluted net income per common share

  $ 0.76   $ 1.40   $ (0.84 ) $ (0.55 ) $ 0.60     0.39     (0.75 )

Shares used in computing diluted net income per common share

    30,246     30,296     30,092     30,450     32,811     32,614     32,476  

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  December 31,    
 
 
  As of and for the
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2015
 
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013   2014  
 
  (in thousands)
   
 

Balance Sheet Data:

                                     

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

  $ 64,091   $ 119,620   $ 87,314   $ 32,828   $ 40,582   $ 36,991  

Total assets

    69,698     121,553     89,597     35,334     50,454     43,230  

Total liabilities

    9,070     16,055     5,519     17,546     3,713     14,184  

Accumulated deficit

    (116,927 )   (74,588 )   (99,871 )   (116,579 )   (96,904 )   (121,361 )

Total stockholders' equity

    60,628     105,498     84,077     17,789     46,741     29,046  

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SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA

        The following selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data (the "selected pro forma data") gives effect to the business combination of Pozen and Tribute and the other transactions described in the section entitled "Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information" beginning on page 181 of this proxy statement/prospectus, as well as the acquisition of Medical Futures Inc. ("MFI") by Tribute (the "MFI Acquisition"), which closed on June 16, 2015, and the acquisition of the Novartis products by Tribute, which closed on October 2, 2014. The transactions have been reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements as being accounted for under the acquisition method in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combination , with Pozen treated as the accounting acquirer; and the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of the Novartis products have been reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements in accordance with ASC 805 with Tribute treated as the accounting acquirer. The selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet data as of September 30, 2015 give effect to the merger as if it had occurred on September 30, 2015. The selected unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations data for the year ended December 31, 2014 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 give effect to the merger as if it had occurred on January 1, 2014.

        The selected pro forma data have been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information (the "pro forma financial statements") of the combined company appearing elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus and the accompanying notes to the pro forma financial statements. In addition, the pro forma financial statements were based on, and should be read in conjunction with, the historical financial statements and related notes of Pozen and the historical consolidated financial statements of Tribute, MFI and the acquired Novartis products for the applicable periods, which have been incorporated in this proxy statement/prospectus by reference. See the sections entitled "Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information" and "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on pages 181 and 236, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus for additional information. The selected pro forma data have been presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the combined company's financial position or results of operations actually would have been had the acquisition been completed as of the dates indicated. In addition, the selected pro forma data do not purport to project the future financial position or operating results of the combined company. Also, as explained in more detail in the accompanying notes to the pro forma financial statements, the preliminary fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed reflected in the

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selected pro forma data are subject to adjustment and may vary significantly from the fair values that will be recorded upon completion of the merger.

 
  Year ended
December 31, 2014
(Pro Forma
Parent Combined
($USD))
  Nine months ended
September 30, 2015
(Pro Forma
Parent Combined
($USD))
 

Revenues

             

Royalty and licensing revenue

  $ 32,410,910   $ 15,425,499  

Licensed domestic product net sales

    8,247,339     5,535,509  

Other domestic product sales

    19,776,409     12,744,641  

International product sales

    1,466,665     2,149,284  

Total Revenues

    61,901,323     35,854,933  

Cost of Sales

   
 
   
 
 

Licensor sales and distribution fees

    5,345,472     3,733,861  

Cost of products sold

    7,590,276     4,226,834  

Write down of inventories

    48,092      

Total cost of sales

    12,983,840     7,960,695  

Gross Profit

    48,917,483     27,894,238  

Operating expenses

             

Sales, general, and administrative

    23,913,236     37,279,265  

Research and development

    5,739,848     5,092,080  

Amortization

    8,726,214     6,625,368  

Total operating expenses

    38,379,298     48,996,713  

Non-operating income (expense)

   
 
   
 
 

Change in warrant liability

    256,589     (3,173,396 )

Interest expense

    (291,113 )    

Interest income

    97,067     8,099  

Other non-operating income

    1,346,155     (3,654,453 )

Total other income (expense)

    1,408,698     (6,819,750 )

Income (loss) before taxes

    11,946,883     (27,922,225 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (2,236,734 )   2,709,150  

Net Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

  $ 14,183,617   $ (30,631,375 )

Basic net income (loss) per share

 
$

0.28
 
$

(0.59

)

Shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per share

    51,153,827     52,270,318  

Diluted net income (loss) per share

  $ 0.26   $ (0.59 )

Shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per share

    53,572,384     53,238,155  

Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

 
  As of September 30, 2015
(Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined)
 

Total assets

  $ 246,927,438  

Total liabilities

  $ 76,516,604  

Total shareholders' equity

  $ 170,410,834  

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COMPARATIVE PER SHARE DATA

        The following tables set forth certain historical, pro forma and pro forma equivalent per share financial information for Tribute common shares and shares of Pozen common stock. The unaudited pro forma and pro forma equivalent per share financial information gives effect to the combination of Pozen and Tribute (along with the MFI Acquisition) as if the transactions had occurred on September 30, 2015.

        Presented below are Tribute's and Pozen's historical per share data for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014 and unaudited condensed combined pro forma per share data for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014. The historical book value per share is computed by dividing total stockholders' equity (deficit) by the number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the period. The pro forma earnings per Tribute common share is computed by dividing the pro forma net income by the pro forma weighted average number of shares outstanding. The pro forma book value per share of the combined company is computed by dividing total pro forma stockholders' equity by the pro forma number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the period. The Pozen unaudited pro forma equivalent data is calculated by multiplying the combined unaudited pro forma data amounts by the merger consideration ratio of 0.1455 per share of Pozen common stock. The pro forma information described below includes certain adjustments and assumptions regarding the combined company after giving effect to the transactions.

        The following information should be read in conjunction with (i) the audited financial statements of Tribute, which are incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus, (ii) the audited financial statements of Pozen, which are incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus, (iii) the audited financial statements of MFI, which are incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus, (iv) the audited statement of revenues and related expenses of the Novartis products, which are incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus and (v) the financial information contained in the sections entitled "Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information," "Selected Historical Financial Data of Pozen," and "Selected Historical Financial Data of Tribute" beginning on pages 181, 34 and 32, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus. The unaudited pro forma information below is presented for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position that would have occurred if the transactions had been completed as of the periods presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of the future operating results or financial position of the combined company. In addition, the unaudited pro forma information does not purport to indicate balance sheet data or results of operations data as of any future date or for any future period. Tribute has not declared or paid any cash dividends on Tribute

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common shares, and Pozen has not declared or paid any cash dividends on shares of Pozen common stock.

 
  As of and for the
nine months ended
September 30, 2015
  As of and for the
year ended
December 31, 2014
 

Combined Unaudited Pro Forma Data

             

Net loss per Pozen share

             

Diluted

  $ (0.59 ) $ 0.26  

Basic

  $ (0.59 ) $ 0.28  

Book value per Pozen share

  $ 3.26      

 

 
  As of and for the
nine months ended
September 30, 2015
  As of and for the
year ended
December 31, 2014
 

Tribute Unaudited Pro Forma Data

             

Net loss per Tribute share

             

Diluted

  $ (0.09 ) $ 0.04  

Basic

  $ (0.09 ) $ 0.04  

Book value per Tribute share

  $ 0.47      

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COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE DATA AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION

        It is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares be approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance, under the symbol "ARLZ" and conditionally approved for listing on the TSX under the symbol "ARZ", subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX. Pozen common stock is currently listed and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "POZN". Tribute common shares are currently listed on TSXV under the symbol "TRX" and quoted on the OTCQX under the symbol "TBUFF". The following table sets forth, for the calendar quarters indicated, the high and low sales prices of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares, each as reported on NASDAQ, the OTCQX and the TSXV, respectively. On September 30, 2015, there were 126,240,542 Tribute common shares outstanding and 32,765,541 shares of Pozen common stock outstanding. On                    , 2016, the record date for the Pozen special meeting, there were                    shares of Pozen common stock outstanding. Tribute has not declared or paid any cash dividends on Tribute common shares, and, except for the December 30, 2013 $1.75 per share special cash distribution (representing a surplus of corporate cash and accounted for as a return of capital to stockholders) Pozen has not declared or paid any cash dividends on shares of Pozen common stock.

 
  Pozen(1)   Tribute(1)(2)   Tribute(3)(4)(5)  
 
  High   Low   High   Low   High   Low  

For the quarterly period ended:

                                     

2012

                                     

First Quarter

  $ 6.15   $ 3.96   $ 0.70   $ 0.35   $   $  

Second Quarter

  $ 8.12   $ 5.53   $ 0.66   $ 0.40   $   $  

Third Quarter

  $ 6.95   $ 5.71   $ 0.52   $ 0.25   $   $  

Fourth Quarter

  $ 6.80   $ 4.81   $ 0.48   $ 0.31   $   $  

2013

                                     

First Quarter

  $ 6.49   $ 5.02   $ 0.43   $ 0.32   $   $  

Second Quarter

  $ 5.56   $ 4.26   $ 0.45   $ 0.34   $   $  

Third Quarter

  $ 5.99   $ 4.92   $ 0.75   $ 0.35   $   $  

Fourth Quarter

  $ 9.90   $ 5.35   $ 0.50   $ 0.34   $   $  

2014

                                     

First Quarter

  $ 8.99   $ 7.37   $ 0.63   $ 0.32   $   $  

Second Quarter

  $ 9.73   $ 7.56   $ 1.10   $ 0.44   $ 0.98   $ 0.60  

Third Quarter

  $ 9.59   $ 5.96   $ 0.78   $ 0.43   $ 0.85   $ 0.47  

Fourth Quarter

  $ 9.71   $ 7.07   $ 0.59   $ 0.41   $ 0.67   $ 0.45  

2015

                                     

First Quarter

  $ 8.16   $ 6.56   $ 0.81   $ 0.43   $ 1.02   $ 0.51  

Second Quarter

  $ 12.69   $ 6.38   $ 1.86   $ 0.65   $ 2.33   $ 0.82  

Third Quarter

  $ 12.37   $ 5.66   $ 1.70   $ 0.75   $ 2.23   $ 0.99  

Fourth Quarter (through December 11, 2015(1))

  $ 8.59   $ 5.49   $ 1.09   $ 0.76   $ 1.45   $ 0.99  

(1)
Currency denoted in U.S. dollars.

(2)
Per share price reported on the OTCQX, trading under the symbol "TBUFF".

(3)
Tribute began trading on the TSXV effective May 27, 2014.

(4)
Per share price reported on the TSXV, trading under the symbol "TRX".

(5)
Currency denoted in Canadian dollars.

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        The following table represents the closing prices of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares on (i) June 5, 2015, the last trading day before the public announcement of the merger agreement, (ii) June 8, 2015, the trading day on which Pozen and Tribute announced the merger, (iii) December 8, 2015, the trading day after Pozen and Tribute announced Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the amendments to the other transaction documents, and (iv) December     , 2015, the last practicable trading day prior to the mailing of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Date
  Pozen
Closing Price
  Tribute
Closing Price
on OTCQX(1)
  Tribute
Closing Price
on TSXV(2)
 

June 5, 2015

  $ 7.55   $ 1.05   $ 1.30  

June 8, 2015

  $ 8.98   $ 1.17   $ 1.50  

December 8, 2015

  $ 7.19   $ 0.95   $ 1.33  

December     , 2015

  $     $     $    

(1)
Price in U.S. dollars.

(2)
Price in Canadian dollars.

        The above table shows only historical comparisons. These comparisons may not provide meaningful information to Pozen stockholders in determining whether to adopt the merger agreement. Pozen stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for Tribute common shares and Pozen common stock and to review carefully the other information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus in determining whether to adopt the merger agreement. See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

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RISK FACTORS

         In considering whether to adopt the merger agreement, you should consider carefully the following risk factors, including the matters addressed under the section entitled "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" beginning on page 54 of this proxy statement/prospectus in addition to the other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. You should also read and consider the risks associated with the business of Tribute and the risks associated with the business of Pozen, because these risks will also affect the combined company. The risks associated with the business of Tribute can be found in Tribute's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, and Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, under the heading "Risk Factors". The risks associated with the business of Pozen can be found in Pozen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, and Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, under the heading "Risk Factors," each of which are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Risks Relating to the Transactions

Because the initial opening price of Parent Shares that Pozen stockholders will receive in the merger is based in part on the value of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares, which will fluctuate, Pozen stockholders cannot be sure of the value of the Parent Shares they may receive.

        Upon completion of the merger, each share of Pozen common stock will be converted into the right to receive from Parent one Parent Share. Because the number of Parent Shares being offered as merger consideration to Pozen stockholders is fixed and will not vary based on the market value of Parent Shares, which will not be publicly traded until after the merger effective time, the market value of the consideration Pozen stockholders will receive in the merger will be based in part on the value of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares at the time the transactions are completed. If the price of either Pozen common stock or Tribute common shares decline, Pozen stockholders could receive less value for their shares of Pozen common stock upon the completion of the merger than the value calculated on the date the merger agreement was announced, as of the date of the filing of this proxy statement/prospectus or as of the date of the Pozen special meeting. The market price of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares will continue to fluctuate from the date of this proxy statement/prospectus through the date of the closing of the merger. Accordingly, at the time of the Pozen special meeting, Pozen stockholders will not know or be able to determine the market price of the Parent Shares they may receive upon completion of the merger. It is possible that, at the time of the closing of the transactions, the shares of Pozen common stock held by Pozen stockholders may have a greater market value than the Parent Shares for which they are exchanged. The market price of Tribute common shares on the date of the Pozen special meeting may not be indicative of the market price of Parent Shares that Pozen stockholders will receive upon completion of the merger. Stock price changes may result from a variety of factors that are beyond the companies' control, including general market and economic conditions, changes in business prospects, catastrophic events, both natural and man-made, and regulatory considerations. In addition, the ongoing businesses of Pozen and/or Tribute may be adversely affected by actions taken by Pozen and/or Tribute in connection with the merger, including payment by the companies of certain costs relating to the merger, including certain legal, accounting, financing and financial and other advisory fees.

        See the section entitled "Comparative Per Share Market Price Data and Dividend Information" beginning on page 40 of this proxy statement/prospectus for the historical high and low closing prices of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares for each quarter of the period 2012 through the third quarter of 2015.

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The merger agreement is subject to conditions and could be terminated in accordance with its terms and the transactions may not be completed.

        The merger agreement contains a number of conditions that must be satisfied or waived to complete the transactions. Those conditions include, among others: receipt of the Pozen stockholder approval, receipt of Tribute shareholder approval, court approval of the transactions under the arrangement, expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act, if applicable, absence of any law or order preventing or prohibiting completion of the transactions and no governmental authority instituting any proceeding seeking to enjoin or prohibit the completion of the transactions, effectiveness of the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part, approval of the Parent Shares to be issued in the transactions for listing on NASDAQ and the TSX, the continued accuracy of the representations and warranties of both parties, subject to specified materiality standards, and the performance in all material respects by both parties of their covenants and agreements. If the transactions are not completed by April 30, 2016, either Pozen or Tribute may choose not to proceed with the transactions and terminate the merger agreement. No assurance can be given that all of the conditions to the closing of the transactions will be satisfied or, if they are, as to the timing of such satisfaction. In addition, Pozen or Tribute may elect to terminate the merger agreement in certain other circumstances, including, but not limited to, a tax termination event, and the parties can mutually decide to terminate the merger agreement at any time prior to the completion of the merger, before or after the Pozen stockholder approval. See the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination" beginning on page 130 of this proxy statement/prospectus for a more complete description of these circumstances.

Obtaining required approvals necessary to satisfy the conditions to the completion of the transactions may delay or prevent completion of the transactions. Parent may be subject to a post-closing review by regulatory authorities in respect of Canadian competition matters.

        The transactions are subject to closing conditions, which include the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act, if applicable, obtaining of Pozen stockholder approval as well as obtaining Tribute shareholder approval.

        Under the HSR Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the FTC, Pozen and Tribute may be required to submit notifications and certain documents and information to the FTC and the Antitrust Division, and to observe a statutory waiting period, before completing the transactions. If notifications and submissions are required from Pozen and Tribute under the HSR Act, following those submissions the FTC or the Antitrust Division may open an investigation, issue a request for additional information and documentary materials, extend the statutory waiting period, or seek to prevent, delay, or otherwise restrain the completion of the transactions under the antitrust laws. No assurances can be given that the FTC or the Antitrust Division will not seek to take one or more of these steps. Similarly, no assurances can be given that the Pozen stockholders or Tribute shareholders will approve the transactions or that the other conditions to closing of the transactions will be satisfied. In the event Pozen's stockholders approve the merger, but Tribute's shareholders do not approve the arrangement, or if Proposals 2 and 3 are not approved by Pozen's stockholders and are not waived by the parties as a condition to closing, the transactions will not close.

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are likely to lessen or prevent competition substantially, the Canadian Competition Bureau may apply to the Competition Tribunal for an order preventing the closing of the transactions, or, after closing, an order requiring either divestiture of shares or assets or dissolution of the transactions. If such a post-closing investigation occurs, no assurances can be given that the Canadian Competition Bureau will agree with the conclusions of Pozen and Tribute or that the Canadian Competition Bureau will not seek to take one or more of these steps.

        See the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Conditions to the Completion of the Arrangement and the Merger" beginning on page 128 of this proxy statement/prospectus, for a discussion of the conditions to the completion of the merger, and the section entitled "The Transactions—Regulatory Approvals" beginning on page 102 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Pozen may waive one or more of the conditions to the transactions without resoliciting stockholder approval.

        Pozen may determine to waive, in whole or in part, one or more of the conditions to its obligations to complete the transactions, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Pozen will evaluate the materiality of any such waiver and its effect on its stockholders in light of the facts and circumstances at the time to determine whether any amendment of this proxy statement/prospectus and/or resolicitation of proxies is required or warranted. In some cases, if the Pozen board of directors determines that such a waiver is warranted, but that such waiver or its effect on its stockholders is not sufficiently material to warrant resolicitation of proxies, Pozen has the discretion to complete the transactions without seeking further stockholder approval. Any determination whether to waive any condition to the transactions or as to resoliciting stockholder approval or amending this proxy statement/prospectus as a result of a waiver will be made by Pozen at the time of such waiver based on the facts and circumstances as they exist at that time.

Certain changes in the U.S. federal tax laws on or before the closing date could jeopardize the consummation of the transactions.

        Pozen and/or Tribute are permitted to terminate the merger agreement if, prior to the closing date, there is (i) a change in U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective) or any official interpretations thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than IRS news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective) or (ii) a bill that would implement such a change that has been passed by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect, including causing Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, as further specified in the merger agreement.

Parent's status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes could be affected by IRS action or a change in U.S. tax law.

        Although Parent will be incorporated in Canada, the IRS may assert that Parent should be treated as a U.S. corporation (and, therefore, a U.S. tax resident) for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 7874 of the Code. A corporation generally is considered a tax resident in the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Because Parent is a Canadian incorporated entity, generally it would be classified as a foreign corporation (and, therefore, a non-U.S. tax resident) under these rules. Section 7874 provides an exception pursuant to which a foreign incorporated entity may, in certain circumstances, be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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        Under Section 7874 of the Code, Parent would be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes if the former stockholders of Pozen own (within the meaning of Section 7874) less than 80% (by both vote and value) of Parent Shares by reason of holding shares in Pozen (the "ownership test"). The Pozen stockholders are expected to own less than 80% (by both vote and value) of the shares in Parent after the transactions by reason of their ownership of shares of Pozen common stock. As a result, under current law, Parent is expected to be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with the position that the ownership test is satisfied. There is limited guidance regarding the application of Section 7874 of the Code, including with respect to the provisions regarding the application of the ownership test. Pozen's obligation to complete the transactions is conditional upon its receipt of the Section 7874 opinion from DLA Piper, dated as of the closing date and subject to certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein, to the effect that Section 7874 of the Code existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance should not apply in such a manner so as to cause Parent to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the closing date. However, an opinion of tax counsel is not binding on the IRS or a court. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a position contrary to DLA Piper's Section 7874 opinion or that a court will not agree with the IRS in the event of litigation.

The tax treatment of the merger to Pozen stockholders is uncertain and cannot be known until after the merger is completed.

        For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the merger is intended to qualify as a non-taxable "reorganization" in which (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into Pozen with Pozen as the surviving corporation in the merger, and (ii) Pozen stockholders will exchange their Pozen common stock for Parent Shares in the exchange. Under current U.S. federal income tax law, it is uncertain whether U.S. stockholders of Pozen will be required to recognize gain or loss on the exchange. It is expected that U.S. holders (as defined under the section entitled "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger" beginning on page 135 of this proxy statement/prospectus) of Pozen common stock will be required to recognize gain (but not loss) on the exchange. However, this result depends on whether the merger satisfies the Section 7874 ownership test. A final determination of the Section 7874 ownership test cannot be made until after the merger. If it is determined that the ownership test is not satisfied, such that Section 7874 and the regulations thereunder cause Parent to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the closing date, U.S. holders would not recognize gain or loss on the exchange.

Failure to complete the transactions could negatively impact the stock price and the future business and financial results of Pozen.

        If the transactions are not completed, the ongoing business of Pozen may be materially and adversely affected and, without realizing any of the benefits of having completed the transactions, Pozen will be subject to a number of risks, including the following:

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        In addition to the above risks, Pozen may be required to pay to Tribute a termination fee, which may materially adversely affect Pozen's financial results. See the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination" beginning on page 130 of this proxy statement/prospectus. If the transactions are not completed, these risks may materialize and may materially and adversely affect Pozen's business, financial results and share price.

The merger agreement contains provisions that restrict Pozen's ability to pursue alternatives to the transactions and, in specified circumstances, could require Pozen to pay Tribute a termination fee of up to $3.5 million.

        Under the merger agreement, Pozen is restricted, subject to certain exceptions, from initiating, soliciting, knowingly facilitating or knowingly encouraging, discussing or negotiating, or furnishing information with regard to, any inquiry, proposal or offer with respect to a Pozen acquisition proposal. Pozen may terminate the merger agreement in order to enter into an agreement with respect to a Pozen acquisition proposal that constitutes a Pozen superior proposal. If the Pozen board of directors (after consultation with Pozen's outside legal and financial advisors) determines in good faith that such Pozen acquisition proposal constitutes a Pozen superior proposal and the Pozen board of directors effects a Pozen change of recommendation, Tribute would be entitled to terminate the merger agreement. Under such circumstances, Pozen would be required to pay Tribute a termination fee equal to $3.5 million. Further, even if the Pozen board of directors withdraws or qualifies its recommendation with respect to the merger, it will still be required to submit the applicable matters to a vote at its meeting of stockholders. These provisions could discourage a third party that may have an interest in acquiring all or a significant part of Pozen from considering or proposing that acquisition, even if such third party were prepared to enter into a transaction that would be more favorable to Pozen and its stockholders than the merger and the arrangement. See the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination" beginning on page 130 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

While the transactions are pending, Pozen and Tribute will be subject to business uncertainties that could adversely affect their businesses.

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integration or a desire not to remain with the businesses, the business of Pozen or Tribute, as the case may be, could be materially adversely affected. In addition, the merger agreement restricts Pozen and Tribute, from taking specified actions until the merger occurs, without the consent of the other party. These restrictions may prevent Pozen from pursuing attractive business opportunities that may arise prior to the completion of the transactions. See the sections entitled "The Merger Agreement—Covenants—Pozen Interim Operating Covenants" and "The Merger Agreement—Covenants—Tribute Interim Operating Covenants" beginning on pages 113 and 116, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Loss of key personnel could impair the integration of the two businesses, lead to loss of customers and a decline in revenues, adversely affect the progress of pipeline products or otherwise adversely affect the operations of Pozen and Tribute.

        The success of the combined company will depend, in part, upon its ability to retain key employees, especially during the integration phase of the businesses of Pozen and Tribute. Current and prospective employees of Pozen and Tribute might experience uncertainty about their future roles with the combined company following completion of the merger, which might materially and adversely affect Pozen's and Tribute's ability to retain key managers and other employees. In addition, competition for qualified personnel in the pharmaceutical industry is very intense. If Pozen or Tribute lose key personnel or the combined company is unable to attract, retain and motivate qualified individuals or the associated costs to the combined company increase significantly, the combined company's business could be materially and adversely affected.

Pozen directors and officers will have interests in the transactions different from or in addition to the interests of Pozen stockholders.

        Certain of the directors and executive officers of Pozen negotiated the terms of the merger agreement, and the Pozen board of directors recommended that Pozen stockholders vote for adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby. These directors and executive officers may have interests in the transactions that are different from, or in addition to, those of Pozen stockholders. These interests include, but are not limited to, the treatment in the merger of options to purchase shares of Pozen common stock, shares of Pozen common stock subject to vesting or other lapse restrictions pursuant to the Pozen stock option plan, other Pozen stock-based awards, bonus awards, and other rights held by Pozen directors and executive officers, and the indemnification of former Pozen directors and officers by Parent. Pozen stockholders should be aware of these interests when they consider the Pozen board of directors' recommendation that they vote for adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby.

        The Pozen board of directors was aware of these interests when it declared the advisability of the merger agreement, determined that it was fair to Pozen stockholders and recommended that Pozen stockholders vote for adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby. The interests of Pozen directors and executive officers are described in more detail in the section entitled "Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger" beginning on page 170 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Pozen stockholders will have a reduced ownership and voting interest after the merger and will exercise less influence over management.

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merger constituting approximately 64% of the outstanding Parent Shares immediately after the transactions. After giving effect to the transactions and the Equity Financing and Debt Financing, the former stockholders of Pozen as a group will hold Parent Shares constituting approximately 48% of the outstanding Parent Shares. Because of this, Pozen stockholders will have less influence on the management and policies of Parent than they now have on the management and policies of Pozen.

        The relative ownership of Parent Shares by current Pozen stockholders and current Tribute shareholders referred to above is on an economic basis, and does not represent the analysis under Section 7874 of the Code, discussed throughout this proxy statement/prospectus, as to whether, following the merger, former stockholders of Pozen will own less than 80% (by both vote and value) of Parent Shares.

The opinions of Pozen's financial advisors do not reflect changes in circumstances between the signing of the original merger agreement and the completion of the merger.

        In connection with the execution of the original merger agreement, the Pozen board of directors received opinions of Guggenheim Securities and Deutsche Bank relating to the fairness of the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Parent Shares per Tribute common share (taking into account the merger), from a financial point of view, to Pozen stockholders (excluding Parent, Tribute and their respective affiliates).

        Pozen has not obtained updated opinions from Guggenheim Securities or Deutsche Bank (together, "Pozen's financial advisors") as of the date of the original merger agreement or the date of this proxy statement/prospectus and does not expect to receive updated opinions prior to the completion of the transactions. Changes in the operations and prospects of Pozen or Tribute, general market and economic conditions and other factors that may be beyond the control of Pozen or Tribute, and on which Pozen's financial advisors' opinions were based, may significantly alter the value of Parent, Pozen or Tribute or the prices of Parent Shares, Tribute common shares or shares of Pozen common stock by the time the transactions are completed. The opinions do not speak as of the time the transactions will be completed or as of any date, other than the date of such opinions. Because Pozen's financial advisors will not be updating their opinions, the opinions will not address the fairness of the exchange ratio at the time the merger is completed. The recommendation of the Pozen board of directors that Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the adoption of the merger agreement, however, is made as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. For a description of the opinions the Pozen board of directors received from Pozen's financial advisors, please refer to the section entitled "The Transactions—Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors" beginning on page 72 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Plaintiffs' law firms could commence litigation against Pozen or Tribute and an adverse ruling in any such potential lawsuit could prevent the transactions from being completed.

        One or more plaintiffs' law firms, or other law firms, could initiate litigation against Pozen, Pozen's directors, Tribute, or Tribute's directors and may seek to enjoin the proposed merger on the grounds that the Pozen board of directors breached its fiduciary duties by approving a proposed transaction that purportedly does not reflect the true value of Pozen or on any other grounds. One of the conditions to the closing of the transactions is that no order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) shall be in effect that prevents or prohibits completion of the merger or the arrangement. As such, if any such potential litigation is commenced and the plaintiffs involved therein are successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting us from completing the transactions, then such injunction may prevent the merger from becoming effective, or from becoming effective within the expected time frame.

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Dividends paid by Parent to Non-Canadian residents will be subject to Canadian dividend withholding tax.

        Dividend withholding tax (currently at a rate of 25%) will arise in respect of dividends paid on Parent Shares to shareholders who are not residents of Canada. The rate of withholding is subject to reduction under the applicable provision of an applicable income tax convention. For example, for residents of the United States, the rate will generally be 15%. See the section entitled Certain Canadian Income Tax Considerations—Non-Residents of Canada—Dividends beginning on page 146 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Section 7874 of the Code likely will limit Pozen's ability to utilize certain U.S. tax attributes to offset certain U.S. taxable income, if any, generated by the transactions or certain specified transactions for a period of time following the transaction.

        Following the acquisition of a U.S. corporation by a foreign corporation, Section 7874 of the Code may limit the ability of the acquired U.S. corporation and its U.S. affiliates to utilize certain U.S. tax attributes such as net operating losses to offset U.S. taxable income resulting from certain transactions. Based on the limited guidance available, Pozen currently expects that following the merger, this limitation will apply and, as a result, Pozen currently does not expect that it will be able to utilize certain U.S. tax attributes to offset U.S. taxable income, if any, resulting from certain specified taxable transactions.

Parent's tax position may be adversely affected by changes in tax law relating to multinational corporations, or increased scrutiny by tax authorities.

        Under current law, Parent is expected to be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes. However, changes to the rules in Section 7874 of the Code or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder could adversely affect Parent's status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes, and any such changes could have prospective or retroactive application. In addition, recent legislative proposals have aimed to expand the scope of U.S. corporate tax residence, and such legislation, if passed, could have an adverse effect on Parent.

        Moreover, the U.S. Congress, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and other government agencies in jurisdictions where Parent and its affiliates do business have had an extended focus on issues related to the taxation of multinational corporations. One example is in the area of "base erosion and profit shifting", where payments are made between affiliates from a jurisdiction with high tax rates to a jurisdiction with lower tax rates. As a result, the tax laws in the U.S. and other countries in which Parent and its affiliates do business could change on a prospective or retroactive basis, and any such changes could adversely affect Parent.

         It is recommended that each stockholder consult his or her own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of holding Parent Shares in and receiving dividends from Parent.

Risks Relating to the Businesses of the Combined Company

The market price for Parent Shares following the completion of the transactions may be affected by factors different from those that historically have affected Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares.

        Upon completion of the merger, holders of Pozen common stock will become holders of Parent Shares. Parent's businesses will differ from those of Pozen and, accordingly, the results of operations of Parent will be affected by some factors that are different from those currently affecting the results of operations of Pozen. The results of operations of the combined company may also be affected by factors different from those currently affecting Tribute. For a discussion of the businesses of Pozen and Tribute and of some important factors to consider in connection with those businesses, see the documents incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus and referred to under the

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section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Pozen and Tribute may fail to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the transactions or those benefits may take longer to realize than expected. The combined company may also encounter significant difficulties in integrating the two businesses.

        The ability of the combined company, Parent, to realize the anticipated benefits of the transactions will depend, to a large extent, on the combined company's ability to integrate the businesses of Pozen and Tribute. The combination of two independent businesses is a complex, costly and time-consuming process. As a result, Parent will be required to devote significant management attention and resources to integrating their business practices and operations. The integration process may disrupt the businesses and, if implemented ineffectively, would restrict the realization of the full expected benefits. The failure to meet the challenges involved in integrating the two businesses and to realize the anticipated benefits of the transaction could cause an interruption of, or a loss of momentum in, the activities of the combined company and could adversely affect the results of operations of the combined company.

        In addition, the overall integration of the businesses may result in material unanticipated problems, expenses, liabilities, competitive responses, loss of customer relationships and diversion of management's attention. The difficulties of combining the operations of the companies include, among others:

        Many of these factors will be outside the control of Pozen, Tribute or Parent, and any one of them could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues and diversion of management's time and energy, which could materially impact the business, financial condition and results of operations of the combined company. In addition, even if the operations of the businesses of Pozen and Tribute are integrated successfully, the full benefits of the transactions may not be realized, including the synergies, cost savings or sales or growth opportunities that are expected. These benefits may not be achieved within the anticipated time frame, or at all. Additional unanticipated costs may be incurred in the integration of the businesses of Pozen and Tribute. All of these factors could cause dilution to the earnings per share of the combined company, decrease or delay the expected accretive effect of the transactions and negatively impact the price of Parent Shares following the transactions. As a result, we cannot assure you that the combination of Pozen and Tribute will result in the realization of the full benefits anticipated from the transactions.

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        The benefits described in this proxy statement/prospectus are also subject to a variety of other factors, many of which are beyond Pozen's and Tribute's ability to control, such as changes in the rate of economic growth in jurisdictions in which the combined company will do business, the financial performance of the combined business in various jurisdictions, currency exchange rate fluctuations, and significant changes in trade, monetary or fiscal policies, including changes in interest rates, and tax law of the jurisdictions in which the combined company will do business. The impact of these factors, individually and in the aggregate, is difficult to predict, in part because the occurrence of the events or circumstances described in such factors may be interrelated, and the impact to the combined company of the occurrence of any one of these events or circumstances could be compounded or, alternatively, reduced, offset, or more than offset, by the occurrence of one or more of the other events or circumstances described in such factors.

Pozen and Tribute will incur direct and indirect costs as a result of the transactions.

        Pozen and Tribute will incur substantial expenses in connection with completion of the transactions, and over a period of time following the completion of the transactions, Parent further expects to incur substantial expenses in connection with coordinating the businesses, operations, policies and procedures of Pozen and Tribute. While Parent has assumed that a certain level of transaction and coordination expenses will be incurred, there are a number of factors beyond Parent's control that could affect the total amount or the timing of these transaction and coordination expenses. Many of the expenses that will be incurred, by their nature, are difficult to estimate accurately. These expenses may exceed the costs historically borne by Pozen and Tribute.

If the transactions are completed, Parent will incur a substantial amount of debt, which could restrict its ability to engage in additional transactions or incur additional indebtedness.

        In connection with the transactions, Tribute (prior to the effectiveness of the arrangement) and Parent (following the effectiveness of the arrangement) will borrow up to $275 million under the Facility Agreement. Following completion of the transactions, the combined company will have a significant amount of indebtedness outstanding. This substantial level of indebtedness could have important consequences for the combined company's business, including making it more difficult to satisfy its obligations, increasing its vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions, limiting its flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in its business and the industry in which it operates and restricting it from pursuing certain business opportunities. These limitations could reduce the benefits Parent expects to achieve from the transactions or impede its ability to engage in future business opportunities or strategic acquisitions. In addition, the terms of such financing will include restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit Parent's ability to engage in certain business transactions or incur additional indebtedness.

Tribute's and Pozen's actual financial positions and results of operations may differ materially from the pro forma financial statements included in this proxy statement/prospectus.

        The pro forma financial statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus are presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be an indication of what Parent's financial position or results of operations would have been had the transactions been completed on the dates indicated. The pro forma financial statements have been derived from the audited and unaudited historical financial statements of Pozen and Tribute and certain adjustments and assumptions have been made regarding the combined company after giving effect to the transactions. The assets and liabilities of Pozen have been measured at fair value based on various preliminary estimates using assumptions that Parent's management believes are reasonable utilizing information currently available. The process for estimating the fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities requires the use of judgment in determining the appropriate assumptions and estimates. These estimates and assumptions may be

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revised as additional information becomes available and as additional analyses are performed. Differences between preliminary estimates in the pro forma financial statements and the final acquisition accounting will occur and could have a material impact on the pro forma financial statements and the combined company's financial position and future results of operations.

        In addition, the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements may not prove to be accurate, and other factors may affect the combined company's financial condition or results of operations following the transactions. Any potential decline in Parent's financial condition or results of operations may cause significant variations in the share price of Parent following the transactions. See the section entitled "Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information" beginning on page 181 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

The transactions may not be accretive and may cause dilution to Parent's earnings per share, which may negatively affect the market price of Parent Shares following the transactions.

        Although Parent currently anticipates that the transactions will be accretive to earnings per share from and after the transactions, this expectation is based on preliminary estimates which may change materially.

        As described below and based on the assumptions in the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders" beginning on page 106 of this proxy statement/prospectus, Parent expects to issue up to a maximum of 72.66 million Parent Shares (which exclude future option and warrant exercises) in connection with completion of the transactions. The issuance of these new Parent Shares could have the effect of depressing the market price of Parent Shares. The number of Parent Shares ultimately issuable is dependent upon the market price of the Pozen common stock and the Tribute common shares prior to closing and cannot be determined at this time.

        In addition, Parent could also encounter additional transaction-related costs or other factors such as the failure to realize all of the benefits anticipated in the transactions. All of these factors could cause dilution to Parent's earnings per share or decrease or delay the expected accretive effect of the transactions and cause a decrease in the market price of Parent Shares following the transactions.

The financial analyses and projections considered by Pozen and its financial advisors may not be realized.

        The financial analyses and projections considered by Pozen and Pozen's financial advisors reflect numerous estimates and assumptions that are inherently uncertain with respect to industry performance and competition, general business, economic, market and financial conditions and matters specific to Pozen's and Tribute's businesses, including the factors described or referenced under "Forward-Looking Statements" and/or listed in this proxy statement/prospectus under the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 42, all of which are difficult to predict, and many of which are beyond our control. The financial analyses presented by Pozen's financial advisors to the Pozen board of directors speak only as of that date and do not reflect any amendments to the original merger agreement. There can be no assurance that the financial analyses and projections considered by Pozen and Pozen's financial advisors will be realized or that actual results will not materially vary from such financial analyses and projections. In addition, since the financial projections cover multiple years, such information by its nature becomes less predictive with each successive year.

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Risks Related to the Parent Shares

The Parent Shares that may be received by Pozen stockholders in connection with the merger will have different rights from shares of Pozen common stock.

        Upon completion of the merger, the rights of former Pozen stockholders who become Parent shareholders will be governed by Parent's Notice of Articles and Articles and by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The rights associated with shares of Pozen common stock are different from the rights associated with Parent Shares. See the section entitled "Comparison of the Rights of Parent Shareholders and Pozen Stockholders" beginning on page 204 of this proxy statement/prospectus for a discussion of the different rights associated with Parent Shares and shares of Pozen common stock.

Parent does not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, and you must rely on increases in the trading price of the Parent Shares for returns on your investment.

        Parent has never paid cash dividends on Parent Shares and does not expect to pay dividends in the immediate future. Parent anticipates that it will retain all earnings, if any, to support its operations. Any future determination as to the payment of dividends will, subject to Canadian legal requirements, be at the sole discretion of Parent's board of directors and will depend on Parent's financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors Parent's board of directors deems relevant. Holders of Parent Shares must rely on increases in the trading price of their shares for returns on their investment in the foreseeable future. In addition, the Facility Agreement prohibits Parent from making any cash dividend or distributing any of its assets, including its intangibles, to any of its shareholders in such capacity or its affiliates, subject to certain exceptions. The Facility Agreement also includes restrictions on Parent from incurring liens and undertaking indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions, which limitations may further impact the ability of Parent to pay any future dividends.

Other Risk Factors

        Pozen's, Tribute's and Parent's businesses are and will be subject to the risks described above. In addition, Pozen's and Tribute's businesses are, and will continue to be, subject to the risks described in Pozen's and Tribute's respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as updated by subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, all of which are filed with the SEC and, in the case of Tribute, also under Tribute's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus. See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 for the location of information incorporated by reference in this proxy statement/prospectus.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This proxy statement/prospectus and the documents incorporated in this proxy statement/prospectus by reference contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the transactions, the financing of the transactions, Pozen and Tribute's expected future performance (including, but not limited to, any projections or prospective financial information, expected results of operations and financial guidance), and the combined company's future financial condition, operating results, strategy and plans. Statements including words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," "plan," "will," "may," "look forward," "intend," "guidance," "future" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Because these statements reflect Pozen and Tribute's current views, expectations and beliefs concerning future events, these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Although Pozen and Tribute believe that these forward-looking statements and information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, readers should not place undue reliance on them, or any other forward-looking statements or information in this proxy statement/prospectus. Investors should note that many factors, as more fully described in the documents filed by Tribute with the SEC, including under the heading "Risk Factors" in Tribute's Form 10-K, 10-Q and Form 8-K filings, as applicable, as well as the securities regulators in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") and as otherwise enumerated herein or therein, and by Pozen with the SEC, including under the heading "Risk Factors" in Pozen's Form 10-K, 10-Q and Form 8-K filings, as applicable, and as otherwise enumerated herein or therein, could affect future financial results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements contained in this communication. Important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results include, but are not limited to:

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        Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results, performance or achievements of Parent. All forward-looking statements attributable to Parent, Pozen or Tribute or any person acting on either of their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Parent, Pozen and Tribute do not assume any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.

THE PARTIES TO THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., replacing Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc (formerly Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited and Aguono Limited)

2800 Park Place
666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada V6C 2Z7
(604) 687-9444

        Parent is a corporation formed on December 2, 2015 under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. To date, Parent has not conducted any material activities other than those incident to its formation, the execution of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the taking of certain steps in connection thereto.

        It is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares be approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance, and conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX, and Parent has reserved the symbols "ARLZ" and "ARZ", respectively. It is also expected that after consummation of the transactions, Parent's financial statements to be filed with the SEC will be audited by Ernst & Young LLP, a U.S. PCAOB registered firm.

ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., replacing ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement

c/o POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

        US Merger Sub is a Delaware corporation, initially formed as a sister company to Parent and currently an indirect subsidiary of Parent, incorporated on August 13, 2015. On August 19, 2015, pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement, US Merger Sub replaced ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. in order to optimize the corporate structure of the Parent in the future. To date,

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US Merger Sub has not conducted any activities other than those incident to its formation, the execution of Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the taking of certain steps in connection thereto.

ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp.

c/o POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

        Can Merger Sub is a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario on June 5, 2015 and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent. To date, Can Merger Sub has not conducted any activities other than those incident to its formation, the execution of the merger agreement and the taking of certain steps in connection thereto.

        See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

POZEN Inc.

1414 Raleigh Rd, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
(919) 913-1030

        POZEN Inc., which we refer to as Pozen, is a Delaware corporation. Pozen is a specialty pharmaceutical company that to date has historically focused on developing novel therapeutics for unmet medical needs and licensing those products to other pharmaceutical companies for commercialization. By utilizing a unique in-source model and focusing on integrated therapies, Pozen has successfully developed and obtained FDA approval of two self-invented products. Funded by milestones/royalty streams, Pozen has created a portfolio of cost-effective, evidence-based integrated aspirin therapies. Since its founding in 1996, Pozen has had a long, successful history of creating novel pharmacologic agents by combining existing drug therapies that result in superior patient outcomes. This approach allows for a potentially higher success rate than NCE (new chemical entity) development. Pozen's lead product candidate PA32540 (YOSPRALA) is a component of Pozen's pipeline of cost-effective, integrated therapies that are designed to enable the full power of aspirin by reducing its GI damage—with the potential to benefit the millions of Americans who use aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention.

        Pozen common stock is currently listed on NASDAQ under the symbol "POZN".

Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. (expected to be renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.)

151 Steeles Avenue East
Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 1Y1
(905) 876-3166

        Tribute is a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario. Tribute is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on the acquisition, licensing, development and promotion of healthcare products in Canada and the U.S. markets.

        Tribute markets Cambia® (diclofenac potassium for oral solution), Bezalip® SR (bezafibrate), Soriatane® (acitretin), NeoVisc® (1.0% sodium hyaluronate solution), Uracyst® (sodium chondroitin sulfate solution 2%), Fiorinal®, Fiorinal® C, Visken®, Viskazide®, Collatamp® G, Durela®, Proferrin®, Iberogast®, MoviPrep®, Normacol®, Resultz®, Pegalax®, Balanse®, Balanse® Kids, Diaflor™, Mutaflor®,

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and Purfem® in the Canadian market. Additionally, NeoVisc® and Uracyst® are commercially available and are sold globally through various international partnerships. Tribute also has the exclusive U.S. rights to Fibricor® and its related authorized generic. In addition, it has the exclusive U.S. rights to develop and commercialize Bezalip SR in the U.S. and has the exclusive right to sell bilastine, a product licensed from Faes Farma for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives), in Canada. The exclusive license is inclusive of prescription and non-prescription rights for bilastine, as well as adult and pediatric presentations in Canada. Bilastine is subject to receiving Canadian regulatory approval. Tribute also has the Canadian rights to ibSium®, which was approved in Canada in June 2015 and two additional pipeline products including Octasa® and BedBugz™, both of which are pending submission to Health Canada.

        Tribute common shares are currently traded on the TSXV under the symbol "TRX" and quoted on the OTCQX under the symbol "TBUFF". After the closing of the transactions, it is expected that Tribute's name will be changed to Aralez Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc.

        Below is a complete corporate chart of Parent and its subsidiaries immediately following the effective time of the transactions:

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PROPOSAL 1: VOTE OF POZEN STOCKHOLDERS TO ADOPT THE MERGER AGREEMENT AND APPROVE THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

        The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock outstanding on the record date and entitled to vote is required for the approval of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

The Pozen board of directors recommends that the Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

THE TRANSACTIONS

The Merger and the Arrangement

        In order to effect the combination of Pozen and Tribute, US Merger Sub, an indirect subsidiary of Parent, will be merged with and into Pozen. Pozen will be the surviving corporation and, through the merger, will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Following the merger, Pozen common stock will be delisted from NASDAQ and deregistered under the Exchange Act and cease to be publicly traded. The acquisition of Pozen will be effected under Delaware law. In accordance with the merger agreement and immediately preceding the merger, Can Merger Sub and Tribute will amalgamate by way of a court approved plan of arrangement. Upon completion of the arrangement, the separate legal existence of Tribute and Can Merger Sub will cease, and Tribute and Can Merger Sub will continue as Amalco, with the property of Tribute and Can Merger Sub becoming the property of Amalco. Upon completion of the arrangement, Amalco will become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders

        In the merger, Pozen stockholders will have the right, with respect to their shares of Pozen common stock, to receive the merger consideration which will consist of one Parent Share for every share of Pozen common stock.

Background of the Transactions

        As part of the ongoing evaluation of Pozen's business, members of Pozen's senior management and the Pozen board of directors, have periodically reviewed and assessed Pozen's financial performance and operations, financial condition and industry and regulatory developments in the context of Pozen's mid to long-term strategic goals and plans, including the consideration of potential opportunities to enhance shareholder value through licensing transactions, acquisitions, business combinations and other financial and strategic alternatives.

        On November 29, 2014, Pozen entered into a termination agreement with sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC which terminated the License and Collaboration Agreement between the parties relating to the development and commercialization of Pozen's lead and only late-stage product candidate, YOSPRALA. YOSPRALA remained subject to a pending new drug application ("NDA") with the FDA. Pozen received a complete response letter ("CRL") from the FDA in April 2014. The CRL primarily addressed concerns regarding an inspection of the outsourced manufacturing facility for aspirin, one of the product's active pharmaceutical ingredients, that concluded with certain inspection deficiencies, including, among others, deficiencies with respect to its reprocessing procedures for intermediates, deficiencies relating to control and protection of raw data, and failure to follow its procedures for handling customer complaints. In June 2014, Pozen resubmitted the NDA and the FDA notified Pozen that a new action fee date of December 30, 2014 was established.

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        Prior to the return of YOSPRALA to Pozen pursuant to the termination agreement with sanofi-aventis, Pozen had reduced operating expenses and curtailed research and development activities. Pozen had also previously distributed excess cash to its stockholders. For example, in December 2013, Pozen made a special distribution of $1.75 per share of Pozen common stock, or an aggregate of $53.7 million, to its stockholders. Pozen continued to consider distributing the balance of its cash to be received from its partnership agreements to its stockholders, as and when appropriate.

        However, following the return of YOSPRALA to Pozen, Pozen needed to reconsider such strategy. Pozen had limited commercialization experience among its management team and insufficient capital, at that time, to bring YOSPRALA to market, if and when approved. In late November 2014, Pozen contacted Guggenheim Securities, a financial advisor with significant life sciences and mergers and acquisitions experience and familiar with Pozen, to assist the Pozen board of directors in evaluating Pozen's future strategic options and direction.

        On December 17, 2014, Pozen announced the receipt of a second CRL from the FDA pertaining to YOSPRALA. The CRL issued by the FDA indicated that the FDA's review was completed and questions remained concerning the outsourced manufacturing facility for the active pharmaceutical ingredient, aspirin, that precluded the approval of the NDA in its current form. As a result, approval of the NDA and subsequent launch of YOSPRALA was indefinitely delayed pending resolution by the outsourced manufacturer of the issues raised by the FDA.

        On February 27, 2015, the active ingredient supplier received a warning letter relating to those inspection deficiencies identified in the November 2014 inspection which the FDA believed had not been adequately addressed. The active ingredient supplier subsequently submitted a plan of corrective actions to address the matters raised in the warning letter to the FDA and has since received a communication from the FDA stating that, based upon the FDA's review of the proposed corrective and preventive actions, the proposed actions appear adequate to address the April 2014 inspectional deficiencies, pending verification during reinspection.

        On January 7, 2015, Guggenheim Securities was formally engaged by Pozen to assist Pozen in the evaluation of strategic alternatives for the company and its products (the "Review of Alternatives").

        In January 2015, in furtherance of a potential strategy to bolster the Pozen management team with commercial expertise as more fully discussed below, Mr. Lee introduced Dr. Plachetka and other members of the board of directors of Pozen to Adrian Adams (an experienced executive and then-Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company). Auxilium was in the process of being acquired by Endo International plc. Mr. Lee previously knew Mr. Adams when Mr. Adams was Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company acquired by Merck & Co., Inc. Mr. Lee is a former director and Chairman of the board of Inspire.

        As early as January 2015, Mr. Adams, in preparing for future career plans upon the completion of the sale of Auxilium to Endo, was exploring various possible opportunities which included early stage discussions with QLT Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, and Deerfield Partners, a healthcare-focused investment fund, with whom Mr. Adams had relationships in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Auxilium. Previously on June 25, 2014, Auxilium and QLT announced that the parties had agreed to a business combination whereby Auxilium would acquire QLT. On October 8, 2014, Auxilium announced that it had terminated the proposed combination transaction with QLT and entered into a business combination transaction with Endo whereby Endo would acquire Auxilium. On January 29, 2015, Endo acquired Auxilium. At or around this time, Mr. Adams was also introduced to Tribute by Greenhill & Co., financial advisors to QLT.

        In January and February 2015, at the direction of the Pozen board of directors, Guggenheim Securities initiated an outreach to third parties in the industry with potential interest in a transaction with Pozen. At that time, Pozen's board of directors appointed a transaction committee comprised of

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Dr. Plachetka, Mr. Lee and Mr. Kirsch (the "transaction committee") to evaluate strategic alternatives for the company. The board of directors determined that each member of the transaction committee, with the exception of Dr. Plachetka, was independent as that term is defined under the applicable independence listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Market. The board of directors also determined that there were no conflicts of interest that would preclude the members of the transaction committee from evaluating strategic alternatives for the company in good faith. During this time, Mr. Adams continued exploring potential opportunities involving QLT, Deerfield and Tribute. Mr. Adams began considering a larger platform involving Tribute and Pozen for which QLT and Deerfield could provide financing.

        In parallel with the Review of Alternatives, the Pozen board of directors considered a self-commercialization of YOSPRALA in contrast to its historical business model and strategy, inclusive of the need to raise significant capital and engage in substantial restructuring of its senior management and commercial teams, with the goal of retaining individuals with expertise in launch and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. During the month of February, Pozen's board of directors and the transaction committee held several informal meetings to consider self-commercialization and the restructuring of the Pozen management team. During such time, Pozen's board of directors interviewed several potential chief executive officer candidates. One of the potential chief executive officer candidates under consideration was Mr. Adams.

        In February 2015, Mr. Adams, introduced Pozen's board of directors to a potential combination transaction involving Tribute as a potential target and contemporaneous debt and equity private placements to fund future merger and acquisition, commercialization and development activities of this proposed new combined company. Mr. Adams introduced Deerfield Partners and QLT to Pozen as potential investors that had expressed interest in providing exchangeable debt and equity financing with Deerfield also providing a line of credit to a proposed new combined company comprised of Pozen and Tribute.

        On February 11, 2015, Pozen and Tribute executed a non-disclosure agreement. Dr. Plachetka, Mr. Lee and Mr. Kirsch had previously met with Mr. Adams and Andrew Koven (an experienced executive including most recently the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Auxilium) during the JPMorgan healthcare conference in January 2015.

        Leading up to the March 5, 2015 meeting of the Pozen board of directors, the Pozen board of directors and the transaction committee continued to consider the self-commercialization option for Pozen, including public and private equity financing to fund future commercialization, as well as potential candidates to restructure Pozen's management team, including chief executive officer, chief commercialization officer and chief operating officer candidates.

        On March 5, 2015, at an in-person meeting of the Pozen board of directors with management and representatives of Guggenheim Securities and DLA Piper, counsel to Pozen, Messrs. Adams and Koven presented an overview of a potential transaction with Tribute and contemporaneous debt and equity private placements of the new combined company. At that meeting, the board of directors also considered other strategic alternatives, including the acquisition of developmental products, self-commercialization and the restructure of Pozen's management team.

        On March 10, 2015, having held several informal meetings of the Pozen board of directors and the transaction committee, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with Pozen management and DLA Piper and decided to explore a transaction with Tribute and an advisory relationship with Messrs. Adams and Koven, as well as other potential strategic alternatives, including self-commercialization with a restructuring of Pozen's management team.

        On March 13, 2015, during a special telephonic meeting with management, DLA Piper and Guggenheim Securities, Guggenheim Securities provided the Pozen board of directors with an update on the Review of Alternatives. Guggenheim Securities detailed their current market outreach activities

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conducted on behalf of the Pozen board of directors and the lack of interest received. Since February 2015, Guggenheim Securities had contacted over 40 third parties on behalf of Pozen regarding a potential transaction, but did not receive any acquisition or partnering offers or other indications of interest at that time. The Pozen board of directors continued to consider the potential transaction with Tribute and an advisory relationship with Messrs. Adams and Koven.

        On March 17, 2015, members of the transaction committee participated in an in-person meeting with Messrs. Adams and Koven and Guggenheim Securities to discuss the proposed transaction with Tribute, as well as forecasts for YOSPRALA and the potential combined company and future financing options for such combined company.

        On March 20, 2015 Deerfield formally presented to the members of the transaction committee and confirmed its interest in investing in and supporting a proposed transaction among Pozen and Tribute, and a new company to be led by Messrs. Adams and Koven.

        On March 23, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held special telephonic meetings with Guggenheim Securities and DLA Piper to discuss the potential transaction with Tribute. The Pozen board of directors also considered the benefits of engaging Messrs. Adams and Koven as consultants to Pozen to assist the Pozen board of directors in evaluating and negotiating a potential transaction with Tribute. The Pozen board of directors authorized the management team and the transaction committee to begin negotiating consulting agreements with Messrs. Adams and Koven. The Pozen board of directors also authorized the transaction committee and certain members of the management team to schedule an in-person meeting with Tribute to introduce the parties and begin due diligence activities.

        On March 24, 2015, management and representatives of Pozen, DLA Piper, Guggenheim Securities and Messrs. Adams and Koven, as well as representatives of QLT and Greenhill & Co., held a teleconference to review and discuss a proposal from QLT concerning a possible structure to a potential transaction involving Pozen and Tribute with contemporaneous debt and equity private placements.

        On March 27, 2015, management and representatives of Pozen, including members of the transaction committee, DLA Piper, Guggenheim Securities and Messrs. Adams and Koven, and Tribute held a reciprocal, in-person management presentation and due diligence meeting in Milton, Ontario. At the meeting, among other things, Pozen confirmed that Tribute was in the midst of an acquisition of assets relating to Fibricor, a cardiovascular product marketed in the United States, in addition to other business development activities including ongoing interactions with MFI.

        On March 29, 2015, March 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 the Pozen board of directors held special in-person meetings with Guggenheim Securities, DLA Piper and Messrs. Adams and Koven. At these meetings, the Pozen board of directors received updates from Guggenheim Securities on the Review of Alternatives and current market outreach activities. To date, Pozen had not received any acquisition or partnering offers or other indications of interest. The Pozen board of directors continued its consideration of a potential transaction with Tribute, as well as pursuit of self-commercialization of YOSPRALA. The Pozen board of directors, in executive session, also considered the proposed terms of consulting arrangements between the company and each of Messrs. Adams and Koven, with the possibility that they would become the Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively, of a combined company following execution of a definitive acquisition agreement with Tribute, to the extent the Pozen board of directors pursued a transaction with Tribute. However, the Pozen board of directors also believed Messrs. Adams and Koven would provide valuable assistance to Pozen even if Pozen did not further pursue a transaction with Tribute. On March 31, 2015, the Pozen board of directors approved the forms of consulting agreements and authorized management to enter into such agreements with Messrs. Adams and Koven.

        On April 2, 2015, Pozen retained each of Adrian Adams and Andrew Koven as consultants to Pozen.

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        On April 6, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with management, Messrs. Adams and Koven, Guggenheim Securities and DLA Piper. At such meeting, Mr. Adams, with the assistance of Guggenheim Securities, presented an update concerning the proposed transaction with Tribute and due diligence undertaken to date. The Pozen board of directors also discussed potential timing for the submission of an indication of interest to Tribute.

        On April 9, 2015, Guggenheim Securities received a non-binding term sheet from Greenhill (on behalf of QLT and Deerfield) describing potential and structure to the proposed equity and debt private placements of the new combined company.

        On April 14, 2015, the Pozen transaction committee held a special telephonic meeting with management, Messrs. Adams and Koven and representatives of Guggenheim Securities and DLA Piper to discuss the non-binding term sheets received from Greenhill.

        On April 16, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with management, Messrs. Adams and Koven and representatives of Guggenheim Securities, DLA Piper and Ernst & Young LLP, Pozen's independent auditors ("E&Y"). During the meeting, management and Messrs. Adams and Koven updated the Pozen board of directors on the discussions with Tribute and the transaction status, the status of the due diligence undertaken to date and the participants discussed a potential indication of interest. Guggenheim Securities presented its preliminary financial analysis of the proposed Tribute exchange ratio to the Pozen board of directors. Following a discussion, the Pozen board of directors authorized management to submit a non-binding indication of interest to acquire Tribute.

        On April 17, 2015, Pozen submitted a written indication of interest to Tribute which included a proposed exchange ratio of 0.0969x, implying a Tribute price per share of $0.925 (CAD) and an 8.4% discount to the closing price of $1.01 (CAD). At that time, it was contemplated that Tribute would close the acquisition of Fibricor and related financing prior to the transaction with Pozen. Tribute indicated that it was not interested in pursuing a transaction based on the proposed terms and proceeded to focus on running its business, negotiating the acquisition of Fibricor and arranging related financing, but allowed Pozen to continue to conduct its due diligence on Tribute.

        Between April 17, 2015 and May 11, 2015, the Pozen board of directors and the transaction committee held several special telephonic meetings with management, Messrs. Adams and Koven, Guggenheim Securities, DLA Piper and E&Y to discuss the potential transaction with Tribute and provide updates on due diligence activities. During such time, Pozen and its advisors continued to conduct due diligence on Tribute.

        On April 24, 2015, Pozen participated in a process conference call with representatives of Tribute, and on April 27, 2015, Pozen's advisors participated in a process conference call with Tribute's financial and legal advisors. Over the following weeks Pozen continued its due diligence on Tribute and provided reverse due diligence information to Tribute.

        On April 27, 2015, Pozen amended Guggenheim Securities' engagement letter to formally engage Guggenheim Securities as a financial advisor to Pozen in connection with the potential transaction with Tribute pursuant to an amended engagement agreement.

        On April 28, 2015, at the direction of the Pozen board of directors, Guggenheim Securities initiated an outreach to two additional potential investors, referred to herein as Investor A and Investor B, in an effort to (i) conduct a competitive assessment of QLT and Deerfield's financing proposal; and (ii) potentially improve the terms of such financing proposal. Following the initial outreach by Guggenheim Securities, Investor A and Investor B each entered into a confidentiality agreement with Pozen and subsequently engaged in due diligence. Investor A and Investor B are investment funds focused on the global healthcare industry with assets under management in excess of $1 billion each.

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        On May 4, 2015, Pozen provided Tribute with an initial draft of a merger agreement.

        On May 7, 2015, Investor A provided a written financing proposal to Pozen and Investor B provided a verbal financing proposal to Pozen. Over the course of the following days, Guggenheim Securities held discussions with Investor A, Investor B and Greenhill and Deerfield to negotiate terms of the various financing proposals. After conducting the negotiations, Pozen received revised proposals from Investor A as well as QLT and Deerfield.

        On May 12, 2015, representatives of Pozen and Tribute and their advisors participated in a reverse due diligence conference call. Concurrently, Guggenheim Securities reviewed with the Pozen board of directors the Deerfield and QLT financing proposal and the two competing proposals. The proposal from QLT and Deerfield consisted of up to $150 million in exchangeable debt and equity and a $200 million line of credit for future acquisitions. The proposal from Investor A provided up to $100 million in gross proceeds, and as compared to the Deerfield and QLT proposal, had a higher coupon and substantially more restrictive covenants on Pozen prior to closing, as well as on the combined company following the closing of the transaction. The verbal proposal from Investor B provided up to $225 million in gross proceeds, and as compared to the Deerfield and QLT proposal, had a higher coupon, offered limited amount of detail on specific terms and was subject to three weeks of additional due diligence. With the assistance of Guggenheim Securities, the Pozen board of directors reviewed all of the proposals and determined that the QLT and Deerfield proposal represented the most favorable option with respect to terms, certainty and strategy of the combined company. Having negotiated with Deerfield and QLT and improved the terms of their financing proposal, the Pozen board of directors, on the recommendation of Guggenheim Securities, decided that it was appropriate to proceed with negotiations of the definitive financing documentation with Deerfield and QLT.

        On May 13, 2015, Deutsche Bank was engaged as an additional financial advisor to provide a separate fairness opinion to the Pozen board of directors in connection with the potential transaction with Tribute.

        On May 21, 2015, Tribute announced the acquisition of the Fibricor assets for the aggregate consideration of $10 million and related equity private placement of approximately $12 million (CAD).

        Also on May 21, 2015, Pozen received a non-binding indication of interest to acquire Pozen from a private investment fund. The offer consisted of $7.65 in cash and a $1.00 contingent value right ("CVR") (tied to commercial success of YOSPRALA) and implied a 15% 1-day premium excluding the CVR and 30% 1-day premium including the CVR, and was conditioned on five weeks of exclusivity and further due diligence. The private investment fund was offered an opportunity to conduct due diligence on Pozen without exclusivity.

        During the last week of May 2015, Tribute informed Pozen that it had won the auction process for the acquisition of MFI, a private Canadian pharmaceutical company. Tribute's proposed purchase price for MFI was $27.5 million (CAD) and consisted of stock, cash, seller financing and contingent payments. During the last week of May 2015, Tribute, Pozen and their respective advisors negotiated the draft merger agreement.

        On May 29, 2015, the transaction committee held a meeting with Messrs. Adams and Koven, Guggenheim Securities and DLA Piper to discuss, among other things, recent diligence results on Tribute as well as updated financial projections of Tribute reflecting Bezalip SR, Tribute's pipeline product for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia.

        On May 30, 2015 and May 31, 2015, the transaction committee held various telephonic meetings with management, Messrs. Adams and Koven, and representatives of Pozen's financial advisors and DLA Piper. At the meetings, the transaction committee discussed the potential transaction with Tribute, the status of the due diligence undertaken to date and the relative valuations thereof in light of the proposed MFI transaction. On May 31, 2015, following discussion, the transaction committee

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authorized management to revise its non-binding indication of interest to acquire Tribute (taking into account the increased value resulting from the potential acquisition of MFI).

        Also on May 31, 2015, Messrs. Adams and Koven telephonically joined a meeting of the Tribute board of directors to present the strategic vision of the combined entity.

        On June 1, 2015, Pozen announced the retirement of its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, John R. Plachetka, and appointment of Adrian Adams as the new Chief Executive Officer and a director of Pozen, as well as Andrew Koven as Pozen's new President and Chief Business Officer. The Pozen board of directors also appointed Mr. Adams to the transaction committee to fill the vacancy left by Dr. Plachetka's retirement. As part of Dr. Plachetka's retirement and separation agreement, Dr. Plachetka entered into a voting agreement pursuant to which, among other matters, he granted to Pozen an irrevocable proxy with respect to all the shares directly and indirectly owned by him for a term of three years. Following the announcement, the private investment fund interested in acquiring Pozen informed Pozen that it was going to observe the market reaction and share price of Pozen common stock and reassess its interest in Pozen.

        Also on June 1, 2015, Messrs. Adams and Koven held several process calls with Tribute's management team.

        Also on June 1, 2015, the transaction committee held a special telephonic meeting with representatives of Pozen's financial advisors, DLA Piper and Pozen management to review and approve the revised non-binding indication of interest to acquire Tribute.

        Later that day (June 1, 2015), Pozen submitted a non-binding indication of interest to Tribute with a revised exchange ratio of 0.1340x, which based on a price of Pozen of $6.85, implied a price per share to Tribute of $1.15 (CAD) and a 9.5% discount to Tribute's closing price on the previous trading day. The proposal allowed Tribute to enter into a purchase agreement with MFI subsequent to the announcement of the Tribute-Pozen combination. After further negotiation, the CEOs of both companies agreed (subject to approval of their respective boards of directors) to an exchange ratio of 0.1455x, which, based on a Pozen price of $6.85, implied a price per share to Tribute of $1.25 (CAD) and a 1.5% discount to Tribute's closing price on the previous trading day.

        Later that day, Tribute executed and returned the non-binding indication of interest, reflecting the revised terms above.

        On June 2, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with management and representatives of Pozen's financial advisors and DLA Piper to discuss and consider the proposed transaction. Following such meeting, Pozen returned an executed counterpart to the non-binding indication of interest on June 3, 2015 to Tribute.

        Between June 2, 2015 and June 6, 2015, the parties completed final due diligence and negotiated the terms of the original merger agreement. During this period, Pozen, DLA Piper and Guggenheim Securities negotiated the terms and definitive transaction agreements for the original equity financing with QLT, Deerfield and the other investors and their respective advisors and the original debt financing with Deerfield and its advisors.

        On June 6, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with management and representatives of Pozen's financial advisors, DLA Piper and E&Y. At the beginning of the meeting, DLA Piper updated the Pozen board of directors on the status of the negotiations with Tribute and the substantially final status of the original merger agreement. Representatives of DLA Piper reviewed the key provisions of the merger agreement, including structuring and timing considerations, the Tribute exchange ratio, the required Pozen stockholders and Tribute shareholder votes, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, the non-solicitation clauses of Pozen and Tribute and the fiduciary exceptions for the Pozen non-solicitation clause, the Pozen change in board recommendation provisions, the lack of post-closing indemnifications, the termination provisions, the

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termination fees and reverse termination fees. DLA Piper also reviewed the covenants and closing conditions relating to the original equity financing and original debt financing, as well as the status of the substantially final original equity financing and original debt financing transaction documents. Guggenheim Securities then reviewed for the board of directors the actions undertaken in connection with the Review of Alternatives. Guggenheim Securities confirmed that over 40 third parties were contact on behalf of Pozen regarding a potential transaction and no acquisition or partnering offers or other indications of interest were received other than the non-binding indication of interest from the private investment fund. Also, at the meeting, representatives of Guggenheim Securities presented Guggenheim Securities' preliminary financial analysis of the Tribute exchange ratio. Guggenheim Securities also discussed the terms of the original equity financing and the original debt financing. Representatives of Deutsche Bank then presented Deutsche Bank's preliminary financial analysis of the Tribute exchange ratio. The Pozen board of directors asked questions concerning the original merger agreement and the merger, the original equity financing and the original debt financing generally. Following discussion, the Pozen board of directors agreed to authorize Pozen management and advisors to finalize all transaction documents and reconvene the Pozen board of directors on June 7, 2015.

        On June 7, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with management and representatives of Pozen's financial advisors, DLA Piper and E&Y. At the beginning of the meeting, DLA Piper updated the Pozen board of directors on the original merger agreement, now in substantially final form. Representatives of DLA Piper reviewed the key provisions of the original merger agreement and answered questions of the Pozen board of directors. Representatives of Guggenheim Securities then presented Guggenheim Securities' financial analysis of the Tribute exchange ratio. Guggenheim Securities also reviewed certain pro forma information about the combined company, including the present value of cash tax consequences of the combination. Guggenheim Securities then delivered to the Pozen board of directors an oral opinion, confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated June 8, 2015, to the effect that as of such date, based upon and subject to the various assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the opinion, the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen common stock (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates). Guggenheim Securities next made a presentation on the terms of the original equity financing and original debt financing. Representatives of Deutsche Bank then presented Deutsche Bank's financial analysis of the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement. Representatives of Deutsche Bank then delivered to the Pozen board of directors an oral opinion, confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated June 8, 2015, to the effect that as of such date, based upon and subject to the various assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions set forth in the opinion, the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement (taking into account the merger) was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Pozen common stock (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates). Following further discussion, the Pozen board of directors unanimously determined that the original merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the original merger agreement were advisable to, and in the best interest of, Pozen and its stockholders, approved the execution, delivery and performance by Pozen of the original merger agreement and the contemplated transactions and resolved to recommend to the Pozen stockholders that they vote for the adoption of the original merger agreement and approval of the merger. The Pozen board of directors also unanimously approved the execution and delivery of the definitive transaction documents relating to the original equity financing and the original debt financing.

        Following the board meeting, Pozen management provided Pozen's financial advisors with updated and slightly revised diluted share count information for Tribute containing immaterial differences to the assumptions used prior to delivery of Pozen financial advisors' respective oral opinions. Each of Guggenheim Securities and Deutsche Bank reviewed the impact of such updated diluted share count information prior to delivering its respective written opinion. Guggenheim Securities and Deutsche Bank each confirmed it was able to deliver its written opinion following its review of such updated information.

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        On June 8, 2015, at approximately 10:45 a.m. (EDT), Pozen and Tribute issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the merger agreement. A copy of the press release was filed with the SEC as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Pozen on June 11, 2015.

        Following announcement, the private investment fund that submitted the non-binding indication of interest notified members of the transaction committee that it would continue to monitor Pozen, but no further action was imminent.

        On June 16, 2015, Tribute announced the acquisition of MFI for consideration comprised of (1) $8.5 million (CAD) in cash on closing, (2) $5 million (CAD) through the issuance of 3,723,008 Tribute common shares, (3) $5 million (CAD) in the form of a one-year term promissory note bearing interest at 8% annually and convertible in whole or in part at the holder's option at any time during the term into 2,813,778 Tribute common shares at a conversion rate of $1.77 (CAD) per share (subject to adjustment in certain events), with a maturity date of June 16, 2016, (4) retention payments of $507,132, reported as amounts payable and contingent consideration on the condensed interim consolidated balance sheet, and (5) future contingent cash milestone payments totaling $5.695 million (CAD) that will be paid only upon obtaining certain consents. In addition, on the receipt of each regulatory approval for MFI's two pipeline products described below (or upon the occurrence of a change of control of Tribute), the vendors will receive a payment of $1.25 million (CAD) per product. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, one consent was received and a payment issued of $3.345 million (CAD). As a result of the MFI Acquisition, like all other outstanding Tribute common shares, each of the 3,723,008 Tribute common shares issued in the MFI Acquisition will be converted into the right to receive 0.1455 Parent Shares in the plan of arrangement.

        On November 5, 2015, the SEC declared Aralez Ireland's registration statement on Form S-4 effective. That following day, Pozen filed its definitive merger proxy with the SEC and began mailing the proxy to its stockholders in advance of its special meeting scheduled on December 10, 2015.

        On November 19, 2015, the United States Treasury Secretary issued Notice 2015-79, which contained several provisions directed toward inversion transactions that could impact the proposed merger transaction among Pozen, Tribute and Aralez Ireland.

        On November 20, 2015, the Pozen management team convened a meeting of its advisors, including DLA Piper, Guggenheim Securities, Deutsche Bank and PwC, to consider alternative transaction structures which would comply with the provisions of Notice 2015-79, but still effectuate the proposed combination transaction with planned business operations in Ireland, Canada and the United States. Upon discussion, Pozen determined that a potential Canadian domicile for the ultimate parent would offer substantially similar financial, tax and competitive advantages to an Irish domiciled parent. The Pozen management team then began evaluating the assumptions and projections used to evaluate the original transaction to determine if any updating was required.

        On November 21, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting to discuss potential structural changes, including a Canadian domicile for the ultimate parent, to effectuate the proposed transaction with Tribute. After discussion, the board of directors authorized management to begin discussing with Tribute and its advisors structural changes to effect the proposed transaction. Between November 21 and November 23, 2015, the management teams of Pozen and Tribute, as well as their respective advisors, discussed appropriate structural changes to the proposed transaction. On November 23, 2015, Pozen and Tribute issued a joint press release confirming their mutual desire to combine the two companies in a business transaction and potentially pursue a Canadian domicile for the ultimate parent. Pozen then approached Deerfield, QLT and the other investors to discuss the proposed new structure and the logistics with respect to amending the original equity financing and the original debt financing.

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Pozen and Tribute with a new Canadian domiciled parent, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. The parties also discussed and negotiated amended and restated transaction agreements for the Equity Financing and Debt Financing whereby, among other things, Tribute would be the initial issuer of such securities in private placements with Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. assuming such obligations upon consummation of the merger transaction.

        On November 30, 2015, the Pozen management team held an update meeting with its advisors, including DLA Piper, Guggenheim Securities, Deutsche Bank and PwC, to discuss the amended transaction structure. The parties also discussed the proposed terms to the Equity Financing and Debt Financing. The parties reviewed the draft transaction agreements, including Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement and Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement. Following the meeting, the Pozen management team continued its review of the assumptions and projections used in determining the financial, tax and competitive advantages of the original transaction and whether any such assumptions required updating.

        On December 2, 2015, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. was incorporated in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

        On December 3, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with members of the management team and DLA Piper to review the revised transaction structure, with Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. as the ultimate parent, as well as the Equity Financing and Debt Financing. Representatives of DLA Piper facilitated the review of the draft amendments to the transaction agreements. The Pozen board of directors encouraged the management team to continue negotiating such agreements and finalize terms. The management team then presented the board of directors with a review of Pozen's prior assumptions and projections for the original transaction compared with any changes, including the recently proposed structural changes to the ultimate parent, as well as its current view of the financial projections of Pozen. Pozen's management team also presented a summary of Tribute's financial results since June 2015 as compared to projections. After discussion, the board of directors asked management to continue its review and provide a further update in the coming days.

        On December 4, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with members of the management team and DLA Piper to review progress made on the transaction, discussions with the various counterparties and revised terms concerning the proposed Equity Financing and Debt Financing. The Pozen board of directors encouraged the management team to continue negotiating such agreements and finalize all terms.

        On December 6, 2015, the Pozen board of directors held a special telephonic meeting with members of the management team and DLA Piper. At the beginning of the meeting, DLA Piper updated the Pozen board of directors on the status of the negotiations and the substantially final status of the transaction documents, including Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement and Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement. Representatives of DLA Piper reviewed the key provisions of each agreement, including structuring and timing considerations, the Tribute exchange ratio, the required Pozen stockholders and Tribute shareholder votes, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, and confirmed that there were no changes to the agreements other than those addressed at the meeting. The Pozen management team then presented the board of directors with its review of assumptions and projections from the original transaction and any changes thereto. After discussion, it was determined that the changes to the assumptions and projections previously relied upon by the Pozen board of directors and management team were not material. The Pozen directors present at the meeting unanimously determined that Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are advisable to, and in the best interest of, Pozen and its stockholders, approved the execution, delivery and performance by Pozen of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and the contemplated transactions and resolved to recommend to the Pozen stockholders

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that they vote for the adoption of the merger agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement and approval of the merger. The Pozen board of directors also approved the execution and delivery of the definitive transaction documents relating to the Equity Financing and Debt Financing. Following discussion, the Pozen board of directors agreed to authorize Pozen management and advisors to finalize all transaction documents and execute such agreements and to cancel the shareholders meeting previously announced for December 10, 2015.

        On December 7, 2015, the parties executed the amended agreements and at approximately 4:30 p.m. (EDT), Pozen and Tribute issued a joint press release announcing the execution of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement, the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below). A copy of the press release was filed with the SEC as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Pozen on December 8, 2015. Pozen also announced cancellation of its previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders (scheduled for December 10, 2015). Pozen then filed a Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 withdrawing the previously effective registration statement filed by Aralez Ireland.

Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen's Reasons for the Transactions

        At its meeting on June 7, 2015, the Pozen board of directors unanimously approved the original merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger. At its meeting on December 6, 2015, the Pozen board of directors present at the meeting unanimously approved the merger agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the merger agreement) and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger. The Pozen board of directors unanimously recommends that the stockholders of Pozen vote for the proposal to adopt the merger agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the merger agreement) and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, and for the other proposals to be considered at the Pozen special meeting.

        The Pozen board of directors considered many factors in making its decision to recommend the adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby. In arriving at its decision, the Pozen board of directors consulted with Pozen's senior management and its legal and financial advisors, reviewed a significant amount of information, considered a number of factors and concluded in its business judgment that the transactions represent significant value for the stockholders of Pozen and are in the best interests of Pozen and its stockholders.

Strategic and Financial Benefits of the Transactions

        The Pozen board of directors believes that the transactions will provide Pozen and its stockholders with a number of significant strategic and financial benefits. In arriving at this determination, the Pozen board of directors considered a number of positive factors, including:

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Other Considerations

        In the course of reaching its decision to approve the merger agreement, the Pozen board of directors considered the following additional factors as generally supporting its decision:

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Uncertainties, Risks and Potentially Negative Factors

        In the course of its deliberations, the Pozen board of directors also considered a number of uncertainties, risks and other potentially negative factors relevant to the transaction, including the following:

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        After considering the foregoing potentially negative and potentially positive factors, the Pozen board of directors unanimously concluded, in its business judgment, that the potentially positive factors relating to the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the merger) outweighed the potentially negative factors.

        The foregoing discussion of the information and factors considered by the Pozen board of directors is not exhaustive but is intended to reflect the material factors considered by the Pozen board of directors in its consideration of the merger. In view of the complexity, and the large number, of the factors considered, the Pozen board of directors, both individually and collectively, did not find it practicable to and did not attempt to quantify or assign any relative or specific weight to the various factors. Rather, the Pozen board of directors based its recommendation on the totality of the information presented to and considered by it. In addition, individual members of the Pozen board of directors may have given different weights to different factors.

The foregoing discussion of the information and factors considered by the Pozen board of directors is forward-looking in nature. This information should be read in light of the factors described under the section entitled "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" beginning on page 54 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Opinions of Pozen's Financial Advisors

Opinion of Guggenheim Securities, LLC

        Pursuant to an engagement letter dated as of January 7, 2015, as amended April 27, 2015, Pozen's board of directors retained Guggenheim Securities to act as its financial advisor with respect to Pozen's possible business combination with Tribute. In selecting Guggenheim Securities as its financial advisor, Pozen's board of directors considered that, among other things, Guggenheim Securities is an internationally recognized investment banking, financial advisory and securities firm whose senior professionals have substantial experience advising companies in, among other industries, the pharmaceutical industry. Guggenheim Securities, as part of its investment banking, financial advisory and capital markets businesses, is regularly engaged in the valuation and financial assessment of businesses and securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, spin-offs/split-offs, restructurings, securities offerings in both the private and public capital markets and valuations for corporate and other purposes.

        Guggenheim Securities' opinion was rendered in connection with the execution of the original merger agreement on June 8, 2015 and did not take into account any amendments thereto pursuant to the merger agreement.

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        At the June 7, 2015 meeting of Pozen's board of directors, Guggenheim Securities delivered its oral opinion, which subsequently was confirmed in writing, to the effect that, as of June 7, 2015 and based on the matters considered, the procedures followed, the assumptions made and various limitations of and qualifications to the review undertaken, taking into account the merger, the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen common stock (excluding Tribute and its affiliates).

        This description of Guggenheim Securities' opinion is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the written opinion, which is attached as Annex B to this proxy statement/prospectus and which you should read carefully and in its entirety. Guggenheim Securities' written opinion sets forth the matters considered, the procedures followed, the assumptions made and various limitations of and qualifications to the review undertaken by Guggenheim Securities. Guggenheim Securities' written opinion, which was authorized for issuance by the Fairness Opinion and Valuation Committee of Guggenheim Securities, is necessarily based on economic, capital markets and other conditions, and the information made available to Guggenheim Securities, as of the date of such opinion. Guggenheim Securities has no responsibility for updating or revising its opinion based on facts, circumstances or events occurring after the date of the rendering of the opinion.

        In reading the discussion of Guggenheim Securities' opinion set forth below, you should be aware that such opinion:

        In the course of performing its reviews and analyses for rendering its opinion, Guggenheim Securities:

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        With respect to the information used in arriving at its opinion, Guggenheim Securities notes that:

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Summary of Valuation and Financial Analyses

Overview of Valuation and Financial Analyses

        This "Summary of Valuation and Financial Analyses" presents a summary of the principal valuation and financial analyses performed by Guggenheim Securities and presented to Pozen's board of directors in connection with Guggenheim Securities' rendering of its opinion. Such presentation to Pozen's board of directors was supplemented by Guggenheim Securities' oral discussion, the nature and substance of which may not be fully described herein.

        Some of the valuation and financial analyses summarized below include summary data and information presented in tabular format. In order to understand fully such valuation and financial analyses, the summary data and tables must be read together with the full text of the summary. Considering the summary data and tables alone could create a misleading or incomplete view of Guggenheim Securities' valuation and financial analyses.

        The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process and involves various judgments and determinations as to the most appropriate and relevant valuation and financial analyses and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances involved. A fairness opinion therefore is not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description, and taking portions of the valuation and financial analyses set forth below, without considering such analyses as a whole, would in Guggenheim Securities' view create an incomplete and misleading picture of the processes underlying the valuation and financial analyses considered in rendering Guggenheim Securities' opinion.

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        With respect to the valuation and financial analyses performed by Guggenheim Securities in connection with rendering its opinion:

        As discussed above under the section entitled "—Background of the Transactions," subsequent to Guggenheim Securities' presentation to Pozen's board of directors, Pozen management provided Guggenheim Securities with updated and slightly revised diluted share count information for Tribute containing immaterial differences to the assumptions used prior to delivery of Guggenheim Securities' oral opinion and Guggenheim Securities reviewed the impact of such updated information prior to delivering its written opinion on June 8, 2015. The following description of the analyses performed by Guggenheim Securities, however, reflects the analyses as presented to the Pozen board of directors at its meeting on June 7, 2015.

Recap of Transaction Valuation

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the merger consideration to be paid to holders of Tribute's common shares. The implied value of the merger consideration, or transaction price, to be paid to the holders of Tribute's common shares was $1.37 (CAD) per Tribute common share and implied premiums of 5.4%, 18.6% and 0.8% to Tribute's (i) closing stock price as of June 5, 2015 of $1.30 (CAD) per stock, (ii) the 30-day volume-weighted average stock prices as of June 5, 2015 of $1.16 (CAD) per share, and (iii) the past year's high stock prices as of June 5, 2015 of $1.36 (CAD) per share, respectively.

Tribute Valuation Analyses

        Summary of Tribute Valuation Analyses.     In assessing the valuation of Tribute in connection with rendering its opinion, Guggenheim Securities performed various valuation and financial analyses which are summarized in the table below and described in more detail elsewhere herein, including peer group trading valuation analysis, precedent merger and acquisition transaction analysis and discounted cash flow analyses. In consideration of Tribute's proposed acquisition of MFI, in generating the implied valuation range for Tribute, Guggenheim Securities performed certain calculations under two potential scenarios, without taking into account the acquisition of MFI and taking into account the acquisition of MFI. Solely for reference purposes, Guggenheim Securities also reviewed (i) one-day unaffected premiums (based on its review of precedent transactions) of 20% to 50% to Tribute's closing stock price on June 5, 2015, (ii) Wall Street equity research analysts' price targets for Tribute common shares, discounted at a cost of equity of 15% to current value and (iii) the historical trading price range for Tribute common shares during the 52 weeks preceding June 5, 2015.


Summary of Tribute Valuation Analyses

Transaction Implied Nominal Value per Share

  $ 1.37 (CAD )

 

 
  Reference Range for
Valuation of Tribute
(Excluding MFI)
  Reference Range for
Valuation of Tribute
(Including MFI)
 
Primary Valuation Analyses
  Low   High   Low   High  

Peer Group Trading Valuation Analysis:

                         

Tribute Stand-Alone Public Market Trading Valuation

  $ 1.04 (CAD ) $ 1.41 (CAD ) $ 1.06 (CAD ) $ 1.47 (CAD )

Precedent M&A Transaction Analysis

    0.86     1.27     0.80     1.34  

Discounted Cash Flow Analyses:

                         

Tribute Stand-Alone DCF Valuation

    1.06     1.35     1.11     1.47  

Tribute Stand-Alone DCF Valuation Plus DCF Valuation of Net Synergies

    1.21     1.51     1.27     1.62  

Tribute Stand-Alone DCF Valuation Plus DCF Valuation of Tax Savings

    1.30     1.60     1.35     1.71  

Tribute Stand-Alone DCF Valuation Plus DCF Valuation of Tax Savings and Net Synergies

    1.64     1.94     1.69     2.04  

Reference Items

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Premium to Closing Stock Price at 6/5/15

  $ 1.57 (CAD ) $ 1.96 (CAD ) $ 1.57 (CAD ) $ 1.96 (CAD )

Discounted One-Year Wall Street Equity Research Price Targets

    1.13     1.83     1.13     1.83  

Tribute's Stock Price Range During Past Year

    0.45     1.36     0.45     1.36  

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financial performance compared to such information for certain publicly traded companies in the pharmaceutical industry that Guggenheim Securities deemed relevant for purposes of its valuation analysis. The following publicly traded pharmaceutical industry peer group companies were used by Guggenheim Securities for purposes of its Tribute valuation analysis and were selected on the basis of comparable pharmaceutical industry focus, including Canadian core commercial peer companies and non-Canadian specialty pharmaceutical peer companies:


Selected Peer Group Companies

Canadian Commercial (Core)
Peer Group Companies
  Other Specialty Pharmaceutical
Peer Group Companies

Merus Labs International Inc.

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

Insys Therapeutics, Inc.

Cardiome Pharma Corp.

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

Trimel Pharmaceuticals Corporation

 

Supernus Pharmaceuticals,  Inc.

BioSyent Inc.

 

Pernix Therapeutics Holdings,  Inc.

 

Orexo AB

 

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals,  Inc.

        Guggenheim Securities calculated the following trading multiples for the selected peer group companies based on Wall Street consensus estimates and the most recent publicly available financial filings:


Selected Pharmaceutical Industry Peer Group Trading Multiples

 
  Revenue  
 
  2015E   2016E  

Canadian Commercial (Core):

             

Low

    5.4x     4.1x  

High

    7.3     5.5  

Other Specialty Pharmaceutical:

             

Low

    2.6     2.4  

High

    7.6     5.9  

Both Peer Groups:

             

Mean

    5.4     4.2  

Median

    5.6     4.2  

Tribute:

    6.4     5.4  

        Moberg Pharma AB was used by Guggenheim Securities for purposes of its MFI valuation analysis and was selected on the basis of comparable pharmaceutical industry focus on over-the-counter products:


Moberg Pharma AB

 
  Revenue  
 
  2015E   2016E  

Moberg Pharma

    3.0     2.5  

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        In performing its peer group trading valuation analysis:

    Guggenheim Securities selected a revenue multiple range of 5.00x-7.00x based on 2015E for purposes of valuing Tribute on a stand-alone public market trading basis and a revenue multiple of 3.00x based on 2015E for purposes of valuing MFI on a stand-alone basis, when applicable.

    Guggenheim Securities' analysis of the selected peer group companies resulted in an overall reference range of $1.04 (CAD) to $1.41 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on a stand-alone public market trading basis, excluding MFI, and an overall reference range of $1.06 (CAD) to $1.47 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on a stand-alone public market trading basis, including MFI. The valuation of Tribute with MFI was performed on a sum-of-the-parts basis, where (a) Tribute without MFI and (b) MFI were valued using respective valuation methodologies as specified above.

        Tribute Precedent Merger and Acquisition Transaction Analysis.     Guggenheim Securities reviewed and analyzed the valuation and financial metrics of certain relevant precedent merger and acquisition transactions from 2013 to the date of the opinion in the specialty pharmaceutical industry involving publicly traded commercial-stage targets with enterprise values between $50 million and $2.5 billion that Guggenheim Securities deemed relevant for purposes of its valuation analysis based upon such similarities of transaction time frame, product line and portfolio, growth profile and addressable markets. The following precedent merger and acquisition transactions were reviewed and considered by Guggenheim Securities for purposes of its Tribute valuation analysis:


Selected Pharmaceutical Industry Precedent M&A Transactions

Date
Announced
  Date
Closed
  Acquiror   Target
3/30/15     05/07/15   Horizon Pharma plc   Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc.

10/09/14

 

 

01/29/15

 

Endo International plc

 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2/11/14

 

 

03/19/14

 

Mallinckrodt plc

 

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc.

1/21/14

 

 

02/21/14

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

 

NuPathe Inc.

12/11/13

 

 

02/21/14

 

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

 

Cangene Corporation

11/07/13

 

 

01/02/14

 

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Santarus Inc.

11/05/13

 

 

02/28/14

 

Endo Health Solutions Inc.

 

Paladin Labs Inc.

9/16/13

 

 

02/03/14

 

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

 

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc.

7/30/13

 

 

10/24/13

 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc.

3/20/13

 

 

04/25/13

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

 

Obagi Medical Products Inc.

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        A summary of Guggenheim Securities' analysis of the precedent merger and acquisition transactions is presented in the table below:


Selected Pharmaceutical Industry Precedent M&A Transaction Multiples

 
  Transaction
Enterprise Value/
Revenue
(Excluding
Earnouts /
Contingent Value
Rights)
   
 
 
  Current
Year
  Current
Year +1
  1-Day Offer
Premium
 

Precedent M&A Transactions

                   

Mean

    5.1x     4.1x     35 %

Median

    4.9     4.3     32 %

Tribute Merger

    6.8x     5.7x     5 %

        Guggenheim Securities reviewed and analyzed the valuation and financial metrics of certain relevant precedent merger and acquisition transactions from 2011 to the date of the opinion in the over-the-counter, dermatology and generic pharmaceutical industries involving targets with enterprise values less than $1 billion that Guggenheim Securities deemed relevant for purposes of its MFI valuation analysis based upon such similarities of transaction time frame, product line and portfolio. The following precedent merger and acquisition transactions were reviewed and considered by Guggenheim Securities:


Selected Over-the-Counter Pharmaceutical Industry Precedent M&A Transactions

Date
Announced
  Date
Closed
  Acquiror   Target
07/09/13     07/09/13   Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.   Care Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd.

08/18/13

 

 

08/16/13

 

STADA Arzneimittel AG

 

Thornton & Ross Ltd.

06/15/12

 

 

06/18/12

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

 

OraPharma, Inc.

05/25/12

 

 

07/03/12

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

 

Multilab Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Farmacêuticos Ltda.

03/26/12

 

 

02/01/13

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

 

Natur Produkt International, JSC

03/15/12

 

 

06/30/12

 

Omega Pharma

 

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (sale of certain Over-the-Counter brands)

12/20/11

 

 

04/02/12

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

 

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (sale of certain Over-the-Counter brands)

11/20/11

 

 

12/22/11

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

 

iNova Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd.

11/09/11

 

 

01/31/12

 

STADA Arzneimittel AG

 

Spirig Pharma AG (sale of generics business)

07/15/11

 

 

12/12/11

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

 

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (sale of Ortho Dermatologics business)

07/11/11

 

 

12/19/11

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

 

Sanofi S.A. (sale of Dermik business)

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        A summary of Guggenheim Securities' analysis of the precedent merger and acquisition transactions is presented in the table below:


Selected Over-the-Counter Pharmaceutical Industry Precedent M&A Transactions

 
  Transaction EV /
LTM Revenue
 

Mean

    2.8x  

Median

    2.9x  

        In performing its precedent merger and acquisition transactions analysis:

    Guggenheim Securities selected a current year revenue multiple range of 4.00x-6.25x based on 2015E for purposes of valuing Tribute on a change-of-control basis and a last twelve months (LTM) revenue multiple range of 2.25x-3.25x based on an LTM period for purposes of valuing MFI on a change-of-control basis.

    Guggenheim Securities' analysis of the select relevant precedent merger and acquisition transactions resulted in an illustrative reference range of $0.86 (CAD) to $1.27 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on a change-of-control basis excluding MFI, and an illustrative reference range of $0.80 (CAD) to $1.34 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on a change-of-control basis including MFI. The valuation of Tribute with MFI was performed on a sum-of-the-parts basis, where (i) Tribute without MFI and (ii) MFI were valued using respective valuation methodologies as specified above.

        Tribute Discounted Cash Flow Analyses.     Guggenheim Securities performed illustrative stand-alone discounted cash flow analyses of Tribute based on projected after-tax unlevered free cash flows for Tribute and an estimate of its terminal value at the end of the projection horizon. Guggenheim Securities also performed illustrative discounted cash flow analyses of the net synergy estimates and tax savings associated with the transactions. In performing its illustrative discounted cash flow analyses:

    Guggenheim Securities based its discounted cash flow analyses on the ten-year financial projections for Tribute, net synergy estimates and tax savings as provided by Pozen's senior management.

    Guggenheim Securities estimated Tribute's weighted average cost of capital to be within a range of 13.00-15.00% based on, among other factors, (i) Guggenheim Securities' then-current estimate of the prospective US equity risk premium range, (ii) a review of Tribute's and its selected peer group companies' Bloomberg historical adjusted betas and Barra predicted betas, (iii) the then-prevailing yield on the 20-year US Treasury bond as a proxy for the risk-free rate, (iv) Tribute's assumed target capital structure on a prospective basis, and (v) Guggenheim Securities' investment banking and capital markets judgment and experience in valuing companies similar to Tribute.

    In calculating Tribute's terminal value for purposes of its discounted cash flow analyses, Guggenheim Securities used an illustrative reference range of terminal year EV/revenue multiples of 2.5x-3.5x, which implied perpetual growth rates in Tribute's terminal year normalized after-tax unlevered free cash flow of (0.7%) to 1.6%, excluding MFI, and 0.5% to 2.5%, including MFI.

    Excluding MFI, Guggenheim Securities' illustrative discounted cash flow analyses resulted in an overall reference range of (i) $1.06 (CAD) to $1.35 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on a stand-alone intrinsic-value basis, (ii) $1.21 (CAD) to $1.51 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on an intrinsic-value basis including the net present value of expected transaction-related net synergies, (iii) $1.30 (CAD) to $1.60

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      (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on an intrinsic-value basis including the net present value of expected transaction-related tax savings, and (iv) $1.64 (CAD) to $1.94 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on an intrinsic-value basis including the net present value of expected transaction-related net synergies and the net present value of expected transaction-related tax savings.

    Including MFI, Guggenheim Securities' illustrative discounted cash flow analyses resulted in an overall reference range of (i) $1.11 (CAD) to $1.47 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on a stand-alone intrinsic-value basis, (ii) $1.27 (CAD) to $1.62 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on an intrinsic-value basis including the net present value of expected transaction-related net synergies, (iii) $1.35 (CAD) to $1.71 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on an intrinsic-value basis including the net present value of expected transaction-related tax savings, and (iv) $1.69 (CAD) to $2.04 (CAD) per share for purposes of valuing Tribute common shares on an intrinsic-value basis including the net present value of expected transaction-related net synergies and the net present value of expected transaction-related tax savings.

Pozen Valuation Analyses

        Summary of Pozen Valuation Analyses.     In assessing the valuation of Pozen in connection with rendering its opinion, Guggenheim Securities performed various valuation and financial analyses which are summarized in the table below and described in more detail elsewhere herein, including peer group trading valuation analysis and discounted cash flow analyses. Solely for reference purposes, Guggenheim Securities also reviewed (i) one Wall Street equity research analyst's price target for Pozen's common stock, discounted at a cost of equity of 16.6% to current value and (ii) the historical trading price range for Pozen's common stock.


Summary of Pozen Valuation Analyses

 
  Reference Range
for Valuation
of Pozen
 
 
  Low   High  

Primary Valuation Analyses

             

Peer Group Sum-of-the-Parts Trading Analysis

  $ 6.90   $ 8.82  

Pozen Stand-Alone DCF Valuation

    6.61     8.30  

Reference Items

   
 
   
 
 

Discounted One-Year Wall Street Equity Research Price Target

    8.58     8.58  

Pozen's Stock Price Range During Past Year

    6.45     9.50  

        Pozen Peer Group Trading Valuation Analysis.     Guggenheim Securities reviewed and analyzed Pozen's historical stock price performance, trading valuation metrics and historical and projected financial performance compared to such information for certain publicly traded companies in the pharmaceutical industry that Guggenheim Securities deemed relevant for purposes of its valuation analysis. The following publicly traded pharmaceutical industry peer group companies were used by Guggenheim Securities for purposes of its valuation analysis and were selected because (i) they are recipients of "Complete Response Letters" or are facing regulatory uncertainty or (ii) their principal source of revenue comes from royalties or other passive sources. Guggenheim Securities' analysis of the selected peer group companies was performed on a sum-of-the-parts basis, where (a) YOSPRALA was valued at $75 million to $100 million based on valuations of peers who are the recipients of Complete Response Letters and are facing regulatory uncertainty, and (b) the rest of Pozen business was valued at a 8x-10x 2015E EV/revenue multiple based on valuations of peers whose source of revenue comes from royalties or other passive sources. The analysis was performed utilizing both Pozen management and Wall Street consensus estimates for 2015E VIMOVO royalty revenue.

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Selected Peer Group Companies

Complete Response Letter Received or
Facing Regulatory Uncertainty
  Royalty/Passive Income Companies

Repros Therapeutics Inc.

 

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.

Lipocine, Inc.

 

Corium International, Inc.

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

 

Zogenix, Inc.

Pain Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

        Guggenheim Securities calculated the following equity values and enterprise values for the selected peer group companies based on Wall Street consensus estimates and the most recent publicly available financial filings:


Complete Response Letter Received or Facing Regulatory Uncertainty

 
  Equity
Value
  Enterprise
Value
 

Peer Group:

             

Mean

  $ 140   $ 104  

Median

    177     119  

Pozen:

    283     237  

        Guggenheim Securities calculated the following trading multiples for the selected peer group companies based on Wall Street consensus estimates and the most recent publicly available financial filings:


Selected Pharmaceutical Industry Peer Group Trading Multiples

 
  Revenue  
 
  2015E   2016E  

Peer Group:

             

Mean

    8.4x     6.7x  

Median

    8.6     5.3  

Pozen:

    9.5     3.5  

        In performing its peer group trading valuation analysis:

    Guggenheim Securities' analysis of the selected peer group companies resulted in an overall reference range of $6.90 to $8.82 per share for purposes of valuing Pozen's common stock on a sum-of-the-parts public market trading basis.

Pozen Discounted Cash Flow Analyses.

        Guggenheim Securities performed illustrative discounted cash flow analyses of Tribute based on projected after-tax unlevered free cash flows for Pozen and an estimate of its terminal value at the end of the projection horizon. In performing its illustrative discounted cash flow analyses:

    Guggenheim Securities based its discounted cash flow analyses on the ten-year financial projections for Pozen, as provided by Pozen's senior management.

    Guggenheim Securities estimated Pozen's weighted average cost of capital to be within a range of 13.50% to 16.50% based on, among other factors, (i) Guggenheim Securities' then-current estimate of the prospective US equity risk premium range, (ii) a review of Pozen's and its

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      selected peer group companies' Bloomberg historical adjusted betas and its then-current Barra predicted betas, (iii) the then-prevailing yield on the 20-year US Treasury bond as a proxy for the risk-free rate, (iv) Pozen's assumed target capital structure on a prospective basis and (v) Guggenheim Securities' investment banking and capital markets judgment and experience in valuing companies similar to Pozen.

    In calculating Pozen's terminal value for purposes of its discounted cash flow analyses, Guggenheim Securities used an illustrative reference range of terminal year EV/revenue multiples of 2.0x-3.0x, which implied perpetual growth rates in Pozen's terminal year normalized after-tax unlevered free cash flow of (8.6%) to (4.0%) and reflects (a) Pozen management's expectations for continued declines in YOSPRALA revenue driven by generic entry following expirations of its patents and (b) a limited number of years remaining before the end of VIMOVO royalty revenue stream.

    Guggenheim Securities' illustrative discounted cash flow analyses resulted in an overall reference range of $6.61 to $8.30 per share for purposes of valuing Pozen's common stock on a stand-alone intrinsic-value basis.

Relative Valuation Analyses

        Exchange Ratio Analysis.     In assessing the Tribute exchange ratio, Guggenheim Securities derived values for each of Pozen and Tribute using the valuation methodologies described in the summaries under the captions "Tribute Peer Group Trading Valuation Analysis," "Tribute Discounted Cash Flow Analyses," "Pozen Peer Group Trading Valuation Analysis" and "Pozen Discounted Cash Flow Analyses," set forth above. Each of these methodologies was used to generate implied valuation ranges for Pozen and Tribute. For each methodology, an implied exchange ratio was then calculated based on these implied valuation ranges. In consideration of Tribute's proposed acquisition of MFI, in generating the implied valuation range for Tribute, Guggenheim Securities performed each calculation under two potential scenarios, taking into account the acquisition of MFI and without taking into account the acquisition of MFI. Solely for reference purposes, Guggenheim Securities also reviewed the observed market exchange ratios of Pozen common stock and Tribute common shares for a period the year prior to June 5, 2015.

        The following table outlines the implied exchange ratios derived using each of these methodologies. With respect to any given range of implied exchange ratios, the upper implied exchange ratio assumes the maximum Tribute equity value and minimum Pozen equity value, while the lower implied exchange ratio assumes the minimum Tribute equity value and maximum Pozen equity value.


Implied Tribute Exchange Ratio Analyses

Tribute Exchange Ratio

    0.1455  

 

 
  Valuation Range (Implied
Exchange Ratio; Excluding
MFI)
  Valuation Range (Implied
Exchange Ratio; Including
MFI)
 
 
  Low   Mid   High   Low   Mid   High  

Stand-Alone DCF Valuation

    0.109x     0.129x     0.154x     0.115x     0.139x     0.167x  

DCF with Operational Synergies

    0.124     0.147     0.173     0.130     0.155     0.185  

DCF with Tax Savings

    0.133     0.156     0.183     0.139     0.164     0.195  

DCF with Operational Synergies and Tax Savings

    0.167     0.193     0.223     0.172     0.201     0.234  

Peer Group Trading Valuation

    0.095     0.125     0.164     0.097     0.131     0.174  

Historical Exchange Ratio Range During Past Year

    0.047     0.102     0.157     0.047     0.102     0.157  

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Other Considerations

        Pozen did not provide specific instructions to, or place any limitations on, Guggenheim Securities with respect to the procedures to be followed or factors to be considered in performing its valuation and financial analyses or providing its opinion. The type and amount of consideration payable in the transactions were determined through negotiations between Pozen and Tribute and were approved by Pozen's board of directors. The decision to enter into the transaction documentation was solely that of Pozen's board of directors. Guggenheim Securities' opinion was just one of the many factors taken into consideration by Pozen's board of directors. Consequently, Guggenheim Securities' valuation and financial analyses should not be viewed as determinative of the decision of Pozen's board of directors with respect to, taking into account the merger, the fairness of the Tribute exchange ratio pursuant to the original merger agreement, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen common stock (excluding Tribute and its affiliates).

        Pursuant to the terms of Guggenheim Securities' engagement letter, Pozen has agreed to pay Guggenheim Securities a fee of six million dollars, all but one million dollars of which is contingent on successful consummation of the transactions. One million dollars of Guggenheim Securities' compensation was due upon delivery of its fairness opinion which will be credited against the fee payable upon consummation of the transactions. In addition, Pozen has agreed to reimburse Guggenheim Securities for certain expenses and to indemnify it against certain liabilities arising out of its engagement. Pozen also has granted Guggenheim Securities the right to provide certain investment banking and other services to Pozen and Parent in the future, on customary terms and conditions.

        Guggenheim Securities has been previously engaged by Pozen during the past two years to provide certain financial advisory or investment banking services in connection with matters unrelated to the transactions, for which Guggenheim Securities has received (or expects to receive) customary fees, including having been engaged by Pozen in January 2015 to advise on certain strategic and financial matters. Guggenheim Securities has not been previously engaged during the past two years by Tribute, MFI, the Investors or the Lenders to provide financial advisory or investment banking services for which Guggenheim Securities received fees; however, Guggenheim Securities provides certain financial advisory and investment banking services to a client of Guggenheim Securities that is currently engaged in a potential transaction with a party to the financing transactions, for which Guggenheim Securities may receive a fee. Guggenheim Securities may seek to provide Pozen, Tribute, Parent, MFI, the Investors, the Lenders and their respective affiliates with certain financial advisory and investment banking services unrelated to the transactions in the future.

        Guggenheim Securities and its affiliates engage in a wide range of financial services activities for its and their own accounts and the accounts of its and their customers, including: asset, investment and wealth management; investment banking, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring; merchant banking; fixed income and equity sales, trading and research; and derivatives, foreign exchange and futures. In the ordinary course of these activities, Guggenheim Securities or its affiliates may (i) provide such financial services to Pozen, Tribute, Parent, MFI, the Investors, the Lenders, other participants in the transactions or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies, for which services Guggenheim Securities or its affiliates have received, and may receive, compensation and (ii) directly or indirectly, hold long or short positions, trade and otherwise conduct such activities in or with respect to certain bank debt, debt or equity securities and derivative products of or relating to Pozen, Tribute, Parent, MFI, the Investors, the Lenders, other participants in the transactions or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies. Finally, Guggenheim Securities or its affiliates and its or their directors, officers, employees, consultants and agents may have investments in Pozen, Tribute, Parent, MFI, the Investors, the Lenders, other participants in the transactions or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies.

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        Consistent with applicable legal and regulatory guidelines, Guggenheim Securities has adopted certain policies and procedures to establish and maintain the independence of its research departments and personnel. As a result, Guggenheim Securities' research analysts may hold views, make statements or investment recommendations and publish research reports with respect to Pozen, Tribute, Parent, MFI, the Investors, the Lenders, other participants in the transactions or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies, and the transactions, that differ from the views of Guggenheim Securities' investment banking personnel.

Opinion of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

        Deutsche Bank has acted as a financial advisor to Pozen in connection with the transaction. At the June 7, 2015 meeting of the Pozen board of directors, Deutsche Bank delivered its oral opinion to the Pozen board of directors, subsequently confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated June 8, 2015, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions described in Deutsche Bank's opinion, the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares per Tribute common share pursuant to the original merger agreement (taking into account the merger) was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Pozen common stock (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates). Deutsche Bank expressed no opinion with respect to the transaction.

        Deutsche Bank's opinion was rendered in connection with the execution of the original merger agreement on June 8, 2015 and did not take into account any amendments thereto pursuant to the merger agreement.

        The full text of Deutsche Bank's written opinion, dated June 8, 2015, which sets forth the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations, qualifications and conditions on the review undertaken by Deutsche Bank in connection with the opinion, is included in this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex C and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of Deutsche Bank's opinion set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the opinion. Deutsche Bank's opinion was approved and authorized for issuance by a Deutsche Bank fairness opinion review committee and was addressed to, and was for the use and benefit of, the Pozen board of directors in connection with and for the purpose of its evaluation of the transaction. Deutsche Bank's opinion was limited to the fairness of the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares per Tribute common share pursuant to the original merger agreement (taking into account the merger), from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Pozen common stock as of the date of the opinion (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates). Deutsche Bank's opinion did not address any other terms of the transactions or the original merger agreement, nor did it address the terms of the original equity financing, the original debt financing or any other agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the transaction. Pozen did not ask Deutsche Bank to, and Deutsche Bank's opinion did not, address the fairness of the transaction, or any consideration received in connection therewith, to the holders of any other class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of Pozen, nor did it address the fairness of the contemplated benefits of the transaction. Deutsche Bank expressed no opinion, and Deutsche Bank's opinion does not constitute a recommendation, as to how any holder of Pozen common stock or other securities of Pozen, or any holder of any securities of any other entity, should vote or act with respect to the transaction or any other matter. Deutsche Bank did not express any view or opinion as to the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the amount or nature of any compensation payable to or to be received by any of the officers, directors or employees of any parties to the transaction or any class of such persons, in connection with the transaction, whether relative to the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares per Tribute common share, the merger consideration of one Aralez Ireland Share per share of Pozen common stock or otherwise. Deutsche Bank's opinion did not in any manner address what the value of the Aralez Ireland Shares actually would have been when issued pursuant to the transaction or the prices at which Tribute common shares, Pozen common stock, Aralez Ireland

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Shares or any other securities will trade following the announcement or consummation of the transaction.

        In connection with its role as financial advisor to Pozen, and in arriving at its opinion, Deutsche Bank reviewed certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Tribute, and certain internal analyses, financial forecasts and other information relating to Tribute and MFI prepared by management of Pozen and approved for Deutsche Bank's use by Pozen. Deutsche Bank also reviewed certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Pozen, and certain internal analyses, financial forecasts and other information relating to Pozen and the combined company prepared by management of Pozen and approved for Deutsche Bank's use by Pozen. Deutsche Bank has held discussions with certain senior officers and other representatives and advisors of Pozen regarding the businesses and prospects of Tribute, Pozen and the combined company. Deutsche Bank also held discussions with certain senior officers of Tribute regarding the businesses and prospects of MFI. In addition, Deutsche Bank:

    reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the Tribute common shares and Pozen common stock;

    compared certain financial and stock market information for Pozen and Tribute with, to the extent publicly available, similar information for certain other companies Deutsche Bank considered relevant whose securities are publicly traded;

    reviewed the original merger agreement and the plan of arrangement attached as Schedule II to the original merger agreement; and

    performed such other studies and analyses and considered such other factors as Deutsche Bank deemed appropriate.

        Deutsche Bank did not assume responsibility for independent verification of, and did not independently verify, any information, whether publicly available or furnished to it, concerning Tribute, Pozen or Aralez Ireland, including, without limitation, any financial information considered in connection with the rendering of its opinion. Accordingly, for purposes of its opinion, Deutsche Bank, with the knowledge and permission of the Pozen board of directors, assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all such information. Deutsche Bank did not conduct a physical inspection of any of the properties or assets, and did not prepare, obtain or review any independent evaluation or appraisal of any of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance-sheet assets or liabilities), of Tribute, Pozen or Aralez Ireland or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor did Deutsche Bank evaluate the solvency or fair value of Tribute, Pozen, Aralez Ireland or any of their respective subsidiaries (or the impact of the transaction thereon) under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar matters. With respect to the financial forecasts, including, without limitation, the analyses and forecasts of the amount and timing of certain tax benefits, cost savings, revenue synergies and other strategic benefits projected by Pozen to be achieved as a result of the transaction (which are collectively referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as "synergies"), made available to Deutsche Bank and used in its analyses, Deutsche Bank assumed, with the knowledge and permission of the Pozen board of directors, that such forecasts, including the synergies, had been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of Pozen as to the matters covered thereby, and that the financial results, including the synergies, reflected in such forecasts will be realized in the amounts and at the times projected and Deutsche Bank has relied on such forecasts in arriving at its opinion. Deutsche Bank further assumed, with the knowledge and permission of the Pozen board of directors, and Deutsche Bank was directed by Pozen to assume in its analyses, that the transaction will have the tax effects that Deutsche Bank has discussed with Pozen. In rendering its opinion, Deutsche Bank expressed no view as to the reasonableness of such forecasts and projections, including, without limitation, the synergies, or the assumptions on which they were based. Deutsche Bank's opinion was necessarily based upon economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to it as of, the date of

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its opinion. Deutsche Bank expressly disclaimed any undertaking or obligation to advise any person of any change in any fact or matter affecting its opinion of which it becomes aware after the date of its opinion.

        For purposes of rendering its opinion, Deutsche Bank assumed, with the knowledge and permission of the Pozen board of directors, that in all respects material to its analysis, the transaction will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the original merger agreement, without any waiver, modification or amendment of any term, condition or agreement, and no adjustments or modifications to the structure of the transaction would be made, in each case that was material to its analysis, and no adjustment to the merger consideration of one Aralez Ireland Share per share of Pozen common stock or the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Share per Tribute common share attributable to changes in the outstanding shares of capital stock of Pozen, Tribute or Aralez Ireland by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend thereon. Deutsche Bank further assumed that the final plan of arrangement would not differ from the form plan of arrangement attached as Schedule II to the original merger agreement in any respect material to its analysis. Deutsche Bank also assumed, with the knowledge and permission of the Pozen board of directors, that all material governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents required in connection with the consummation of the transaction would be obtained and that in connection with obtaining any necessary governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents, no restrictions, terms or conditions would be imposed that would be material to its analysis. Deutsche Bank is not a legal, regulatory, tax or accounting expert and Deutsche Bank relied on the assessments made by Pozen and its other advisors with respect to such issues.

        Deutsche Bank was not requested to, and did not (a) initiate or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or solicit any indications of interest from, third parties with respect to any potential transaction involving Pozen or any alternative to the transaction, (b) negotiate the terms of the transaction or (c) advise the Pozen board of directors with respect to alternatives to the transaction. Nor was Deutsche Bank requested to consider, and Deutsche Bank's opinion did not address, the merits of the underlying decision by Pozen to engage in the transaction or the relative merits of the transaction as compared to any alternative transactions or business strategies.

        Pozen selected Deutsche Bank as its financial advisor in connection with the transaction based on Deutsche Bank's qualifications, expertise, reputation and experience in mergers and acquisitions. Pursuant to an engagement letter between Pozen and Deutsche Bank, dated May 13, 2015, Pozen has agreed to pay Deutsche Bank a fee of $1,000,000 for its services as financial advisor to Pozen, all of which became payable upon the delivery of Deutsche Bank's opinion. Pozen has also agreed to reimburse Deutsche Bank for the fees, expenses and disbursements of Deutsche Bank's counsel and Deutsche Bank's travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the transaction or otherwise arising out of the retention of Deutsche Bank, in each case on the terms set forth in its engagement letter. Pozen has also agreed to indemnify Deutsche Bank and certain related persons to the full extent lawful against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws arising out of its engagement or the transaction.

        Deutsche Bank is an internationally recognized investment banking firm experienced in providing advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions and related transactions. Deutsche Bank is an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG, which, together with its affiliates, is referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as the "DB Group". The DB Group may provide investment and commercial banking services to Pozen, Tribute, Parent or their respective affiliates in the future, for which Deutsche Bank would expect the DB Group to receive compensation. The DB Group has not received fees from Pozen or Tribute since January 1, 2012 with respect to any investment or commercial banking services unrelated to the transaction. In the ordinary course of business, members of the DB Group may actively trade in the securities and other instruments and obligations of Pozen, Tribute, Parent and their respective affiliates for their own accounts and for the accounts of their customers. Accordingly, the

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DB Group may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities, instruments and obligations.

Summary of Material Financial Analyses of Deutsche Bank

        The following is a summary of the material financial analyses presented by Deutsche Bank to the Pozen board of directors at its meeting held on June 7, 2015 and used in connection with rendering Deutsche Bank's opinion described above.

        The following summary, however, does not purport to be a complete description of the financial analyses performed by Deutsche Bank, nor does the order in which the analyses are described represent the relative importance or weight given to the analyses by Deutsche Bank. Some of the summaries of financial analyses below include information presented in tabular format. In order to fully understand the analyses, the tables must be read together with the text of each summary. The tables alone do not constitute a complete description of Deutsche Bank's analyses. Considering the data described below without considering the full narrative description of the financial analyses, including the methodologies and assumptions underlying the analyses, could create a misleading or incomplete view of the analyses. Except as otherwise noted, the following quantitative information, to the extent that it is based on market data, is based on market data as it existed on or before June 5, 2015, and is not necessarily indicative of current market conditions.

        As discussed above under the section entitled "—Background of the Transactions," following the June 7, 2015 board meeting, Pozen management provided Deutsche Bank with updated and slightly revised diluted share count information for Tribute containing immaterial differences to the assumptions used prior to delivery of Deutsche Bank's oral opinion and Deutsche Bank reviewed the impact of such updated information prior to delivering its written opinion on June 8, 2015. The following description of the analyses performed by Deutsche Bank, however, reflects the analyses as presented to the Pozen board of directors at its meeting on June 7, 2015.

    Exchange Ratio Analysis

        In assessing the exchange ratio, Deutsche Bank derived values for each of Pozen and Tribute using the valuation methodologies, described in the summaries under the captions " Selected Public Companies Analysis—Tribute ," " Selected Public Companies Analysis—Pozen ," " Sum-of-the-Parts Discounted Cash Flow Analysis—Tribute " and " Sum-of-the-Parts Discounted Cash Flow Analysis—Pozen ," set forth below. Each of these methodologies was used to generate implied valuation ranges for Pozen and Tribute. For each methodology, an implied exchange ratio was then calculated based on these implied valuation ranges. In consideration of Tribute's proposed acquisition of MFI, in generating the implied valuation range for Tribute, Deutsche Bank performed each calculation under two potential scenarios—taking into account the acquisition of MFI and without taking into account the acquisition of MFI.

        The following table outlines the implied exchange ratios derived using each of these methodologies. With respect to any given range of implied exchange ratios, except in the case of the last twelve-month period exchange ratio, which is referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as the "LTM exchange ratio," the upper implied exchange ratio assumes the maximum Tribute equity value and minimum Pozen equity value, while the lower implied exchange ratio assumes the minimum Tribute equity value and maximum Pozen equity value (as described in more detail below). The LTM exchange ratio range reflects the range of implied exchange ratios based on the closing share prices of Pozen and Tribute on each trading day during the twelve-month period ended June 5, 2015, with the Tribute

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common shares price converted to US dollars at historical exchange ratios on each applicable trading day.

Implied Exchange Ratio Analysis
  Excluding MFI   Including MFI  

LTM exchange ratio

    0.0461 - 0.1579     0.0461 - 0.1579  

Selected Companies

             

TEV/2016E revenue

    0.0956 - 0.1855     0.1094 - 0.2212  

TEV/2017E revenue

    0.0917 - 0.1567     0.1045 - 0.1834  

Sum-of-the-Parts Discounted Cash Flow

             

Including transaction benefits

    0.1389 - 0.2132     0.1456 - 0.2289  

Including transaction benefits and revenue synergies

    0.1692 - 0.2578     0.1751 - 0.2724  

    Historical Trading Analysis—Tribute

        Deutsche Bank reviewed the historical closing trading prices for the Tribute common shares during the 52-week period ended June 5, 2015, which ranged from a low of $0.47 (CAD) per share on October 16, 2014 to a high of $1.34 (CAD) per share on June 4, 2015. Deutsche Bank also noted that the closing price of Tribute common shares on June 5, 2015, the last trading day prior to the announcement of the transaction, was $1.30 (CAD) per share.

        Deutsche Bank noted that, based on the terms of the transaction, the closing trading price of Pozen common stock of $7.55 on June 5, 2015 and the USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.2475 as of June 5, 2015, the implied nominal value for each Tribute common share to be paid in the transaction was $1.37 (CAD).

    Analyst Price Targets—Tribute

        Deutsche Bank reviewed the stock price targets for the Tribute common shares in four publicly available research analysts' reports published after Tribute's announcement of its acquisition of U.S. rights to Fibricor and prior to June 1, 2015, which indicated low and high stock price targets ranging from $1.30 (CAD) to $2.10 (CAD) per share.

    Selected Public Companies Analysis—Tribute

        Deutsche Bank reviewed and compared certain financial information and commonly used valuation measurements for Tribute with corresponding financial information and valuation measurements for the following companies:

    Knight Therapeutics Inc.;

    Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.;

    Merus Labs International Inc.;

    Trimel Pharmaceuticals Corporation; and

    BioSyent Inc.

        Although none of the above selected companies is directly comparable to Tribute, the companies included were chosen because they are publicly traded companies with financial and operating characteristics that, for purposes of analysis, may be considered similar to certain financial and operating characteristics of Tribute. Accordingly, the analysis of publicly traded companies was not simply mathematical. Rather, it involved complex considerations and qualitative judgments, reflected in the opinion of Deutsche Bank, concerning differences in financial and operating characteristics of the selected companies and other factors that could affect the public trading value of such companies.

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        Based on the closing trading prices of the selected companies on June 5, 2015, information contained in the most recent public filings of the selected companies, and Wall Street consensus analyst estimates of 2015, 2016 and 2017 revenue for the selected companies, Deutsche Bank calculated total enterprise value as a multiple of estimated revenue, which is referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as a "TEV/revenue" multiple, with respect to each of the selected companies for 2015, 2016 and 2017.

        Deutsche Bank calculated the same multiples for Tribute based upon (i) the $1.30 (CAD) closing price of the Tribute common shares on June 5, 2015, capitalization and other information contained in Tribute's public filings, and mean Wall Street analyst revenue estimates for Tribute published by analysts who had published reports following the announcement of Tribute's acquisition of the U.S. rights to Fibricor (but not taking into account an acquisition of MFI) and (ii) the $1.37 (CAD) implied nominal value per Tribute common share in the transaction (assuming the closing trading price of the Pozen common stock of $7.55 on June 5, 2015 and a USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.2475 as of June 5, 2015), capitalization and other information relating to Tribute provided by Pozen management, and Pozen management revenue estimates for Tribute taking into account the U.S. rights to Fibricor, both with and without taking into account the acquisition of MFI.

        The results of this analysis are summarized as follows:

 
  TEV/Revenue  
 
  CY2015E   CY2016E   CY2017E  

Selected Companies

                   

High

    7.6x     9.6x     11.6x  

Mean

    6.7x     6.1x     5.5x  

Median

    6.8x     5.0x     4.3x  

Low

    5.4x     4.8x     2.8x  

Tribute

                   

Wall Street Estimates @ 1.30

    6.7x     5.4x     4.8x  

Management Estimates @ 1.37

                   

Without MFI

    6.8x     5.7x     4.9x  

With MFI

    5.8x     4.9x     4.2x  

        Based in part upon the TEV/revenue multiples of the selected companies described above and revenue estimates for Tribute provided by Pozen management, and taking into account its professional judgment and experience, Deutsche Bank calculated ranges of estimated implied values per Tribute common share by applying ranges of TEV/revenue multiples to Pozen management revenue estimates for Tribute for each of 2015, 2016 and 2017 under two scenarios—with the acquisition of MFI and without the acquisition of MFI. The results of this analysis are summarized as follows:

 
   
  Estimated Implied Value per Tribute Common Share
 
  TEV/Revenue Range
Estimated Tribute Revenues
  (Excluding MFI)   (Including MFI)

2015 Estimated Revenues          

    5.5x - 8.0x   $1.13 (CAD) - $1.59 (CAD)   $1.31 (CAD) - $1.90 (CAD)

2016 Estimated Revenues          

    4.5x - 6.5x   $1.10 (CAD) - $1.53 (CAD)   $1.26 (CAD) - $1.83 (CAD)

2017 Estimated Revenues          

    4.0x - 5.0x   $1.13 (CAD) - $1.38 (CAD)   $1.29 (CAD) - $1.62 (CAD)

        Deutsche Bank noted that the closing price of the Tribute common shares was $1.30 (CAD) on June 5, 2015 and that the implied nominal value per Tribute common share in the transaction was $1.37 (CAD) (assuming the closing trading price of the Pozen common stock of $7.55 on June 5, 2015 and a USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.2475 as of June 5, 2015).

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    Sum-of-the-Parts Discounted Cash Flow Analysis—Tribute

        Deutsche Bank performed a sum-of-the-parts discounted cash flow analysis of Tribute to calculate ranges of implied present value per Tribute common share as of June 30, 2015 using (i) financial forecasts for Tribute's currently marketed products ("standalone Tribute") provided by Pozen management both with and without taking into account the acquisition of MFI, (ii) financial forecasts for Bezalip SR, Tribute's pipeline product for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, provided by Pozen management which took into account a 65% probability of success for Bezalip SR and (iii) certain tax and other benefits projected by management of Pozen to result from the transaction (net of after-tax severance costs and potential transaction taxes) (the "transaction benefits"). Deutsche Bank also performed the same analyses taking into account certain revenue synergies projected by management of Pozen to result from the transaction.

        In performing the discounted cash flow analysis, Deutsche Bank applied a range of discount rates of 12.5% to 14.5% to (i) Pozen's management estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows for standalone Tribute for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, using the mid-year convention, (ii) Pozen's management estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows for Bezalip SR for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2026, using the mid-year convention, (iii) a range of estimated terminal values of standalone Tribute derived by growing the projected 2025 unlevered after-tax free cash flows using perpetuity growth rates of 2.0% to 4.0%, and (iv) a range of estimated terminal values of Bezalip SR derived by growing the projected 2026 unlevered after-tax free cash flows using perpetuity growth rates of (2.0%) to 2.0%.

        In calculating the impact of the acquisition of MFI, Deutsche Bank applied a range of discount rates of 12.5% to 14.5% to (i) Pozen management's estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of MFI for the period from July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2026, using the mid-year convention and (ii) a range of estimated terminal values of MFI derived by growing the projected 2026 unlevered after-tax free cash flows using perpetuity growth rates of 2.0% to 4.0%. Deutsche Bank also assumed, based on information provided by Pozen, that Tribute's net debt would increase by $22.5 million (CAD) to fund the acquisition of MFI and Tribute would also issue $5.0 million (CAD) of Tribute common shares at a 15% discount to the valuation of Tribute common shares in connection with the acquisition of MFI.

        Deutsche Bank also performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the transaction benefits projected by Pozen management to result from the transaction, by applying a range of discount rates of 14.0% to 16.0% to Pozen management's estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of such benefits for the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, using the mid-year convention.

        Taking into account Pozen's management estimates of net cash as of June 30, 2015, this analysis resulted in a range of implied present values per Tribute common share as of June 30, 2015 of approximately $1.42 (CAD) to $1.87 (CAD) per share excluding MFI and approximately $1.49 (CAD) to $2.00 (CAD) per share including MFI.

        Deutsche Bank also performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the net present value of the revenue synergies projected by Pozen management to result from the transaction, applying a range of discount rates of 14.0% to 16.0% to (i) Pozen management's estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of such benefits with respect to Pozen's MT400 product line for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, using the mid-year convention, (ii) a range of estimated terminal values for such benefits related to MT400 derived by growing the adjusted projected 2025 unlevered after-tax free cash flow of such benefits for one year using an estimated 2026 growth rate of (60%) and applying perpetuity growth rates of (2.0%) to 2.0% to the resulting estimated 2026 free cash flow, (iii) Pozen management's estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of such benefits with respect to Pozen's YOSPRALA product line (solely with respect to Canada) for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, using the mid-year convention, and (iv) a range of estimated terminal

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values derived by growing the adjusted projected 2025 unlevered after-tax free cash flow of such benefits related to YOSPRALA (solely with respect to Canada) for one year using an estimated 2026 growth rate of 1.0% and applying perpetuity growth rates of (2.0%) to 2.0% to the resulting estimated 2026 free cash flow. Deutsche Bank derived the foregoing ranges of discount rates by utilizing a weighted average cost of capital analysis based on certain financial metrics, including betas, for Tribute and the selected companies described above under "—Selected Public Companies Analysis—Tribute".

        Taking into account the net present value of the revenue synergies from the transaction resulted in a range of implied present values per Tribute common share as of June 30, 2015 of approximately $1.73 (CAD) to $2.26 (CAD) per share excluding MFI and approximately $1.79 (CAD) to $2.38 (CAD) per share including MFI.

        Deutsche Bank noted that the closing price of the Tribute common shares was $1.30 (CAD) on June 5, 2015 and that the implied nominal value per Tribute common share in the transaction was $1.37 (CAD) (assuming the closing trading price of the Tribute common shares of $7.55 on June 5, 2015 and a USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.2475 as of June 5, 2015).

    Historical Trading Analysis—Pozen

        Deutsche Bank reviewed the historical closing trading prices for the Pozen common stock during the 52-week period ended June 5, 2015, which ranged from a low of $6.45 per share on May 29, 2015 to a high of $9.50 per share on November 6, 2014. Deutsche Bank also noted that the closing price of the Pozen common stock on June 5, 2015 was $7.55 per share.

    Selected Public Companies Analysis—Pozen

        Deutsche Bank reviewed and compared certain financial information and commonly used valuation measurements for Pozen with corresponding financial information and valuation measurements for the six specialty pharmaceutical companies and two pharmaceutical companies whose principal source of revenue comes from royalties or other passive sources set forth below:

        Specialty Pharma

    Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    Amarin Corporation plc

    Orexo AB

    Antares Pharma Inc.

    Egalet Corporation

        Royalty / Passive Income

    Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Corium International, Inc.

        Although none of the above selected companies is directly comparable to Pozen, the companies included were chosen because they are publicly traded companies with financial and operating characteristics that, for purposes of analysis, may be considered similar to certain financial and operating characteristics of Pozen. Accordingly, the analysis of publicly traded companies was not simply mathematical. Rather, it involved complex considerations and qualitative judgments, reflected in the opinion of Deutsche Bank, concerning differences in financial and operating characteristics of the selected companies and other factors that could affect the public trading value of such companies.

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        Based on the closing trading prices of Pozen and the selected companies on June 5, 2015, information contained in the most recent public filings of Pozen and the selected companies, revenue forecasts for Pozen provided by Pozen management and Wall Street consensus revenue forecasts for the selected companies, Deutsche Bank calculated multiples of TEV to estimated 2016 revenue and estimated 2017 revenue for Pozen and each of the selected companies.

        The results of this analysis are summarized as follows:

 
  TEV/revenue  
 
  CY2016E   CY2017E  

Specialty Pharmaceuticals

             

High

    4.4x     3.0x  

Mean

    3.4x     2.3x  

Median

    3.2x     2.4x  

Low

    2.9x     1.0x  

Royalty/Passive Income

             

High

    5.3x     4.3x  

Mean

    4.9x     4.0x  

Median

    4.9x     4.0x  

Low

    4.5x     3.8x  

Pozen @ $7.55

    3.5x     2.2x  

        Based in part upon the TEV/revenue multiples of the selected companies described above and revenue estimates for Pozen provided by Pozen management, and taking into account its professional judgment and experience, Deutsche Bank calculated ranges of estimated implied values per share of Pozen common stock by (i) applying a range of TEV/revenue multiples of 3.0x to 4.5x to 2016 estimated revenues, resulting in a range of implied values of approximately $6.63 to $9.25 per share of Pozen common stock, and (ii) applying a range of TEV/revenue multiples of 2.0x to 3.0x to 2017 estimated revenues, resulting in a range of implied values of approximately $7.08 to $9.92 per share of Pozen common stock.

    Sum-of-the-Parts Discounted Cash Flow Analysis—Pozen

        Deutsche Bank performed a sum-of-the-parts discounted cash flow analysis to calculate a range of implied present values per share of Pozen common stock as of June 30, 2015 using (i) financial forecasts for Pozen's Vimovo, MT400 and Treximet product lines provided by Pozen management, (ii) financial forecasts for Pozen's pipeline product YOSPRALA provided by Pozen's management which took into account a 100% probability of success for YOSPRALA and (iii) Pozen management estimates of operating expenses including non-cash compensation expense.

        In performing the discounted cash flow analysis, Deutsche Bank applied a range of discount rates of 14.0% to 16.0% to (i) Pozen management estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of Vimovo for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025 and assuming an annual growth rate of (3.0%) for the period from January 1, 2026 through October 31, 2031, using the mid-year convention, (ii) Pozen management estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of MT400 for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025 and assuming a 2026 growth rate of (60%), using the mid-year convention, (iii) Pozen management estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows of YOSPRALA (with respect to sales in both Canada and the United States) and Treximet for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025 and assuming a 2026 growth rate for YOSPRALA in Canada of 1.0%, using the mid-year convention, and (iv) a range of estimated terminal values of YOSPRALA (solely with respect to sales in the United States) derived by growing projected 2025 unlevered after-tax free cash flows using perpetuity growth rates of (2.0%) to 2.0%. No terminal value was attributed to Vimovo (for periods after October 31, 2031), MT400 (for periods after

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December 31, 2026), YOSPRALA in Canada (for periods after December 31, 2026) or Treximet (for periods after December 31, 2025).

        Deutsche Bank also performed a discounted cash flow analysis on the net present value of Pozen's operating expenses, applying a range of discount rates of 14.0% to 16.0% to (i) Pozen management's estimates of the after-tax unlevered free cash flows for the period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, using the mid-year convention, and (ii) a range of estimated terminal values derived by growing the adjusted projected 2025 unlevered after-tax free cash flows using perpetuity growth rates of (2.0%) to 2.0%. Deutsche Bank derived the foregoing range of discount rates by utilizing a weighted average cost of capital analysis based on certain financial metrics, including betas, for Pozen and the selected specialty pharmaceutical companies described above under "—Selected Public Companies Analysis—Pozen".

        Taking into account Pozen management estimates of cash balances as of June 30, 2015 and taxes to be incurred in connection the intellectual property transactions announced on June 2, 2015, this analysis resulted in a range of implied present values per share of Pozen common stock as of June 30, 2015 of approximately $7.02 to $8.21 per share.

    Other Information

        Deutsche Bank also observed certain additional factors that were not considered part of Deutsche Bank's financial analysis for purposes of its opinion but were noted for informational purposes. This information included, among other things, an analysis of premiums paid in 18 selected life sciences transactions involving publicly-traded target companies with total enterprise values between $100 million and $500 million announced since January 2010. The premiums in this analysis were calculated by comparing the per share acquisition price in each transaction to (i) the closing price of the target company's common stock for the date one day prior to the earlier of the date of announcement of the transactions or the date on which the trading price of the target's common stock was perceived to be affected by a potential transaction, (ii) the closing price of the target company's common stock on the 30 th  day prior to such date, and (iii) the 52-week high closing price of the target company's common stock prior to such date. For transactions in which a portion of the consideration included a CVR, Deutsche Bank calculated these premiums both with and without taking into account the maximum (undiscounted) amount payable pursuant to the CVR.

        The following table presents the results of this analysis:

 
  Premium
(Excl. CVR payment)
  Premium
(Incl. Max. CVR Payment)
 
 
  1-day   30-day   52-week high   1-day   30-day   52-week high  

Life Sciences Transactions

                                     

High

    256 %   368 %   122 %   356 %   400 %   218 %

Mean

    84 %   90 %   15 %   108 %   118 %   30 %

Median

    67 %   60 %   10 %   77 %   60 %   14 %

Low

    19 %   20 %   (44 )%   19 %   20 %   (42 )%

        Deutsche Bank also reviewed the implied premiums paid in 14 selected all-stock transactions involving publicly-traded target companies with enterprise values between $100 million and $500 million announced since January 1, 2010 in which the shareholders of the target company received less than 40% of stock of the acquiring company on a pro forma basis (excluding transactions involving financial institutions). The premiums in this analysis were calculated by comparing the implied per share acquisition price in each transaction to (i) the closing price of the target company's common stock for the date one day prior to the earlier of the date of announcement of the transaction or the date on which the trading price of the target's common stock was perceived to be affected by a potential

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transaction and (ii) the closing price of the target company's common stock on the 30 th  day prior to such date. The following table presents the results of this analysis:

 
  Number of Transactions  
 
  Less than 20%   20.0% - 40.0%   40.0% - 60.0%   More than 60.0%  

Premium

                         

1-Day Prior

    7     2     2     3  

30-Day Prior

    4     6     2     2  

        Deutsche Bank noted that the $1.37 (CAD) implied nominal value per Tribute common share to be paid in the transaction (assuming the closing trading price of the Pozen common stock of $7.55 on June 5, 2015 and a USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.2475 as of June 5, 2015) represented a premium of 5% to the $1.30 (CAD) closing price of Tribute common shares on June 5, 2015, a premium of 38% to the $0.99 (CAD) closing price of Tribute common shares on May 7, 2015, the 30 th  day prior to June 5, 2015, and a premium of 2% to the $1.34 (CAD) high closing price for Tribute common shares for the 52-week period ended June 5, 2015.

    Miscellaneous

        This summary is not a complete description of Deutsche Bank's opinion or the analyses underlying, and factors considered in connection with, Deutsche Bank's opinion. The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process involving the application of subjective business and financial judgment in determining the most appropriate and relevant methods of financial analysis and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances and, therefore, is not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. Deutsche Bank believes that its analyses described above must be considered as a whole and that considering any portion of such analyses and of the factors considered without considering all analyses and factors could create a misleading view of the process underlying its opinion. Selecting portions of the analyses or summary set forth above, without considering the analyses as a whole, could create an incomplete view of the processes underlying Deutsche Bank's opinion. In arriving at its fairness determination, Deutsche Bank considered the results of all of its analyses and did not attribute any particular weight to any factor or analysis. Rather, it made its fairness determination on the basis of its experience and professional judgment after considering the results of all of its analyses. No company or transaction in the analyses described above is identical to Tribute, Pozen, the combined company or the transaction.

        In conducting its analyses and arriving at its opinion, Deutsche Bank utilized a variety of generally accepted valuation methods. The analyses were prepared solely for the purpose of enabling Deutsche Bank to provide its opinion to the Pozen board of directors as to fairness of the exchange ratio of 0.1455 Aralez Ireland Shares per Tribute common share pursuant to the original merger agreement (taking into account the merger), from a financial point of view, to the holders of the outstanding Pozen common stock (excluding Aralez Ireland, Tribute and their respective affiliates) as of the date of the opinion and does not purport to be an appraisal or necessarily reflect the prices at which businesses or securities actually may be sold, which are inherently subject to uncertainty. As described above, in connection with its analyses, Deutsche Bank made, and was provided by the managements of Pozen and Tribute with, numerous assumptions with respect to industry performance, general business and economic conditions and other matters, many of which are beyond the control of Deutsche Bank, Pozen or Tribute. Analyses based on estimates or forecasts of future results are not necessarily indicative of actual past or future values or results, which may be significantly more or less favorable than suggested by such analyses. Because such analyses are inherently subject to uncertainty, being based upon numerous factors or events beyond the control of Pozen or Tribute or their respective advisors, Deutsche Bank does not assume responsibility if future results or actual values are materially different from these forecasts or assumptions.

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        Pozen did not provide specific instructions to, or place any limitations on, Deutsche Bank with respect to the procedures to be followed or factors to be considered in performing its financial analyses or providing its opinion. The terms of the transaction, including the exchange ratio, were determined through arm's-length negotiations between the Pozen and Tribute and were approved by the Pozen board of directors. Although Deutsche Bank provided advice to Pozen during the course of these negotiations, the decision to enter into the merger agreement was solely that of the Pozen board of directors. Deutsche Bank did not recommend any specific consideration to Pozen or the Pozen board of directors, or that any specific amount or type of consideration constituted the only appropriate consideration for the transaction. As described above, the opinion of Deutsche Bank and its presentation to the Pozen board of directors were among a number of factors taken into consideration by the Pozen board of directors in making its determination to approve the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

Prospective Financial Information

Pozen Unaudited Prospective Financial Information

        Pozen does not publicly disclose long-term projections as to future revenues, earnings or other results due to, among other reasons, the uncertainty and subjectivity of the underlying assumptions and estimates. As a result, Pozen does not provide the unaudited prospective financial information as a reliable indication of future results. Pozen is including certain unaudited prospective financial information in this document solely because it was among the financial information made available to and considered by the Pozen board of directors and Pozen's financial advisors in connection with their respective evaluations of the original merger agreement. Except to the extent required by applicable law, neither Pozen nor Parent has any obligation to update prospective financial data included in this proxy statement/prospectus and has not done so and does not intend to do so.

        The inclusion of this information should not be regarded as an indication that any of Pozen, Pozen's financial advisors, or any other recipient of this information considered, or now considers, it to be necessarily predictive of actual future results. There can be no assurance that the prospective results will be realized or that actual results will not be significantly higher or lower than estimated.

        Since the unaudited prospective financial information covers multiple years, such information, by its nature, becomes less predictive with each successive year. Pozen stockholders are urged to review the SEC filings of Pozen and SEC and SEDAR filings of Tribute for a description of risk factors with respect to the respective businesses of Pozen and Tribute. See the sections entitled "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on pages 54 and 236, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus. The unaudited prospective financial information was not prepared with a view toward public disclosure, nor was it prepared with a view toward compliance with published guidelines of the SEC, the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and presentation of prospective financial information, or GAAP. Neither the independent registered public accounting firms of Pozen, Tribute and any other independent accounting firm associated with this proxy statement/prospectus has audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to the accompanying unaudited prospective financial information for the purpose of its inclusion herein and, accordingly, the independent registered public accounting firms of Pozen, Tribute and any other independent accounting firm associated with this proxy statement/prospectus express no opinion and do not provide any form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this proxy statement/prospectus. The report of the independent registered public accounting firms of Pozen contained in the Annual Report of Pozen on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is incorporated by reference into this document, relates to the historical financial information of Pozen. Such report does not extend to the unaudited prospective financial information and should not be read to do so. Furthermore, the unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account any circumstances or events

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occurring after the date it was prepared. The unaudited prospective financial information does not give effect to the proposed acquisition of Pozen by Parent.

        The following table presents selected unaudited prospective financial data for Pozen.


Pozen Projections

 
  (USD in millions)  
 
  Fiscal Year Ending December 31,  
 
  2015E   2016E   2017E   2018E   2019E   2020E   2021E   2022E   2023E   2024E   2025E  

Net Revenue

  $ 25.0   $ 67.2   $ 109.4   $ 161.9   $ 217.1   $ 273.3   $ 319.7   $ 350.3   $ 201.6   $ 61.2   $ 59.2  

Non-GAAP EBIT(1)

    (24.5 )   (17.7 )   6.7     56.8     91.9     145.6     187.5     245.1     160.0     47.0     47.6  

Unlevered Free Cash Flow(2)

    (24.5 )(3)   (24.5 )   0.3     33.3     44.2     68.9     98.8     124.8     149.3     80.6     32.5  

(1)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, non-GAAP EBIT represents GAAP Income before taxes adjusted for interest.

(2)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, unlevered cash flow represents non-GAAP EBIT less cash taxes, capital expenditures and changes in net working capital.

(3)
2015E Unlevered Free Cash Flow represents half year estimate.

Tribute Unaudited Prospective Financial Information

        Tribute does not publicly disclose long-term projections as to future revenues, earnings or other results due to, among other reasons, the uncertainty and subjectivity of the underlying assumptions and estimates. As a result, Tribute does not provide the unaudited prospective financial information as a reliable indication of future results. Pozen is including certain unaudited prospective financial information in this document solely because it was among the financial information made available to the Pozen board of directors and used by Pozen's financial advisors in connection with their respective evaluations of the transactions. The unaudited prospective financial data presented below includes projections for Tribute prepared by Tribute management as part of its regular strategic planning process that were adjusted by Pozen to reflect more conservative assumptions and include the development and launch of Bezalip SR in the U.S. market. Except to the extent required by applicable law, neither Pozen nor Tribute has any obligation to update prospective financial data included in this proxy statement/prospectus and has not done so and does not intend to do so. The inclusion of this information should not be regarded as an indication that any of Pozen, Pozen's financial advisors, Tribute or any other recipient of this information considered, or now considers, it to be necessarily predictive of actual future results. There can be no assurance that the prospective results will be realized or that actual results will not be significantly higher or lower than estimated.

        Since the unaudited prospective financial information covers multiple years, such information, by its nature, becomes less predictive with each successive year. Pozen stockholders are urged to review the SEC and SEDAR filings of Tribute for a description of risk factors with respect to the business of Tribute. See the sections entitled "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on pages 54 and 236, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus. The unaudited prospective financial information was not prepared with a view toward public disclosure, nor was it prepared with a view toward compliance with applicable Canadian securities laws, published guidelines of the SEC, the Canadian Securities Administrators or any provincial securities legislation or the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and presentation of prospective financial information. Neither the independent registered public accounting firm of Tribute, nor any other independent accounting firm associated with this proxy statement/prospectus, has audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any

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procedures with respect to the accompanying unaudited prospective financial information for the purpose of its inclusion herein and, accordingly, the independent registered public accounting firm of Tribute and any other independent accounting firm associated with this proxy statement/prospectus, express no opinion and do not provide any form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this proxy statement/prospectus. The report of the independent registered public accounting firm of Tribute contained in the Annual Report of Tribute on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus, relates to the historical financial information of Tribute. Such report does not extend to the unaudited prospective financial information and should not be read to do so. Furthermore, the unaudited prospective financial information does not take into account any circumstances or events occurring after the date it was prepared. The unaudited prospective financial information does not give effect to the proposed acquisition of Pozen and Tribute by Parent.

        Due to certain differences in assumptions made by Guggenheim Securities and Deutsche Bank, Pozen has included both sets of projections used by such advisors. With respect to the Tribute projections excluding the MFI business, Pozen's financial advisors applied different assumptions in computing Tribute's cash taxes. With respect to the Tribute projections including the MFI business, Pozen's financial advisors also used different approaches to adjusting financial forecasts for Octasa, a pipeline product of MFI, for an assumed 65% probability of success as provided by Pozen management. The different approaches utilized by Guggenheim Securities and Deutsche Bank resulted in differences in non-GAAP EBIT and unlevered free cash flow as set forth in the following tables which were immaterial to their respective opinions.


Tribute Projections Excluding Medical Futures Used by Guggenheim Securities(1)

 
  (CAD in millions)  
 
  Fiscal Year Ending December 31,  
 
  2015E   2016E   2017E   2018E   2019E   2020E   2021E   2022E   2023E   2024E   2025E  

Net Revenue

  $ 28.1   $ 33.3   $ 38.7   $ 51.0   $ 65.5   $ 85.6   $ 102.8   $ 117.8   $ 134.7   $ 142.9   $ 81.8  

Non-GAAP EBIT(2)

    (6.6 )(4)   (8.8 )   (19.6 )   9.5     19.3     33.5     46.0     57.0     73.2     83.0     36.4  

Unlevered Free Cash Flow(3)

    (4.0 )(4)   (5.0 )   (15.8 )   13.1     23.1     29.5     37.0     45.2     57.0     64.9     36.5  

(1)
Financial forecasts for Bezalip SR, Tribute's pipeline product for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, have been adjusted for an assumed probability of success of 65%.

(2)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, non-GAAP EBIT represents GAAP income before taxes adjusted for interest.

(3)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, unlevered cash flow represents non-GAAP EBIT less cash taxes, capital expenditures and changes in net working capital.

(4)
2015E non-GAAP EBIT and unlevered free cash flow represents half year estimates.


Tribute Projections Including Medical Futures Used by Guggenheim Securities(1)

 
  (CAD in millions)  
 
  Fiscal Year Ending December 31,  
 
  2015E   2016E   2017E   2018E   2019E   2020E   2021E   2022E   2023E   2024E   2025E  

Net Revenue

  $ 38.0   $ 45.0   $ 51.8   $ 66.8   $ 84.1   $ 106.5   $ 125.6   $ 140.2   $ 156.1   $ 164.9   $ 104.4  

Non-GAAP EBIT(2)

    (4.7 )(4)   (4.9 )   (15.2 )   14.7     25.5     40.6     53.8     64.7     80.3     90.3     43.8  

Unlevered Free Cash Flow(3)

    (2.1 )(4)   (1.3 )   (11.6 )   17.8     24.8     32.7     42.5     50.9     62.4     70.2     41.8  

(1)
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    product for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, have been adjusted for "an assumed probability" of success of 65%.

(2)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, non-GAAP EBIT represents GAAP income before taxes adjusted for interest.

(3)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, unlevered cash flow represents non-GAAP EBIT less cash taxes, capital expenditures and changes in net working capital.

(4)
2015E non-GAAP EBIT and unlevered free cash flow represent half year estimates.


Tribute Projections Excluding Medical Futures Used by Deutsche Bank(1)

 
  (CAD in millions)  
 
  Fiscal Year Ending December 31,  
 
  2015E   2016E   2017E   2018E   2019E   2020E   2021E   2022E   2023E   2024E   2025E  

Net Revenue

  $ 28.1   $ 33.3   $ 38.7   $ 51.0   $ 65.5   $ 85.6   $ 102.8   $ 117.8   $ 134.7   $ 142.9   $ 81.8  

Non-GAAP EBIT(2)

    (6.6 )(4)   (8.8 )   (19.6 )   9.5     19.3     33.5     46.0     57.0     73.2     83.0     36.4  

Unlevered Free Cash Flow(3)

    (2.3 )(4)   (2.7 )   (10.6 )   10.6     18.1     27.9     37.1     45.3     57.0     64.9     36.5  

(1)
Financial forecasts for Bezalip SR, Tribute's pipeline product for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, have been adjusted for an assumed probability of success of 65%

(2)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, non-GAAP EBIT represents GAAP income before taxes adjusted for interest.

(3)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, unlevered cash flow represents non-GAAP EBIT less cash taxes, capital expenditures and changes in net working capital.

(4)
2015E non-GAAP EBIT and unlevered free cash flow represents half year estimates.


Tribute Projections Including Medical Futures Used by Deutsche Bank(1)

 
  (CAD in millions)  
 
  Fiscal Year Ending December 31,  
 
  2015E   2016E   2017E   2018E   2019E   2020E   2021E   2022E   2023E   2024E   2025E  

Net Revenue

  $ 38.0   $ 45.0   $ 51.8   $ 66.8   $ 84.1   $ 106.5   $ 125.7   $ 140.3   $ 156.1   $ 165.0   $ 104.5  

Non-GAAP EBIT(2)

    (4.7 )(4)   (4.9 )   (15.2 )   14.7     26.0     41.5     54.9     66.0     81.8     91.9     45.5  

Unlevered Free Cash Flow(3)

    (0.8 )(4)   0.1     (7.4 )   14.1     22.8     33.5     43.4     52.0     63.6     71.5     43.2  

(1)
Financial forecasts for Bezalip SR, Tribute's pipeline product for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, have been adjusted for an assumed probability of success of 65%. Financial forecasts for Octasa, MFI's pipeline product for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, have been adjusted for "an assumed probability" of success of 65%.

(2)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, non-GAAP EBIT represents GAAP income before taxes adjusted for interest.

(3)
Non-GAAP measure. For this purpose, unlevered cash flow represents non-GAAP EBIT less cash taxes, capital expenditures and changes in net working capital.

(4)
2015E non-GAAP EBIT and unlevered free cash flow represents half year estimates.

Additional Information Regarding Prospective Financial Information

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prospective financial information disclosures and in the sections of this document with respect to the opinions of Pozen's financial advisors to Pozen may not be directly comparable to one another.

        Although presented with numerical specificity, the above unaudited prospective financial information reflects numerous assumptions and estimates as to future events made by the management of Pozen and Tribute. At the time the unaudited prospective financial information was prepared, Pozen's management and Tribute's management believed such assumptions and estimates were reasonable. In preparing the foregoing unaudited projected financial information, Pozen and Tribute made assumptions regarding, among other things, sales volumes and pricing, interest rates, corporate financing activities, including with respect to the amount and timing of the issuance of debt, the timing and amount of common stock issuances, the effective tax rate and the amount of Pozen's and Tribute's income taxes, the amount of selling, general and administrative costs and the amount of research and development spending.

        No assurances can be given that the assumptions made in preparing the above unaudited prospective financial information will accurately reflect future conditions. The estimates and assumptions underlying the unaudited prospective financial information involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive, regulatory and financial market conditions and future business decisions that may not be realized and that are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies, including, among others, risks and uncertainties described under the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" beginning on pages 42 and 54, respectively, of this proxy statement/prospectus all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Pozen and/or Tribute and will be beyond the control of the combined company. There can be no assurance that the underlying assumptions will prove to be accurate or that the projected results will be realized, and actual results likely will differ, and may differ materially, from those reflected in the unaudited prospective financial information, whether or not the transactions are completed.

        Pozen stockholders are urged to review Pozen's most recent SEC filings for a description of reported and anticipated results of operations and financial condition and capital resources during 2015, including "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, which is incorporated by reference into this document, and Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, which is incorporated by reference into this document.

        Readers of this document are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the unaudited prospective financial information set forth above. No representation is made by Pozen, Tribute or any other person to any Pozen stockholder regarding the ultimate performance of Pozen or Tribute compared to the information included in the above unaudited prospective financial information. The inclusion of unaudited prospective financial information in this document should not be regarded as an indication that such prospective financial information will be an accurate prediction of future events, and such information should not be relied on as such.

        POZEN AND TRIBUTE DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR OTHERWISE REVISE THE ABOVE UNAUDITED PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO REFLECT CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING AFTER THE DATE WHEN MADE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF FUTURE EVENTS, EVEN IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OR ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING SUCH PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ARE NO LONGER APPROPRIATE, EXCEPT AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW.

Regulatory Approvals

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information to the FTC and the Antitrust Division. Generally, the form requires each of Pozen and Tribute to submit its most recent annual financial report, certain documents that may have been created for the purpose of evaluating the competitive effects of the acquisition (if any), certain information about revenues derived in the most recent complete year from operations affecting U.S. markets, certain information concerning the corporate structure of each party and the interests that each party may hold in other entities and, to the extent that the parties are active in the same product markets in the U.S., certain additional information about the parties' activities in the U.S. The parties in this case are not active in the same product markets in the U.S. If compliance with the HSR is required, the parties will be required to observe a 30 calendar day statutory waiting period following submission of the materials described above, which waiting period can be extended by the relevant agency, before completing the merger. The parties do not expect the waiting period in this case to be extended beyond 30 calendar days. Pozen and Tribute plan to comply with their respective obligations, if any, under the HSR Act.

        Under the Competition Act, merging parties may be required to submit notifications and certain documents and information to the Canadian Competition Bureau if certain financial thresholds are satisfied. Pozen and Tribute have determined that no pre-notification pursuant to the Competition Act is required in respect of the transactions.

Canadian Court Approvals

        As described in the merger agreement, the interim order and the final order must be obtained in order to close the transactions.

Financings

    Equity Financing

        On June 8, 2015, Pozen entered into the Original Subscription Agreement among QLT, Tribute, Aralez Ireland, and the Original Investors (the "original equity financing"). Pursuant to the Original Subscription Agreement, subject to the closing of the merger and the arrangement and the approval of Pozen stockholders with respect to Proposals 2 and 3, Aralez Ireland was to issue and sell to QLT and the Original Investors, concurrently with the closing of the transactions, $75 million of Aralez Ireland Shares in a private placement at a purchase price of $7.20 per Aralez Ireland Share. The Original Subscription Agreement provided that Pozen was to prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC two registration statements to effect a registration of the Aralez Ireland Shares issued under the Original Subscription Agreement within 60 days of the date of the signing of the Original Subscription Agreement and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Original Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement among QLT, Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Aralez Ireland and the Investors. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions, Tribute will sell to QLT and the Investors $75 million of Tribute common shares in a private placement at a purchase price per share equal to the equity price. In the event any of Pozen, Tribute or Parent announce a material event (other than results of any shareholder meeting) during the ten day period immediately preceding closing of the transactions, then clause (ii) of the equity price (as defined above) shall be revised to read: "(ii) a 5% discount off the two day VWAP per share of Pozen common stock, calculated over the two trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25". Based on the floor equity price of $6.25, the maximum number of Tribute common shares to be sold to QLT and the Investors is 82,474,227 shares which would amount to 12,000,000 Parent Shares based on the exchange ratio. Upon consummation of the transactions, Tribute

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common shares will be exchanged for Parent Shares. The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement provides that Parent shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement to effect a registration of the Parent Shares to be issued under the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement on or before January 15, 2016 and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement amends and restates the Original Subscription Agreement by (i) removing Aralez Ireland as a party to the Original Subscription Agreement and substituting Parent for Aralez Ireland, (ii) substituting Tribute common shares for Aralez Ireland Shares, (iii) updating the list of Investors that are parties to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, and (iv) making certain other changes to effect the foregoing.

        A copy of the Original Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 11, 2015. A copy of the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2015. The foregoing descriptions of the Original Subscription Agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Original Subscription Agreement and the Subscription Agreement.

    Debt Financing

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement among Pozen, Parent, Tribute, and the Lenders. The Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement amends and restates the Original Facility Agreement (the "original debt financing"), as amended and restated by the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, by (i) substituting Parent for Aralez Ireland, (ii) substituting Tribute for Stamridge, (iii) substituting Tribute common shares for Aralez Ireland Shares, (iv) substituting Convertible Notes for "exchangeable notes", (v) providing that certain obligations under the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement shall be assigned to and assumed by Parent following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, and (vi) making certain other changes to effect the foregoing.

        Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, subject to the closing of the transactions, Tribute shall borrow from the Lenders up to an aggregate principal amount of $275 million, of which (i) $75 million will be in the form of the Convertible Notes at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the equity price multiplied by 0.1455, issued and sold by Tribute to the Lenders at the merger effective time, upon the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, and (ii) up to an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, which will be made available for Permitted Acquisitions (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement), and will be in the form of Acquisition Notes, evidencing the Acquisition Loans, upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations set forth in the Acquisition Notes, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, the obligations under the Convertible Notes will be assumed by Parent, and the Convertible Notes will be exchanged for Parent Convertible Notes, which will be convertible into Parent Shares at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the equity price. The Parent Convertible Notes shall be secured by the assets of Parent and its subsidiaries. The Parent Convertible Notes may thereafter be convertible into Parent Shares.

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Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2015. The foregoing descriptions of the Original Facility Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Original Facility Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement.

Accounting Treatment

        The business combination under the terms of the merger agreement will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance GAAP, with Pozen being considered the accounting acquirer.

        Pozen will allocate the total purchase price to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values as of the closing of the merger. Any excess of the purchase price over those fair values will be recorded as goodwill.

        Definite lived intangible assets will be amortized over their estimated useful lives. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and goodwill will not be amortized but will be tested for impairment at least annually. All intangible assets and goodwill are also tested for impairment when certain indicators are present. If, in the future, Parent determines that intangible assets or goodwill are impaired, an impairment charge would be recorded at that time.

        The accounting for the business combination reflected in the pro forma financial statements included in this proxy statement/prospectus is based on preliminary estimates using assumptions that Pozen management believes are reasonable utilizing information currently available. The final accounting for the business combination will be based in part on detailed valuation studies which have not yet been completed. Differences between preliminary estimates in the pro forma financial statements and the final accounting for the business combination will occur and could have a material impact on the pro forma financial statements and the combined company's future results of operations and financial position. We expect to complete the final purchase price allocation no later than 12 months following the closing of the transactions.

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THE MERGER AGREEMENT

         The following is a summary of certain material terms of the merger agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the merger agreement, which is incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus by reference in its entirety and attached as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus. Pozen and Tribute urge you to read carefully this entire proxy statement/prospectus, including the annexes and the documents incorporated by reference. You should also review the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

         The merger agreement has been included to provide you with information regarding its terms, and Pozen and Tribute recommend that you read the merger agreement carefully and in its entirety. Except for its status as the contractual document that establishes and governs the legal relations among the parties with respect to the transaction, Pozen and Tribute do not intend for the merger agreement to be a source of factual, business or operational information about the companies. The merger agreement contains representations and warranties of the parties as of specific dates and may have been used for purposes of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters as facts. Those representations and warranties are qualified in several important respects, which you should consider as you read them in the merger agreement. The representations and warranties are qualified in their entirety by certain information Pozen and Tribute filed with the SEC and the applicable Canadian securities regulators, as applicable, prior to the date of the merger agreement, as well as by confidential disclosure letters that Pozen and Tribute delivered to each other in connection with the execution of the merger agreement, and are qualified by contractual standards of materiality that may differ from what stockholders consider to be material. Information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may have changed since the date of the merger agreement and new information qualifying a representation or warranty may have been included in this proxy statement/prospectus. For the foregoing reasons, you should not rely on the representations and warranties contained in the merger agreement as statements of factual information.

Closing of the Merger and the Arrangement

        The closing of the merger and the arrangement will occur on (i) the earlier of (A) the date that is three business days after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the closing of the merger and the arrangement (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of those conditions) and (B) the date that is the day prior to the outside date (defined below), as it may be extended, provided , that all conditions to the closing, of the merger and the arrangement have been satisfied or waived as of such date (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of those conditions) or (ii) a date mutually agreed in writing by Pozen and Tribute.

        The merger effective time and the arrangement effective time will occur as soon as practicable on the closing date, when (i) US Merger Sub and Pozen file the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (ii) the articles of arrangement are filed with the Director appointed pursuant to section 278 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and all regulations made thereunder. At the merger effective time and the arrangement effective time, as applicable, (A) US Merger Sub will be merged with and into Pozen and the separate existence of US Merger Sub will cease and (B) Can Merger Sub will amalgamate with Tribute to form Amalco and the separate existence of Can Merger Sub will cease . Pozen will survive the merger and become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and Tribute will survive the arrangement and become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

Merger Consideration to Pozen Stockholders

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subsidiary of Parent and shares of Pozen common stock owned by Pozen or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Pozen, in each case not held on behalf of third parties and (ii) shares of Pozen common stock subject to vesting or other lapse restrictions pursuant to the Pozen stock option plan and cancelled pursuant to the merger agreement (the "Pozen restricted shares") will be converted into the right to receive from Parent one Parent Share.

Treatment of Outstanding Pozen Equity Awards

        Except for RSUs granted to the New Pozen Employees, and the performance-based option issued to John R. Plachetka pursuant to his separation agreement dated May 29, 2015, each option to purchase Pozen common stock that is unvested and outstanding as of immediately prior to the merger effective time, shall, as of immediately prior to the merger effective time, become vested and exercisable. At the merger effective time, each outstanding option to purchase Pozen common stock which has not been previously exercised shall be assumed by Parent. Each option to purchase Pozen common stock so assumed by Parent under the merger agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions of such options immediately prior to the merger effective time (including, without limitation, any repurchase rights) except that (i) each option to purchase Pozen common stock will be solely exercisable (or will become exercisable in accordance with its terms) for that number of whole Parent Shares equal to the number of shares of Pozen common stock that were issuable upon exercise of such option to purchase Pozen common stock immediately prior to the merger effective time, and (ii) the per share exercise price for the Parent Shares issuable upon exercise of such assumed options to purchase Pozen common stock will be equal the exercise price per share of Pozen common stock at which such option to purchase Pozen common stock was exercisable immediately prior to the merger effective time.

        Except for Pozen RSU awards held by the New Pozen Employees and RSU awards held by our board of directors, each stock-based award other than a Pozen option that is outstanding immediately prior to the merger effective time, shall, whether vested or unvested, as of immediately prior to the merger effective time, become vested except with respect to other Pozen stock-based awards subject to and not exempt from Section 409A of the Code. Awards subject to performance conditions for which the applicable performance period is not complete at the merger effective time will vest. Each New Pozen Employee, our directors and any individual holding stock-based awards subject to Section 409A will receive comparable Parent RSU awards of equal value and vesting on the basis of one Parent RSU for each Pozen RSU held immediately prior to the merger effective time.

        At the merger effective time, the POZEN Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan will terminate with no further grants being made thereunder, and shares with respect to all grants outstanding under the POZEN Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan will be issued or transferred under the 2016 Plan.

Governing Documents Following the Merger

        The certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of US Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the merger effective time shall constitute those of Pozen, until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable law.

        As a result of the merger, the holders of shares of Pozen common stock who receive stock consideration will become holders of Parent Shares and their rights will be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (instead of Delaware law) and by Parent's Notice of Articles and Articles (instead of the Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws). Following the transaction, former Pozen stockholders will have different rights as Parent shareholders than they had as Pozen stockholders. For a summary of the material differences between the rights of Pozen stockholders and Parent

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shareholders, see the section entitled "Comparison of the Rights of Parent Shareholders and Pozen Stockholders" beginning on page 204 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Officers and Directors upon Completion of the Merger

        The directors of Pozen upon completion of the merger shall, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly appointed, elected and qualified, as the case may be, consist of the directors of US Merger Sub prior to the merger effective time. The officers of US Merger Sub immediately prior to the merger effective time shall be the officers of Pozen until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified, as the case may be. The board of directors of Parent shall initially be comprised of nine members consisting of the Chief Executive Officer of Parent (Adrian Adams), five directors appointed by Pozen, two directors appointed by Tribute (one of which must qualify as an independent director under applicable SEC and stock exchange rules and regulations) and one director to be appointed in accordance with the terms of the Financing.

Exchange of Pozen Stock Certificates Following the Merger

        Prior to the merger effective time, Pozen shall appoint a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Tribute to act as exchange agent for the delivery of the merger consideration (the "exchange agent").

        At or prior to the merger effective time, Parent will deposit with the exchange agent the number of Parent Shares necessary to satisfy the aggregate merger consideration.

        As promptly as reasonably practicable after the merger effective time (and in any event within four business days after the merger effective time), Parent will cause the exchange agent to mail to each holder of record of shares of Pozen common stock a form of letter of transmittal which will specify that delivery will be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Pozen stock certificates will pass, only upon delivery of the Pozen stock certificates to the exchange agent, will be in such form and have such other provisions (including customary provisions with respect to delivery of an "agent's message" with respect to shares held in book-entry form) as Pozen may specify acting reasonably, and will be prepared prior to the closing, together with instructions thereto. Upon the surrender of a certificate representing a share of Pozen common stock for cancellation to the exchange agent or, in the case of shares of Pozen common stock held in book-entry form, the receipt of an agent's message by the exchange agent, as applicable, in each case with the letter of transmittal, duly, completely and validly executed in accordance with the instructions provided, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the exchange agent, the holder of such shares of Pozen common stock will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the merger consideration into which such shares of Pozen common stock have been converted.

        Each of Parent and the exchange agent (without duplication) will be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amount payable as consideration to Pozen stockholders such amounts as required with respect to making any payment for taxes, and such amounts withheld will be treated as having been paid to such Pozen stockholder.

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posting a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as Parent may direct as indemnity, against any claim that may be made against Parent in respect of the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

        Any portion of the merger consideration deposited with the exchange agent that has not been transferred to the holders of shares of Pozen common stock as of the one year anniversary of the merger effective time shall be delivered to Parent or its designee and any holder of shares of Pozen common stock who has not complied, may thereafter look only to Parent for its claim for the merger consideration deliverable in respect thereof.

Fractional Shares

        No fractional Parent Shares will be issued, and any holder of shares of Pozen common stock who would have been entitled to receive a fractional Parent Share but for this provision will instead be entitled to receive the amount of Parent Shares rounded down to the nearest whole Parent Share.

Representations and Warranties

        Pozen, Tribute and Parent made representations and warranties in the merger agreement on behalf of themselves and their respective subsidiaries that are subject, in some cases, to specified exceptions and qualifications contained in the merger agreement (including qualifications by concepts of knowledge, materiality and/or dollar thresholds) and are further modified and limited by confidential disclosure letters delivered and other confidential disclosures made by Pozen, Tribute and Parent. The representations and warranties made by Parent, Pozen and Tribute are also subject to and qualified by certain information included in their respective filings made with the SEC and, in the case of Tribute, the SEC and on SEDAR.

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        The representations and warranties made by Tribute relate to the following subject matters, among other things:

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        The representations and warranties made by Parent relate to the following subject matters, among other things:

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Material Adverse Effect

        Several of the representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and termination provisions contained in the merger agreement refer to the concept of a "material adverse effect".

        For purposes of the merger agreement, a material adverse effect when used in connection with Pozen, Tribute or Parent means any result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate with all other adverse results, facts, changes, effects, events, circumstances, occurrences or developments, has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material and adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of Pozen, Tribute or Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries to perform their covenants or obligations under the merger agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, except as arising out of or resulting from any of the following:

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        However, the effect of the changes or developments described in the first six bullets above shall not be excluded to the extent that any of the changes or developments referred to therein disproportionately adversely affect such party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in comparison to other persons who operate in the same industry as such party and its subsidiaries.

Covenants

Pozen Interim Operating Covenants

        Pozen has undertaken covenants in the merger agreement relating to the conduct of its business prior to the completion of the merger or the earlier termination of the merger agreement. Unless Tribute otherwise consents in writing (to the extent that such consent is permitted by applicable law) or expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by the merger agreement or the arrangement or as is otherwise required by applicable law or order:

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Tribute Interim Operating Covenants

        Tribute has undertaken covenants in the merger agreement relating to the conduct of its business prior to the completion of the merger or the earlier termination of the merger agreement. Unless Tribute otherwise consents in writing (to the extent that such consent is permitted by applicable law) or expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by the merger agreement or as is otherwise required by applicable law or order:

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Parent Interim Operating Covenants

        Parent has undertaken covenants in the merger agreement relating to the conduct of its business prior to the completion of the merger or the earlier termination of the merger agreement. Unless Pozen and Tribute otherwise consent in writing (to the extent that such consent is permitted by

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applicable law) or expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by the merger agreement or as is otherwise required by applicable law or order:

Board Recommendations; Pozen Special Meeting

        Parent's board of directors present at the applicable meetings have unanimously adopted resolutions approving the merger agreement. The Pozen board of directors present at the applicable meetings have unanimously adopted resolutions approving the merger agreement and resolving to recommend to the holders of Pozen common stock that they vote to adopt the merger agreement (the "Pozen recommendation"). The Tribute board of directors has unanimously adopted resolutions approving the merger agreement and resolving to recommend to the holders of Tribute common shares that they vote to adopt the merger agreement (the "Tribute recommendation"). In furtherance thereof and subject to the requirements of applicable law, Pozen has agreed to take all lawful action to convene a meeting of its stockholders, at which Pozen stockholders will consider the adoption of the merger agreement, as promptly as practicable after the registration statement on Form S-4, of which this proxy statement/prospectus is a part, is declared effective.

Pozen Non-Solicitation; Pozen Acquisition Proposals

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subsidiaries and direct each of its and their respective representatives not to, directly or indirectly, through any other person:

        A Pozen change of recommendation for the purpose of the merger agreement means any of the following: (i) the Pozen board of directors withholds, withdraws, modifies, changes or qualifies in a manner adverse to Tribute the Pozen recommendation, (ii) the Pozen board of directors approves or recommends any Pozen acquisition proposal, (iii) Pozen enters into a Pozen acquisition agreement or (iv) Pozen or the Pozen board of directors publicly proposes or announces its intention to do any of the foregoing.

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        A Pozen superior proposal for the purpose of the merger agreement means, in general terms, an unsolicited bona fide written Pozen acquisition proposal ( provided , however , that, for the purposes of this definition, all references to "20%" in the definition of Pozen acquisition proposal as it relates to securities of Pozen shall be changed to "50%" and references to "20%," as regards the assets of Pozen, shall be changed to "50%") made by a person or persons acting jointly or in concert (other than Parent, Tribute, Pozen and any of their respective affiliates) and which, or in respect of which: (i) the Pozen board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel: (a) would, if consummated, taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Pozen acquisition proposal (but not assuming any risk of non-completion), result in a transaction which is more favorable to Pozen stockholders from a financial point of view than the merger and the arrangement; (b) is reasonably capable of being completed in accordance with its terms, without undue delay, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Pozen acquisition proposal and the person or persons making such Pozen acquisition proposal; and (c) that funds, securities or other consideration necessary for the Pozen acquisition proposal are or are reasonably likely to be available; and (ii) in the case of a Pozen acquisition proposal involving shares of Pozen common stock, is made available to all of the Pozen stockholders on the same terms and conditions.

        Pozen must promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt) notify Tribute, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request relating to or constituting a Pozen acquisition proposal, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Pozen acquisition proposal, in each case, received on or after the date of the merger agreement, of which Pozen, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives is or becomes aware, or any request received by Pozen or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives for non-public information relating to Pozen or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Pozen acquisition proposal or for access to the properties, books and records or a list of securityholders of Pozen or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Pozen acquisition proposal. Such notice shall include the identity of the person making such Pozen acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of the material terms and conditions of such Pozen acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request, including a copy of any written materials submitted to Pozen, any of its subsidiaries or their representatives. Following the initial notification by Pozen to Tribute in respect of any Pozen acquisition proposal (or proposal, inquiry, offer or request in respect thereof) pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding sentence, Pozen must keep Tribute promptly and fully informed of the status, including any change to the material terms and conditions, of any such Pozen acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request (for the avoidance of doubt, following such initial notification pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the terms of this sentence shall control in respect of such Pozen acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request).

Pozen Change of Recommendation

        The Pozen board of directors may, at any time after the date of the merger agreement and prior to the receipt of the Pozen stockholder approval, (i) effect a Pozen change of recommendation, if there is a material change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts, event or occurrence (that does not relate to or involve a Pozen acquisition proposal) occurring or arising after the date of the merger agreement that was not known to the Pozen board of directors or certain officers of Pozen, or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to the Pozen board of directors or certain officers, as of the date of the merger agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable, as of the date of the merger agreement, or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide, unsolicited, written Pozen acquisition proposal that the Pozen board of directors determines in good faith, after consultations with outside

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legal and financial advisors, is a Pozen superior proposal, effect a Pozen change of recommendation and/or accept, approve or enter into any alternative Pozen acquisition agreement, if and only if:

        Nothing in the merger agreement will prevent (i) Pozen or the Pozen board of directors from complying with its disclosure obligations under applicable U.S. federal or state law with regard to a Pozen acquisition proposal, as long as such disclosure does not constitute a Pozen change of recommendation, except as otherwise permitted by the merger agreement, or (ii) calling or holding a meeting of the Pozen stockholders requisitioned by the Pozen stockholders in accordance with the DGCL or taking any other action with respect to a Pozen acquisition proposal to the extent ordered or mandated by a court of competent jurisdiction, as long as any proxy statement or other document required in connection with such meeting recommends that Pozen stockholders vote against any proposed resolution in favor of or necessary to complete such Pozen acquisition proposal.

Tribute Non-Solicitation; Tribute Acquisition Proposals

        Subject to the exceptions described below, until the earlier of the closing or the date, if any, on which the merger agreement is terminated, Tribute has agreed that it will not, and will cause its subsidiaries and direct each of its and their respective representatives not to, directly or indirectly, through any other person:

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        A Tribute change of recommendation for the purpose of the merger agreement means any of the following: (i) the Tribute board of directors withholds, withdraws, modifies, changes or qualifies in a manner adverse to Pozen the Tribute recommendation, (ii) the Tribute board of directors approves or recommends any Tribute acquisition proposal, (iii) Tribute enters into a Tribute acquisition agreement or (iv) Tribute or the Tribute board of directors publicly proposes or announces its intention to do any of the foregoing.

        However, if, prior to receipt of the Tribute shareholder approval, Tribute or any of its subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective representatives, receives a written Tribute acquisition proposal (including, an amendment, change or modification to a Tribute acquisition proposal made prior to the date of the merger agreement) that was not solicited after the date of the merger agreement in contravention of the restrictions described above, Tribute and its representatives may:

        A Tribute superior proposal for the purpose of the merger agreement means, in general terms, an unsolicited bona fide written Tribute acquisition proposal ( provided , however , that, for the purposes of this definition, all references to "20%" in the definition of Tribute acquisition proposal as it relates to securities of Tribute shall be changed to "50%" and references to "20%," as regards the assets of Tribute, shall be changed to "50%"), made by a person or persons acting jointly or in concert (other than Parent, Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective affiliates) and which, or in respect of which: (i) the Tribute board of directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel: (a) would, if consummated, taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Tribute acquisition proposal (but not assuming any risk of non-completion), result in

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a transaction which is more favorable to Tribute shareholders from a financial point of view than the merger and the arrangement; (b) is reasonably capable of being completed in accordance with its terms, without undue delay, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Tribute acquisition proposal and the person or persons making such Tribute acquisition proposal; and (c) that funds, securities or other consideration necessary for the Tribute acquisition proposal are or are reasonably likely to be available; and (ii) in the case of a Tribute acquisition proposal involving Tribute common shares, is made available to all of the Tribute shareholders on the same terms and conditions.

        Tribute must promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt) notify Pozen, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request relating to or constituting a Tribute acquisition proposal, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Tribute acquisition proposal, in each case, received on or after the date of the merger agreement, of which Tribute, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives is or becomes aware, or any request received by Tribute or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives for non-public information relating to Tribute or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Tribute acquisition proposal or for access to the properties, books and records or a list of securityholders of Tribute or any of its subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Tribute acquisition proposal. Such notice shall include the identity of the person making such Tribute acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of the material terms and conditions of such Tribute acquisition proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request, including a copy of any written materials submitted to Tribute, any of its subsidiaries or their representatives. Following the initial notification by Tribute to Pozen in respect of any Tribute acquisition proposal (or proposal, inquiry, offer or request in respect thereof) pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding sentence, Tribute must keep Pozen promptly and fully informed of the status, including any change to the material terms and conditions, of any such Tribute acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request (for the avoidance of doubt, following such initial notification pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the terms of this sentence shall control in respect of such Tribute acquisition proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request).

Tribute Change of Recommendation

        Tribute may, at any time after the date of the merger agreement and prior to the receipt of the Tribute shareholder approval, (i) effect a Tribute change of recommendation, if there is a material change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts, event or occurrence (that does not relate to or involve a Tribute acquisition proposal) occurring or arising after the date of the merger agreement that was not known to the Tribute board of directors or certain officers of Tribute, or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to the Tribute board of directors or certain officers of Tribute, as of the date of the merger agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable, as of the date of the merger agreement, or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide, unsolicited, written Tribute acquisition proposal that the Tribute board of directors determines in good faith, after consultations with its outside legal and financial advisors, is a Tribute superior proposal, effect a Tribute change of recommendation and/or accept, approve or enter into any alternative Tribute acquisition agreement, if and only if:

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        Nothing in the merger agreement will prevent (i) Tribute or the Tribute board of directors from complying with its disclosure obligations under applicable U.S. federal or state law with regard to a Tribute acquisition proposal, as long as such disclosure does not constitute a Tribute change of recommendation, except as otherwise permitted by the merger agreement, or (ii) calling or holding a meeting of the Tribute shareholders requisitioned by the Tribute shareholders in accordance with applicable law or taking any other action with respect to a Tribute acquisition proposal to the extent ordered or mandated by a court of competent jurisdiction, as long as any proxy statement or other document required in connection with such meeting recommends that Tribute shareholders vote against any proposed resolution in favor of or necessary to complete such Tribute acquisition proposal.

Consents and Approvals

        Each party to the merger agreement shall, and shall cause its wholly owned subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to, as promptly as practicable:

        Each of the parties to the merger agreement agrees to cooperate and to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) provide any notices and obtain any waivers, consents, clearances and approvals as required or reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement under the HSR Act, the Competition Act and any other federal, provincial, state or foreign law designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions relating to monopolization or restraint of trade or foreign investment, and (ii) respond to any requests of any governmental authority for information or documentary material under any such relevant competition laws, and to contest and resist any action, including any legislative, administrative or judicial action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that restricts, prevents or

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prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement under any such relevant laws. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of Pozen and Tribute also agrees to take any and all steps necessary to resolve any objections from governmental authorities and to avoid or eliminate impediments under any relevant competition law that may be asserted by any governmental authority with respect to the arrangement and the merger, in each case, so as to enable the arrangement effective time and the merger effective time to occur as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than the outside date; provided , however , that Pozen or Tribute (or any of their subsidiaries) are not required to take any action, agree to take any action or consent to the taking of any action (including with respect to selling, holding separate or otherwise disposing of any business or assets or conducting its (or their subsidiaries') business in any specified manner) if doing so would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on either Pozen or Tribute, as applicable.

Employee Matters

        Under the merger agreement, Parent agrees that:

Financing Covenant

        Under the merger agreement, Pozen and Tribute agree to, and to cause their respective wholly owned subsidiaries and its and their representatives, including management, officers, employees, directors, legal, non-legal and accounting advisors and auditors to provide reasonable cooperation in consummating the Financing, including:

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Indemnification

        All indemnification or exculpation rights existing in favor of present or former directors and officers of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective subsidiaries as provided in the constituent documents of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective subsidiaries or contracts to which Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective subsidiaries are bound and which is in effect as of the date of the merger agreement will continue in full force and effect and without modification.

        In addition, Parent will, or will cause its subsidiaries to, maintain in effect without any reduction in scope or coverage for six years from the closing date, customary policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance covering those persons who are currently covered by the directors' and officers' liability insurance policies of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective subsidiaries that are in effect immediately prior to the closing date and providing protection in respect of claims arising from facts or events which occurred on or prior to the closing date, subject to certain limitation and premium thresholds set forth in the merger agreement.

        For a period of not less than six years after the closing date, Parent, Pozen and Tribute will, jointly and severally, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the present and former directors and officers of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective subsidiaries for any costs or expenses (including advancing reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each indemnified party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the indemnifying or advancing party's receipt of an unsecured undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such funds if it is ultimately determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification thereunder), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any proceeding arising out of, relating to or in connection with any action or omission occurring or alleged to have occurred on or prior to the closing date, whether asserted or claimed before or after the merger effective time, in connection with or as a result of such indemnified party serving as an officer or director of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective subsidiaries.

Other Covenants and Agreements

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to cause (i) dispositions of Pozen common stock resulting from the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by each individual who will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Pozen immediately prior to the merger effective time to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and (ii) acquisitions of Parent Shares (including derivative securities with respect to Parent Shares) resulting from the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by each individual who may become or is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Parent to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Conditions to the Completion of the Arrangement and the Merger

        The completion of the arrangement and the merger depend upon the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions, all of which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, may be waived by Tribute and/or Pozen, as applicable.

        The following conditions must be satisfied or waived before Pozen or Tribute is obligated to complete the arrangement and the merger:

    the arrangement resolution shall have been approved by the Tribute shareholders at the Tribute special meeting in accordance with the interim order and applicable laws, including, if applicable, on a "majority of the minority" basis;

    the Pozen stockholder approval must have been obtained at the Pozen special meeting in accordance with applicable laws;

    each of the interim order and final order shall have been obtained on terms consistent with the merger agreement and in form and substance satisfactory to each of Pozen and Tribute, each acting reasonably, and shall not have been set aside or modified in any manner unacceptable to either Pozen or Tribute, each acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

    the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Parent in respect of the Parent Shares to be issued in the merger, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, must have been declared effective and must not be the subject of a stop order suspending its effectiveness;

    the Parent Shares to be issued as the merger consideration and the arrangement consideration shall have been (i) approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to official notice of issuance, and (ii) conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX;

    the conditions to closing shall have been met or waived with respect to the Financing (see description of Equity Financing and Debt Financing contained in this proxy statement/prospectus);

    the only condition precedent to the respective obligations of the parties to consummate the merger which remains unsatisfied pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, shall be the filing of the certificate of merger. The only condition precedent to the respective obligations of the parties to consummate the arrangement which remains unsatisfied pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, shall be the filing of the articles of arrangement;

    the required regulatory approvals shall have been obtained or concluded and shall be in full force and effect and any waiting or suspensory periods related to the required regulatory approvals shall have expired or been terminated, in each case, without the imposition of any restraint;

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    (i) no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law or order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is in effect and which prevents or prohibits consummation of the merger and the arrangement or any of the other transactions contemplated in the merger agreement and (ii) no governmental authority shall have instituted any proceeding (which remains outstanding at what would otherwise be the closing date) before any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction seeking to enjoin or otherwise prohibit consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;

    there has been no change in applicable law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective) with respect to Section 7874 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (or any other U.S. tax law), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the IRS (other than IRS news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), and no bill that would implement such a change has been passed in identical (or substantially identical such that a conference committee is not required prior to submission of such legislation for approval or veto by the President of the United States) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed, in each case, that, once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would cause Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes;

    following the merger and the arrangement, Parent should not be taxed as a U.S. resident corporation;

    Pozen shall have received the legal opinion from DLA Piper, special tax advisor to Pozen, in the manner described in the merger agreement to the effect that Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. tax law), existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance should not apply so as to cause Parent to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the closing date; and

    the issuance of the Parent Shares to Tribute shareholders in exchange for their Tribute common shares, the issuance of Parent Convertible Notes to holders of Tribute Convertible Notes in exchange for their Tribute Convertible Notes and the issuance of Parent options to Tribute optionholders in exchange for their Tribute options, all pursuant to the arrangement, shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) thereof and shall be exempt or qualified under all applicable U.S. state securities laws, and such securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws except such as may be imposed contractually by the parties or by Rule 144 under the Securities Act with respect to (i) any of such securities of Parent issued to certain persons who are affiliates of Parent or who have been affiliates of Parent within ninety (90) days of the arrangement effective date, and (ii) any of such securities of Parent issued and exchanged for securities issued by Tribute as part of the Financing.

        The following conditions must also be satisfied or waived before Pozen is obligated to complete the merger:

    Tribute must have complied in all material respects with its obligations, covenants and agreements in the merger agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the closing date;

    the representations and warranties of Tribute must be accurate in the manner described in the merger agreement;

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    no material adverse effect with respect to Tribute has occurred and is continuing since the date of the merger agreement;

    Pozen must have received a certificate of Tribute signed by a senior officer of Tribute for and on behalf of Tribute and dated the closing date certifying satisfaction of certain closing conditions;

    Tribute shall not have received duly exercised rights of dissent (which notices have not been withdrawn prior to the closing time) from Tribute shareholders holding greater than 1% of the Tribute common shares; and

    Pozen shall have received the fairness opinions in the manner described in the merger agreement.

        The following conditions must also be satisfied or waived before Tribute is obligated to complete the merger:

    Pozen shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations, covenants and agreements in the merger agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the closing date;

    the representations and warranties of Pozen must be accurate in the manner described in the merger agreement;

    no material adverse effect with respect to Pozen has occurred and is continuing since the date of the merger agreement;

    Tribute must have received a certificate of Pozen signed by a senior officer for and on behalf of Pozen and dated the closing date certifying satisfaction of certain closing conditions;

    Tribute must have received a certificate of Parent and Can Merger Sub signed by their respective senior officers for and on behalf of Parent and Can Merger Sub and dated the closing date certifying satisfaction of certain closing conditions;

    Tribute shall have received the fairness opinion in the manner described in the merger agreement;

    Tribute shall have received certified copies of resolutions duly passed by the board of directors of Parent (acting for itself and on behalf of Can Merger Sub) approving the merger agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated thereby; and

    Can Merger Sub or Parent will have deposited, or caused to be deposited with the arrangement exchange agent, sufficient funds (including share certificates) to effect payment in full of the aggregate consideration payable by Can Merger Sub under the arrangement.

Termination; Termination Fees; Effect of Termination

        The merger agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the closing by:

    mutual written consent of Pozen and Tribute;

    either Pozen or Tribute if:

    the closing does not occur on or before the outside date, except that the right to so terminate the merger agreement will not be available to Pozen or Tribute if its failure to fulfill any obligation or breach of any of its agreements or covenants under the merger agreement has been a principal cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the closing to occur by such date;

    Pozen stockholder approval has not been obtained at the Pozen special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof;

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      Tribute shareholder approval has not been obtained in accordance with applicable laws and the interim order at the Tribute special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof;

      The Financing has not been consummated immediately prior to closing; or

      any law is passed that makes completion of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited or if any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has issued an order or taken action enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the merger or arrangement and such order or other actions is or shall have become final and non-appealable;

    by Pozen if:

    Tribute shall have effected a Tribute change of recommendation;

    subject to payment of the Pozen termination fee to Tribute described below, Pozen enters into a Pozen acquisition agreement that constitutes a Pozen superior proposal;

    Tribute breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the merger agreement, which breach would cause any conditions to the closing of the merger not to be satisfied, and does not cure such breach in the manner set forth in the merger agreement;

    subject to Pozen paying the reduced Pozen termination fee to Tribute described below, there shall have occurred, after the date of the merger agreement but on or before the closing date, a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect on Pozen, as further specified in the merger agreement; or

    a material adverse effect on Tribute shall have occurred since the date of the merger agreement;

    by Tribute if:

    Pozen shall have effected a Pozen change of recommendation;

    subject to payment of the Tribute termination fee to Pozen described below, Tribute enters into a Tribute acquisition agreement that constitutes a Tribute superior proposal;

    Pozen breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the merger agreement, which breach would cause any conditions to the closing of the merger not to be satisfied, and does not cure such breach in the manner set forth in the merger agreement;

    there shall have occurred, after the date of the merger agreement but on or before the closing date, a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would

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      implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect, including causing Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, as further specified in the merger agreement;

      DLA Piper, special tax advisor to Pozen, is unable to deliver the opinion in the manner described in the merger agreement solely for reasons other than: (i) a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect on Pozen, as further specified in the merger agreement; or (ii) a misrepresentation contained in or breach of any representation or warranty of Tribute or a breach of any covenant of Tribute which affects the determination of compliance with Section 7874 of the Code (or any other US tax law), existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance, such that following the closing date Parent shall not be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or

      a material adverse effect on Pozen shall have occurred since the date of the merger agreement.

        Under the merger agreement, Pozen will be required to pay Tribute a termination fee of $3,500,000 if:

    Pozen terminates the merger agreement to enter into a Pozen acquisition agreement that constitutes a Pozen superior proposal, in which case the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen concurrent with the Pozen termination fee event;

    Tribute terminates the merger agreement because Pozen has effected a Pozen change of recommendation, in which case the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen within two business days of the Pozen termination fee event;

    DLA Piper, special tax advisor to Pozen, is unable to deliver the opinion in the manner described in the merger agreement, as described above, in which case the Pozen termination fee shall be paid by Pozen within two business days of the Pozen termination fee event; or

    either (1) Pozen or Tribute terminates the merger agreement if the closing does not occur on or before the outside date, as may be extended, (2) the Pozen stockholder approval is not obtained at the Pozen special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof or (3) by Tribute because of a Pozen breach of the non-solicitation provisions in the merger agreement, if, in each of the foregoing cases, (i) prior to such termination, a Pozen acquisition proposal shall have been made public or proposed publicly to Pozen or Pozen stockholders and has not been publicly withdrawn prior to the Pozen special meeting and (ii) within 12 months following such termination, Pozen or one or more of Pozen's subsidiaries shall have executed a Pozen acquisition agreement and the transactions thereby are at any time subsequently consummated in respect of such Pozen acquisition proposal, in which cases the Pozen termination fee shall be

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      paid by Pozen on the date of consummation of such transaction, provided that, for purposes of this determination, all references to "20%" in the definition of Pozen acquisition proposal shall instead be references to "50%".

        Under the merger agreement, Tribute will be required to pay Pozen a termination fee of $3,500,000 if:

    Tribute terminates the merger agreement to enter into a Tribute acquisition agreement that constitutes a Tribute superior proposal, in which case the Tribute termination fee shall be paid by Tribute concurrent with the Tribute termination fee event;

    Pozen terminates the merger agreement because Tribute has effected a Tribute change of recommendation, in which case the Tribute termination fee shall be paid by Tribute within two business days of the Tribute termination fee event; or

    either (1) Pozen or Tribute terminates the merger agreement if the closing does not occur on or before the outside date, as may be extended, (2) the arrangement resolution is not approved by the Tribute shareholders, in accordance with the interim order and applicable laws, at the Tribute special meeting, or (3) by Pozen because of a Tribute breach of the non-solicitation provisions in the merger agreement, if, in each of the foregoing cases, (i) prior to such termination, a Tribute acquisition proposal shall have been made public or proposed publicly to Tribute or Tribute shareholders and has not been publicly withdrawn prior to the Tribute special meeting and (ii) within 12 months following such termination, Tribute or one or more of Tribute's subsidiaries shall have executed a Tribute acquisition agreement and the transactions thereby are at any time subsequently consummated in respect of such Tribute acquisition proposal, in which cases the Tribute termination fee shall be paid by Tribute on the date of consummation of such transaction; provided that, for purposes of this determination, all references to "20%" in the definition of Tribute acquisition proposal shall instead be references to "50%".

        Under the merger agreement, Pozen will be required to pay Tribute a reduced termination fee of $1,750,000 within two business days of the Pozen termination fee event if there shall have occurred, on or before the closing date, a change in applicable U.S. federal tax law (whether or not such change in law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than news releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a material adverse effect on Pozen.

Expenses

        Except as otherwise specifically provided in the merger agreement and except in respect of any filing fees associated with any filings made pursuant to the relevant competition laws, which fees will be split evenly between Pozen and Tribute, each party will pay its respective legal and accounting costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the merger agreement and all documents and instruments executed pursuant to the merger agreement and any other costs and expenses whatsoever and howsoever incurred, and will indemnify and save harmless the others from and against any claim for any broker's, finder's or placement fee or commission alleged to have been incurred as a result of any action by it in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.

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Amendment

        The merger agreement may, at any time prior to closing, be amended by written agreement of the parties without, subject to applicable laws, further notice to or authorization on the part of the Pozen stockholders.

Governing Law

        The merger agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

Injunctive Relief

        Parent and Tribute have agreed that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of the merger agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy at law or otherwise. Accordingly, the parties will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of the merger agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of the merger agreement, and any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of such injunctive or other equitable relief is waived.

        Notwithstanding the parties' rights to specific performance or injunctive relief or both, each party may pursue any other remedy available to it at law or in equity, including monetary damages; provided that it is understood and agreed that claims for monetary damages following termination of the merger agreement shall be limited to those arising from or relating to any intentional or willful breach of the merger agreement prior to such termination.

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CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER

        The following discussion addresses certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the transactions generally expected to be applicable to the holders of shares of Pozen common stock in connection with their receipt and ownership of Parent Shares. The following discussion assumes that the merger of US Merger Sub with and into Pozen with Pozen surviving, and the arrangement between Can Merger Sub and Tribute, will be consummated strictly in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement and as described in this joint proxy statement/prospectus. Except where noted, this discussion deals only with shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares held as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). As used herein, the term "U.S. holder" means a beneficial owner of shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

    a citizen or resident of the United States;

    a corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

    an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

    a trust if it (i) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more "U.S. persons" (as defined in U.S. Treasury regulations) have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

        The term "non-U.S. holder" means a beneficial owner of shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares that is not a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

        This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal taxation that may be relevant to a particular holder in light of that holder's particular circumstances or to holders subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including without limitation:

    dealers in securities;

    tax-exempt organizations;

    life insurance companies;

    holders who hold shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares as part of a hedge, appreciated financial position, straddle, constructive sale, conversion transactions or other risk reduction transaction;

    holders who purchase or sell securities as part of a wash sale for tax purposes;

    holders who acquired their shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares pursuant to the exercise of employee options or otherwise as compensation;

    traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for securities holdings;

    holders liable for alternative minimum tax;

    holders that actually or constructively own 10% or more of Parent's voting stock; or

    holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.

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current income tax treaty between Canada and the U.S. (the "Tax Treaty"). These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. No ruling is intended to be sought from the IRS with respect to the transactions described herein, and there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will not take a contrary position regarding the tax consequences described herein.

        This discussion does not address the tax treatment of partnerships (or entities or arrangements that are treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or persons that hold their shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares through partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If a partnership, including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, holds shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding shares of Pozen common stock or Parent Shares, you should consult your tax advisors regarding the particular tax consequences of the transactions to you.

         THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL THE POTENTIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS. IN ADDITION, THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR ANY U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSACTIONS OTHER THAN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES, SUCH AS ESTATE AND GIFT TAX CONSEQUENCES. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSACTIONS TO YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR OWN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, AS WELL AS ANY CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION. IN PARTICULAR, YOU SHOULD CONFIRM YOUR STATUS AS A U.S. HOLDER ELIGIBLE FOR THE TAX TREATY WITH YOUR ADVISOR AND SHOULD DISCUSS ANY POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILING TO QUALIFY AS SUCH.

        The discussions under "—Tax Consequences of the Transactions to Holders of Shares of Pozen common stock" and under "—Tax Consequences to Holders of Parent Shares" constitute the opinion of DLA Piper, counsel to Pozen, as to the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the transactions to U.S. Holders and non-U.S. Holders of shares of Pozen common stock and of the ownership and disposition of Parent Shares received by such holders in the transactions, in each case subject to the limitations, exceptions, beliefs, assumptions, and qualifications described in such opinion and otherwise herein.

Tax Consequences of the Transactions to Pozen and Parent

        For U.S. federal tax purposes, a corporation generally is considered a tax resident in the place of its organization or incorporation. Because Parent is a Canadian incorporated entity, it would be classified as a foreign corporation (and, therefore, a non-U.S. tax resident) under these general rules. Section 7874 of the Code, however, contains rules (more fully discussed below) that can result in a foreign corporation being treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes. The application of these rules is complex, and there is little or no guidance on many important aspects of Section 7874.

        Under Section 7874, a corporation created or organized outside the United States (i.e., a foreign corporation) will nevertheless be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes (and, therefore, a U.S. tax resident) when (i) the foreign corporation directly or indirectly acquires substantially all of the assets held directly or indirectly by a U.S. corporation (including the indirect acquisition of assets by acquiring all the outstanding shares of the U.S. corporation), (ii) the shareholders of the acquired U.S. corporation hold at least 80% (by either vote or value) of the shares of the foreign acquiring corporation after the acquisition by reason of holding shares in the U.S.

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acquired corporation (including the receipt of the foreign corporation's shares in exchange for the U.S. corporation's shares), and (iii) the foreign corporation's expanded affiliated group does not have substantial business activities in the foreign corporation's country of organization or incorporation relative to the expanded affiliated group's worldwide activities. For purposes of Section 7874, "expanded affiliated group" means the foreign corporation and all subsidiaries in which the foreign corporation, directly or indirectly, owns more than 50% of the shares by vote and value.

        Pursuant to the merger, Parent will indirectly acquire all of Pozen's assets through the indirect acquisition of shares of Pozen common stock in the transactions at the closing. As a result, for Parent to avoid being treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes under Section 7874, either (i) the former stockholders of Pozen must own (within the meaning of Section 7874) less than 80% (by both vote and value) of Parent Shares by reason of holding shares in Pozen or (ii) Parent must have substantial business activities in Canada after the transactions (taking into account the activities of Parent's expanded affiliated group) (the "substantial business activities test").

        Based on the rules for determining share ownership under Section 7874, the Pozen stockholders are expected to receive less than 80% (by both vote and value) of the shares in Parent by reason of their ownership of shares of Pozen common stock. As a result, Parent is expected to be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes under Section 7874. However, whether the ownership test has been satisfied must be finally determined after the closing of the merger, by which time there could be adverse changes to the relevent facts and circumstances. Further, we cannot assure you that the IRS will agree with the position that the ownership test is satisfied. In addition, there have been, and there are expected to be future, legislative proposals to expand the scope of U.S. corporate tax residence and there could be prospective or retroactive changes to Section 7874, any of which could result in Parent being treated as a U.S. corporation.

        Pozen's obligation to effect the transactions is conditional upon its receipt of the Section 7874 opinion from DLA Piper, dated as of the closing date and subject to certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein, to the effect that Section 7874 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder should not apply in such a manner so as to cause Parent to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the closing date. Regardless of the application of Section 7874 of the Code, Parent is expected to be treated as a Canadian resident company for Canadian tax purposes because Parent is incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The remainder of this discussion assumes that Parent will not be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874 of the Code.

        Following the acquisition of a U.S. corporation by a foreign corporation, Section 7874 can also limit the ability of the acquired U.S. corporation to utilize U.S. tax attributes (including net operating losses and certain tax credits) to offset U.S. taxable income resulting from certain transactions. Specifically, if (i) substantially all the assets of a U.S. corporation are directly or indirectly acquired by a foreign corporation, (ii) the shareholders of the acquired U.S. corporation hold at least 60%, by either vote or value, of the shares of the foreign acquiring corporation by reason of holding shares in the U.S. corporation, and (iii) the foreign corporation does not satisfy the substantial business activities test, the taxable income of the U.S. corporation (and any U.S. person related to the U.S. corporation) for any given year, within a ten-year period beginning on the last date the U.S. corporation's properties were acquired, will be no less than that person's "inversion gain" for that taxable year. A person's inversion gain includes income or gain from the transfer of shares or any other property (other than property held for sale to customers) and income from the license of any property that is either transferred or licensed as part of the acquisition or, if after the acquisition, is transferred or licensed to a foreign related person.

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        Pursuant to the merger agreement, Parent will indirectly acquire all of Pozen's assets at the effective time of the merger. The Pozen stockholders are expected to receive more than 60% (but less than 80%) of the vote and value of the Parent Shares by reason of holding shares in Pozen. Therefore, Pozen's ability to utilize its tax attributes to offset its inversion gain, if any, would be limited if Parent does not satisfy the substantial business activities test. Based on the guidance available for determining whether the substantial business activities test is satisfied, Pozen currently expects that this test will not be satisfied and thus the above limitations should apply following the transaction. As a result, Pozen currently does not expect that it or its U.S. affiliates will be able to utilize their U.S. tax attributes to offset their inversion gain, if any. A failure to satisfy the substantial business activities test should not adversely impact the treatment of Parent as a foreign corporation for U.S. tax purposes as the ownership test described above is expected to be satisfied.

        Neither Parent nor Pozen will recognize a gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the transactions. Pozen will continue to be a U.S. corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. However, Pozen may be subject to limitations on the utilization of its tax attributes, as described above.

Tax Consequences of the Transactions to Holders of Shares of Pozen common stock

        The merger is intended to, and is structured so that it will, qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. Notwithstanding such fact, as discussed above, it is expected that Parent should be respected as a non-U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As such, special rules contained in Section 367(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder will require that U.S. holders exchanging shares of Pozen common stock for Parent Shares pursuant to the merger recognize gain, if any, but not loss on such exchange. The amount of gain recognized will equal the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Parent Shares received in the merger over the U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in the shares of Pozen common stock exchanged therefor. Any such gain will be capital gain, and will be long-term capital gain if the U.S. holder's holding period in its Pozen common stock is more than one year on the closing date of the merger. A U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in the Parent Shares received will be equal to the adjusted tax basis of the Pozen common stock exchanged therefor, increased by the amount of any gain recognized. If gain is recognized, it is unclear whether a U.S. holder's holding period for the Parent Shares will include the holding period for the Pozen common stock surrendered in exchange therefor.

        As noted above, a U.S. holder would not recognize any loss upon an exchange of shares of Pozen common stock for Parent Shares and would not be permitted to net any realized but unrecognized losses against any gain recognized with respect to other Pozen common stock. The adjusted tax basis in the Parent Shares received would be equal to the adjusted tax basis of the Pozen common stock exchanged therefor and the holding period for any Parent Shares received by such holder would include the holding period of the Pozen common stock exchanged therefor.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it is determined after the merger that the ownership test under Section 7874 of the Code is not satisfied and as a result Parent is treated for U.S. tax purposes as a U.S. corporation, Section 367(a) of the Code would not apply and, accordingly: (1) a U.S. holder would not recognize gain or loss on the exchange; (2) such holder's aggregate adjusted tax basis in the Parent Shares received in the exchange would equal the aggregate adjusted tax basis of the Pozen common stock surrendered in the exchange; and (3) such holder's holding period for the Parent Shares received in the exchange would include the holding period for the Pozen common stock surrendered in the exchange. If the U.S. holder acquired different blocks of Pozen common stock at different times and at

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different prices, such U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis and holding periods in its Parent Shares will be determined by reference to each block of Pozen common stock.

        U.S. holders are urged to consult their advisors as to the particular consequences of the exchange of shares of Pozen common stock for Parent Shares pursuant to the merger.

        The amount of gain a non-U.S. holder of shares of Pozen common stock will recognize from the receipt of Parent Shares in exchange for the non-U.S. holder's shares of Pozen common stock will be determined in the same manner as described above under "—Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders" as if the non-U.S. holder were a U.S. holder. However, a non-U.S. holder of shares of Pozen common stock will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any such gain unless:

        Gain recognized by a non-U.S. holder of shares of Pozen common stock described in the first bullet point above will be subject to tax under the rules described above as if it were a U.S. holder of shares of Pozen common stock and, in the case of a foreign corporation, might be subject to an additional "branch profits" tax equal to 30% of its effectively connected earnings and profits (or such lower rate as may be available under an applicable income tax treaty). An individual non-U.S. holder of shares of Pozen common stock described in the second bullet point above generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a flat 30% rate (or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on the gain, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses of the non-U.S. holder, provided that the non-U.S. holder has timely filed U.S. federal income tax returns with respect to such losses.

        Pozen believes that it is not currently, and does not anticipate becoming, a USRPHC, but this conclusion is a factual determination and thus may be subject to change. Generally, a corporation is a USRPHC if the fair market value of its U.S. real property interests equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market value of its worldwide real property interests plus any of its other assets used or held for use in a trade or business. If Pozen were treated as a USRHPC during the relevant period described in the third bullet point above, any taxable gain recognized by a non-U.S. holder on the exchange generally will, except as described in the next sentence, be taxed in the same manner as gain that is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States, except that the branch profits tax will not apply. However, pursuant to an exception for certain interests in publicly traded corporations, even if Pozen were a USRHPC within the applicable period, a holder's shares of Pozen common stock will not constitute a U.S. real property interest unless such holder's shares of Pozen common stock (including shares of Pozen common stock that are attributed to such holder under the attribution rules of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 897(c)(6)(C) of the Code) represent more than 5% of Pozen's common stock at any time during the shorter of the period that the holder owned the Pozen common stock and the five-year period ending on the date of the exchange,

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provided that Pozen common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. Pozen believes that its common stock will satisfy such requirements, but this cannot be assured. A holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the potential tax consequences if Pozen common stock is treated as a U.S. real property interest, if Pozen common stock is not treated as regularly traded on an established securities market and if the holder's particular circumstances or situation could provide for different consequences from those described above.

        A non-U.S. holder will not be subject to U.S. backup withholding if it provides a certification of exempt status (generally on an IRS Form W-8). Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against the non-U.S. holder's U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

        If a non-U.S. holder is a citizen or resident of, or otherwise subject to taxation in, a country other than the United States, the tax consequences of the receipt of Parent Shares and cash in exchange for the non-U.S. holder's shares of Pozen common stock will depend on the applicable tax laws in such country.

Tax Consequences to Holders of Parent Shares

         U.S. Holders .    Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, the gross amount of cash distributions on Parent Shares (including any withheld Canadian taxes) will be taxable as dividends to the extent paid out of Parent's current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Such income (including any withheld Canadian taxes) will be includable in such holder's gross income as ordinary income on the day actually or constructively received by the holder. For U.S. corporate holders, such dividends generally will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction, except for a portion of certain dividends received by a corporate U.S. holder that owns 10% of Parent Shares (measured by both vote and value).

        With respect to non-corporate U.S. holders, certain dividends received from a qualified foreign corporation may be subject to reduced rates of taxation ("qualified dividend income"). A qualified foreign corporation includes a foreign corporation that is eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States that the U.S. Treasury Department determines to be satisfactory for these purposes and which includes an exchange of information provision. The U.S. Treasury Department has determined that the Tax Treaty meets these requirements. However, a foreign corporation is also treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends paid by that corporation on shares that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Treasury Department guidance indicates that the Parent Shares, which as a condition of closing the transactions shall have been (i) approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to official notice of issuance, and (ii) conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX, will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, but there can be no assurance that the Parent Shares will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market. Non-corporate holders that do not meet a minimum holding period requirement during which they are not protected from the risk of loss or that elect to treat the dividend income as "investment income" pursuant to Section 163(d)(4) of the Code (dealing with the deduction for investment interest expense) will not be eligible for the reduced rates of taxation applicable to qualified dividend income regardless of Parent's status as a qualified foreign corporation. In addition, the rate reduction will not apply to dividends if the recipient of a dividend is obligated to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. This disallowance applies even if the minimum holding period has been met.

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        Distributions in excess of Parent's current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. holder's basis in the Parent Shares, and thereafter as capital gain.

        Subject to certain limitations, any Canadian tax withheld on dividends paid with respect to Parent Shares in accordance with the Tax Treaty and paid over to Canada will be eligible for credit or deduction against the U.S. holder's U.S. federal income tax liability, but special complex rules apply in determining the foreign tax credit limitation with respect to dividends that are subject to the preferential tax rates. U.S. holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to determine eligibility. Subject to the discussion below regarding Section 904(h) of the Code, dividends generally will be foreign source income and will, depending on the U.S. holder's circumstances, be either "passive" or "general" income for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit allowable to such holder.

        Under Section 904(h) of the Code, dividends paid by a foreign corporation that is treated as 50% or more owned, by vote or value, by U.S. persons may be treated as U.S. source income (rather than foreign source income) for foreign tax credit purposes, to the extent the foreign corporation earns U.S. source income. In most circumstances, U.S. holders would be able to choose the benefits of Section 904(h)(10) of the Code and elect to treat dividends that would otherwise be U.S. source dividends as foreign source dividends, but in such a case, the foreign tax credit limitations would be separately determined with respect to such "resourced" income. In general, therefore, the application of Section 904(h) of the Code may adversely affect a U.S. holder's ability to use foreign tax credits. Since it is a condition of closing that the Parent Shares shall have been (i) approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to official notice of issuance, and (ii) conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX, the Parent Shares are expected to be listed on the NASDAQ and application has been made to list the Parent Shares on the TSX, Parent may be treated as 50% or more owned by U.S. persons for purposes of Section 904(h) of the Code. U.S. holders are strongly urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible impact if Section 904(h) of the Code should apply.

        Distributions of Parent Shares to a U.S. holder with respect to Parent Shares that are made as part of a pro rata distribution to all Parent shareholders generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax.

         Non-U.S. Holders .    Dividends paid to a non-U.S. holder in respect of Parent Shares will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless the dividends are effectively connected with such holder's conduct of a trade or business within the United States, and the dividends are attributable to a permanent establishment that the holder maintain in the United States if that is required by an applicable income tax treaty as a condition for subjecting the holder to United States taxation on a net income basis. In such cases the non-U.S. holder generally will be taxed in the same manner as a U.S. holder. For a corporate non-U.S. holder, effectively connected dividends may, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or at a lower rate if such holder is eligible for the benefits of an income tax treaty that provides for a lower rate.

         U.S. Holders .    Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, a U.S. holder that sells or otherwise disposes of Parent Shares will recognize capital gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes equal to the difference between the amount realized and such holder's tax basis in Parent Shares. For U.S. holders of shares of Pozen common stock, a U.S. holder's tax basis in the Parent Shares received in the transactions will equal the fair market value of the Parent Shares at the time of the exchange, and a U.S. holder's holding period in such Parent Shares will begin on the date of such exchange. Capital gain of a noncorporate U.S. holder is generally taxed at preferential rates where the property is held

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for more than one year. The gain or loss will generally be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

         Non-U.S. Holders .    A non-U.S. holder will not be subject to United States federal income tax on gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of such holders Parent Shares unless:

        A corporate non-U.S. holder that recognizes effectively connected gains may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or at a lower rate if such holder is eligible for the benefits of an income tax treaty that provides for a lower rate.

        A U.S. holder that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, is subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. holder's "net investment income" for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the U.S. holder's modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals is between $125,000 and $250,000, depending on the individual's circumstances). A holder's net investment income generally includes its dividend income and its net gains from the disposition of shares, unless such dividend income or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). U.S. holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to income and gains in respect of an investment in Parent Shares.

        We believe that Parent Shares should not be treated as stock of a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but this conclusion is a factual determination that is made annually and thus may be subject to change.

        In general, Parent will be a PFIC with respect to a U.S. holder if, for any taxable year in which such holder held Parent Shares:

        Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents (other than certain rents and royalties derived in the active conduct of a trade or business), annuities and gains from assets that produce passive income. If a foreign corporation owns at least 25% by value of the stock of another corporation, the foreign corporation is treated for purposes of the PFIC tests as owning its proportionate share of the assets of the other corporation, and as receiving directly its proportionate share of the other corporation's income.

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        Under these rules:

        Special rules apply for calculating the amount of the foreign tax credit with respect to excess distributions by a PFIC.

        A U.S. holder who owns shares in a PFIC that are treated as marketable stock may make a mark-to-market election. If this election is made, the U.S. holder will not be subject to the PFIC rules described above. Instead, in general, the holder will include as ordinary income each year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the shares at the end of the taxable year over such holder's adjusted basis in the shares. These amounts of ordinary income will not be eligible for the favorable tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income or long-term capital gains. Such holder will also be allowed to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). A holder's basis in the shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts.

        A U.S. holder's Parent Shares will be treated as stock in a PFIC if Parent were a PFIC at any time during such holder's holding period in Parent Shares, even if Parent is not currently a PFIC. For purposes of this rule, a U.S. holder that makes a mark-to-market election with respect to such holder's Parent Shares will be treated as having a new holding period in such Parent Shares beginning on the first day of the first taxable year beginning after the last taxable year for which the mark-to-market election applies.

        In addition, notwithstanding any election made with regard to Parent Shares, dividends that a U.S. holder receives from Parent will not constitute qualified dividend income if Parent is a PFIC either in the taxable year of the distribution or the preceding taxable year. Dividends that a U.S. holder receives that do not constitute qualified dividend income are not eligible for taxation at the preferential rates applicable to qualified dividend income. Instead, such holder must include the gross amount of any such dividend paid by Parent out of its accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes) in such holder's gross income, and it will be subject to tax at rates applicable to ordinary income.

        A U.S. holder that owns Parent Shares during any year that Parent is a PFIC with respect to such holder may be required to file IRS Form 8621.

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such assets with their tax returns. Specified foreign financial assets may include financial accounts maintained by foreign financial institutions, as well as the following, but only if they are not held in accounts maintained by financial institutions: (i) stocks and securities issued by non-United States persons, (ii) financial instruments and contracts held for investment that have non-United States issuers or counterparties, and (iii) interests in foreign entities. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of this reporting requirement to their ownership of the shares.

        For a noncorporate U.S. holder, information reporting requirements, on IRS Form 1099, generally will apply to:

        Additionally, backup withholding may apply to such payments to a noncorporate U.S. holder that:

        A non-U.S. holder is generally exempt from backup withholding and information reporting requirements with respect to:

        Payment of the proceeds from the sale of Parent Shares effected at a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, a sale of Parent Shares that is effected at a foreign office of a broker will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding if:

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unless the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the holder is a U.S. person and the documentation requirements described above are met or the holder otherwise establish an exemption.

        In addition, a sale of Parent Shares effected at a foreign office of a broker will be subject to information reporting if the broker is:

unless the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the holder is a U.S. person and the documentation requirements described above are met or the holder otherwise establish an exemption. Backup withholding will apply if the sale is subject to information reporting and the broker has actual knowledge that the holder is a United States person.

        A holder generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules that exceed such holder's income tax liability by filing a refund claim with the IRS.

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CERTAIN CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE MERGER

Scope of Discussion

        The following is a summary of the principal Canadian federal income tax considerations under the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act") generally applicable to a holder (a "Holder") who receives consideration in the form of Parent Shares and who, for the purposes of the Tax Act, at all relevant times: (i) will hold the Parent Shares as capital property; (ii) deals at arm's length with and is not affiliated with the Parent (iii) is not a "financial institution" for purposes of the mark-to-market property rules contained in the Tax Act or a "specified financial institution" as defined in the Tax Act; and (iv) has not made a functional currency reporting election under the Tax Act; (v) is not, or an interest in which would not be, a "tax shelter" or a "tax shelter investment," each as defined in the Tax Act; and (vi) has not entered into and will not enter into a "derivative forward agreement" or "synthetic disposition arrangement" as defined in the Tax Act.

        Generally, the Parent Shares will be considered to be capital property to a Holder provided that the Holder does not hold such securities in the course of carrying on a business of trading or dealing in securities and has not acquired such securities in one or more transactions considered to be an adventure or concern in the nature of trade.

        This summary is based on the current provisions of the Tax Act and on the current published administrative policies and assessing practices of the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") as of the date hereof. This summary takes into account all specific proposals to amend the Tax Act publicly announced by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof (the "Tax Proposals") and assumes that the Tax Proposals will be enacted in the form proposed, although no assurance can be given that the Tax Proposals will be enacted in their current form or at all. This summary does not otherwise take into account any changes in law or in the administrative policies or assessing practices of the CRA, whether by legislative, governmental or judicial decision or action, nor does it take into account or consider any provincial, territorial or foreign income tax considerations, which considerations may differ significantly from the Canadian federal income tax considerations discussed in this summary.

         This summary is of a general nature only and is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular Holder. This summary is not exhaustive of all Canadian federal income tax considerations applicable to a Holder. Accordingly, prospective Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to their particular circumstances.

Non-Residents of Canada

        The following section of this summary is generally applicable to Holders who, for the purposes of the Tax Act, and at all relevant times: (i) have not been and will not be deemed to be resident in Canada at any time while they hold the Parent Shares; and (ii) do not use or hold the Parent Shares in carrying on a business in Canada ("Non-Resident Holders"). Special rules, which are not discussed in this summary, may apply to a Non-Resident Holder that is an insurer carrying on business in Canada and elsewhere. Such Non-Resident Holders should consult their own tax advisors.

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case of a Non-Resident Holder that is the beneficial owner of the dividends and that is a corporation that owns beneficially at least 10% of the voting stock of the Parent.

        Generally, a Non-Resident Holder will not be subject to tax under the Tax Act in respect of any capital gain realized on the disposition of Parent Shares unless such securities constitute, or are deemed to constitute, "taxable Canadian property" of the Non-Resident Holder for the purposes of the Tax Act and the gain is not exempt from tax pursuant to the terms of an applicable tax treaty.

        Provided that the Parent Shares are listed on a "designated stock exchange" for the purposes of the Tax Act (which includes the NASDAQ and the TSX) at the time of disposition, the Parent Shares will not constitute "taxable Canadian property" unless at any time during the 60 month period immediately preceding the disposition, the following two conditions have been met concurrently: (i) 25% or more of the issued shares of any class or series of the capital stock of the Parent were owned by the Non-Resident Holder, by persons with whom the Non-Resident Holder did not deal at arm's length, a partnership in which the Non-Resident Holder or a non-arms length person holds a membership interest directly or indirectly through one or more partnerships or by the Non-Resident Holder together with such persons or partnership and (ii) more than 50% of the fair market value of the shares of the Parent was derived directly or indirectly from one or any combination of real or immovable property situated in Canada, "Canadian resource properties" (as defined in the Tax Act), "timber resource properties" (as defined in the Tax Act) or an option, an interest or right in such property, whether or not such property exists.

        A Non-Resident Holder's capital gain (or capital loss) in respect of Parent Shares that constitute or are deemed to constitute "taxable Canadian property" (and are not "treaty-protected property" as defined for purposes of the Tax Act) will generally be computed in the manner described above under the heading " Residents of Canada—Dispositions of Parent Shares ".

        Non-Resident Holders whose Parent Shares may be "taxable Canadian property" should consult their own tax advisors.

Residents of Canada

        The following section of this summary applies to Holders ("Canadian Holders") who, for the purposes of the Tax Act, are or are deemed to be resident in Canada at all relevant times. Certain of such persons whose Parent Shares might not constitute capital property may make, in certain circumstances, an irrevocable election permitted by subsection 39(4) of the Tax Act to have the Parent Shares, and all other "Canadian securities" as defined in the Tax Act, held by such Canadian Holders in the year of the election and in all subsequent taxation years deemed to be capital property. Canadian Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding this election.

        Dividends received or deemed to be received by a Canadian Holder on the Parent Shares will be included in computing the Canadian Holder's income for purposes of the Tax Act. The gross-up and dividend tax credit rules normally applicable to taxable dividends paid by "taxable Canadian corporations" (as defined in the Tax Act) will apply to dividends received by an individual (and certain trusts), including the enhanced dividend tax credit provisions in respect of "eligible dividends" (as defined in the Tax Act). Dividends received by a corporation on the Parent Shares must be included in computing its income but will generally be deductible in computing its taxable income.

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deductible in computing the corporation's taxable income. This refundable tax generally will be refunded to a corporate Canadian Holder at the rate of 33 1 / 3 % (or 38 1 / 3 % if the Tax Proposals are enacted) of taxable dividends paid while it is a private corporation.

        A Canadian Holder who disposes of or is deemed to dispose of Parent Shares generally will realize a capital gain (or a capital loss) equal to the amount by which the Canadian Holder's proceeds of disposition, net of any reasonable costs of disposition, exceed (or are exceeded by) the adjusted cost base of such securities to the Canadian Holder immediately before the disposition. The taxation of capital gains and losses is described below under the heading " Capital Gains and Capital Losses ".

        Generally, one-half of any capital gain (a "taxable capital gain") realized by a Canadian Holder must be included in income for the taxation year of disposition and one-half of any capital loss (an "allowable capital loss") realized may normally be deducted by the Canadian Holder against any taxable capital gains realized in the same taxation year. Any excess of allowable capital losses over taxable capital gains for the year of disposition is generally deductible against net taxable capital gains realized in any of the three prior taxation years or in any subsequent taxation year in the circumstances and to the extent described in the Tax Act.

        The amount of any capital loss realized on the disposition or deemed disposition of a Parent Share by a Canadian Holder that is a corporation may be reduced by the amount of dividends received or deemed to be received by the Canadian Holder on such Parent Share, or a share substituted for such share, in the circumstances and to the extent described in the Tax Act. Similar rules may apply where a corporation is, directly or through a trust or partnership, a member of a partnership or a beneficiary of a trust which owns Parent Shares.

        A Canadian Holder that is throughout the relevant taxation year a "Canadian-controlled private corporation" (as defined in the Tax Act) may be subject to an additional refundable tax of 6 2 / 3 % (or 10 2 / 3 % if the Tax Proposals are enacted) in respect of its "aggregate investment income" (which is defined in the Tax Act to include an amount in respect of taxable capital gains). This refundable tax generally will be refunded to a corporate Canadian Holder at the rate of 33 1 / 3 % (or 38 1 / 3 % if the Tax Proposals are enacted) of taxable dividends paid while it is a "private corporation" (as defined in the Tax Act).

        Capital gains realized and dividends received by a Canadian Holder that is an individual or a trust, other than certain specified trusts, may give rise to minimum tax under the Tax Act. Canadian holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the application of minimum tax.

        IN LIGHT OF THE FOREGOING, HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT AND MUST RELY ON THE ADVICE OF THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, STATE, LOCAL, CANADIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN, AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES.

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PROPOSAL 2: VOTE TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE BY PARENT OF PARENT SHARES TO BE
EXCHANGED FOLLOWING THE ARRANGEMENT EFFECTIVE TIME FOR TRIBUTE COMMON
SHARES ISSUED IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ARRANGEMENT;
BOARD RECOMMENDATION

Introduction

        On June 8, 2015, Pozen entered into the Original Share Subscription Agreement among QLT, Tribute, Aralez Ireland, and the Original Investors. Pursuant to the Original Subscription Agreement, subject to the closing of the merger and the arrangement and the approval of Pozen stockholders with respect to Proposals 2 and 3, Aralez Ireland was to issue and sell to QLT and the Original Investors, concurrently with the closing of the transactions, $75 million of the Aralez Ireland Shares in a private placement at a purchase price of $7.20 per Aralez Ireland Share. The Original Subscription Agreement provided that Pozen was to prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC two registration statements to effect a registration of the Aralez Ireland Shares issued under the Original Subscription Agreement within 60 days of the date of the signing of the Original Subscription Agreement and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Original Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement among QLT, Tribute, Parent, Aralez Ireland and the Investors. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions, Tribute will sell to QLT and the Investors up to $75 million of Tribute common shares in a private placement at a purchase price per share equal to the equity price, which is (a) the lesser of (i) $7.20, and (ii) a 5% discount off the five day VWAP per share of Pozen common stock, calculated over the five trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the merger, not to be less than $6.25, multiplied by (b) 0.1455. For example, based on the 5-day VWAP of Pozen's common stock as of December 7, 2015 of $7.87, the lower $7.20 price per Pozen share would apply and the resulting purchase price per Tribute common share would be equal to $1.05 after applying the exchange ratio. Upon consummation of the arrangement, Tribute common shares will be exchanged for Parent Shares. The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement provides that Parent shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement to effect a registration of the Parent Shares to be issued under the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement on or before January 15, 2016 and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        Pozen's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and Parent Shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market. As a result, the transaction contemplated by the Subscription Agreement is subject to, among others, NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(d), which requires shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with a transaction, other than a public offering, involving the sale, issuance, or potential issuance by a company of common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock) equal to 20% or more of the common stock or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before the issuance for less than the greater of book or market value of the stock.

Consequences of Approval of Proposal 2

        Based on the floor equity price of $6.25, the maximum number of Tribute common shares to be sold to QLT and the Investors is 82,474,227 shares, which would amount to 12,000,000 Parent Shares based on the exchange ratio. Based on the maximum equity price of $7.20, the mimimum number of Tribute common shares to be sold to QLT and the Investors is 71,592,211 shares, which would amount to 10,416,667 Parent Shares based on the exchange ratio. Parent expects to issue up to 12,000,000 Parent Shares in connection with completion of the Equity Financing. The issuance of these new Parent Shares could have the effect of depressing the market price of Parent Shares and causing dilution to Parent's earnings per share.

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Summary of Share Subscription Agreement

        A summary of the key terms of the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement is set forth below:

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Required Vote

        The vote on this proposal is separate and apart from the vote to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, is a vote separate and apart from the vote to approve the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent Shares upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Parent in exchange for convertible notes issued by Tribute in a private placement at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent, and is a vote separate and apart from the vote to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby. Accordingly, you may vote to approve this proposal and vote against any of the other proposals, or you may vote against this proposal and vote to approve the other proposals.

        Approval of this Proposal 2 at the Pozen special meeting is required to complete the merger unless waived by the parties.

        The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast thereon is required for approval of the proposal to approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement at a price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent shares upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Parent in exchange for convertible notes issued by Tribute in a private placement at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent.

         The Pozen board of directors recommends that the Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the proposal to approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement at a price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance of Parent Shares upon the exchange of certain Exchange Notes, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent.

PROPOSAL 3: VOTE TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE BY PARENT, AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO
THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT, OF PARENT SHARES UPON THE CONVERSION OF
CONVERTIBLE NOTES ISSUED BY PARENT IN EXCHANGE FOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES
ISSUED BY TRIBUTE IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE
ARRANGEMENT; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

Introduction

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into the Facility Agreement among Pozen, Parent, Tribute and the Lenders.

        Pursuant to the Facility Agreement, subject to the closing of the transactions, Tribute shall borrow from the Lenders up to an aggregate principal amount of $275 million, of which (i) $75 million will be in the form of the Convertible Notes, issued and sold by Tribute to the Lenders at the merger effective time, upon the terms and conditions of the Facility Agreement, and (ii) up to an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, which will be made available for Permitted Acquisitions, and will be in the

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form of the Acquisition Notes, evidencing the Acquisition Loans, upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations set forth in the Acquisition Notes, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Facility Agreement. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, the obligations under the Convertible Notes will be assumed by Parent, and the Convertible Notes will be exchanged for the Parent Convertible Notes. The Parent Convertible Notes shall be secured by the assets of Parent and its subsidiaries. The Parent Convertible Notes may thereafter be convertible into common shares of the Parent.

Summary of Convertible Note Terms

        A summary of the key terms of the Convertible Notes is set forth below. As indicated in the introduction above, all references to "Borrower" prior to the filing of the articles of arrangement pursuant to the arrangement shall be deemed to be Tribute, and all references to "Borrower" from and after filing of the articles of arrangement pursuant to the arrangement shall be deemed to be Parent.

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Registration Rights Agreement

        In connection with the Facility Agreement, on December 7 , 2015, the Lenders and Parent entered into a Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). The Registration Rights Agreement amends and restates the original registration rights agreement that the Lenders and certain other parties entered into on June 8, 2015, as amended and restated on October 29, 2015, in order to provide for certain changes required as a result of the second amendment and restatement of the original facility agreement, as discussed herein. Pursuant to the

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Registration Rights Agreement, Parent has agreed to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement to effect a registration of the Parent Shares issued or issuable upon the conversion of or pursuant to the Parent Convertible Notes (the "Registrable Securities"), covering the resale of the Registrable Securities and such indeterminate number of additional Parent Shares as may become issuable upon the conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Parent Convertible Notes to prevent dilution resulting from certain corporate actions. Such registration statement must be filed within 45 calendar days following the date of issuance of the Parent Convertible Notes. In the event the SEC does not permit all of the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement or if the Registrable Securities are not otherwise included in a registration statement filed under the Registration Rights Agreement, Parent has agreed to file an additional registration statement by no later than the Additional Filing Deadline covering the resale of all Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective registration statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act. The Registration Rights Agreement also provides for piggy-back registration, subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement. The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement. Capitalized terms used above without definition have the meanings given such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.

        Pozen's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and Parent Shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market. As a result, the transaction contemplated by the Facility Agreement and Parent Convertible Notes is subject to, among others, NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(d), which requires shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with a transaction, other than a public offering, involving the sale, issuance, or potential issuance by a company of common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock) equal to 20% or more of the common stock or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before the issuance for less than the greater of book or market value of the stock.

Consequences of Approval of Proposal 3

        If the equity price was $6.25 (the lowest price as per the equity price formula), the conversion price would be $8.28, and, if the entire $75 million aggregate principal amount was converted, Parent would issue 9,057,971 of Parent Shares. The maximum number of Additional Conversion Shares that could be issued in connection with a Major Transaction based on the equity price of $6.25 would be 3,954,900 Parent Shares. Consequently, if this proposal is approved, Parent may issue up to a maximum of 13,012,871 Parent Shares upon the conversion of the notes.

Required Vote

        The vote on this proposal is separate and apart from the vote to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, is a vote separate and apart from the vote to approve the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares to be exchanged following the arrangement effective time for Tribute common shares issued by Tribute in a private placement at a price that is less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent Shares upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Parent in exchange for convertible notes issued by Tribute in a private placement at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent and is a vote separate and apart from the vote to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby. Accordingly, you may vote to approve this proposal and vote against any of the other proposals, or you may vote against this proposal and vote to approve the other proposals.

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        Approval of this Proposal 3 at the Pozen special meeting is required to complete the merger unless waived by the parties.

        The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast thereon is required for approval of the proposal to approve the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent Shares upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Parent in exchange for convertible notes issued by Tribute in a private placement at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent of Parent Shares in a private placement, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent.

         The Pozen board of directors recommends that the Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the proposal to approve the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, of Parent Shares upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Parent in exchange for convertible notes issued by Tribute in a private placement at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, which, together with the issuance by Parent, after giving effect to the merger and arrangement of Parent Shares upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Parent in exchange for convertible notes issued by Tribute in a private placement at a conversion price that may be less than the greater of book or market value, equals 20% or more of the Parent Shares or 20% or more of the voting power outstanding before such issuance by Parent.

PROPOSAL 4: VOTE TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS, CERTAIN
COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN POZEN AND ITS NAMED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS RELATING TO THE MERGER; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

Introduction

        Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Section 14A of the Exchange Act, Pozen stockholders are entitled to vote to approve or disapprove, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of Pozen that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger as disclosed in this proxy statement/prospectus, which compensation is referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as the "merger-related compensation". The terms of the merger-related compensation are described in this proxy statement/prospectus under the section entitled "Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger" beginning on page 170.

Proposed Resolution

        In accordance with the above requirements, Pozen is asking its stockholders to vote on the adoption of the following resolution:

        "RESOLVED, that the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the named executive officers of Pozen in connection with the merger, as disclosed in the Golden Parachute Compensation table and narrative discussion as set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus under "Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger" beginning on page 170, is hereby APPROVED".

Required Vote

        The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock represented and voting either in person or by proxy at the Pozen special meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the merger-related compensation. Because the vote on this proposal is advisory, it will not be binding on Pozen's board of directors. Thus, regardless of the outcome of this advisory vote, such compensation will be payable if the merger is approved, subject only to other applicable conditions.

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        The advisory vote on the merger-related compensation is a vote separate and apart from the vote to adopt and approve the merger agreement. Accordingly, you may vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the merger-related compensation and vote against the proposal to adopt and approve the merger agreement; or you may vote against this proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the merger-related compensation and vote to adopt and approve the merger agreement. Approval of this proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the merger-related compensation is not a condition to the completion of the merger and the arrangement, and the approval or failure of this proposal will have no impact on the completion of the merger and the arrangement.

        The proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain compensatory arrangements between Pozen and its named executive officers relating to the merger requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon, although such vote will not be binding on Pozen.

Our board of directors recommends that you vote "FOR" the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the merger-related compensation as described in this proxy statement/prospectus.

PROPOSAL 5: VOTE TO APPROVE THE ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 2016
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

        The Pozen board of directors believes that the approval of the 2016 Plan is necessary to enable Parent to continue to grant stock options and other awards to employees of Parent and its subsidiaries at levels reasonably necessary to attract, retain and motivate talent after completion of the transactions. The 2016 Plan will also allow Parent to utilize a broad array of equity incentives and performance cash incentives in order to secure and retain the services of employees of Parent and its subsidiaries, and to provide long term incentives that align the interests of employees with the interests of Parent shareholders.

        The 2016 Plan was adopted for purposes of compliance with the requirements of applicable Canadian laws and to permit grants of equity awards to employees of Parent and its subsidiaries following the transactions. If the transactions are consummated, it is intended that for purposes of granting equity awards to employees of Parent and its subsidiaries following the transactions, no further grants will be made under the Pozen Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "2010 Plan") and no further grants will be made under the Amended and Restated Option Plan of Tribute (the "Tribute Equity Plan"). If the stockholders approve Proposal 5 for adoption of the 2016 Plan and the transactions are consummated, the 2016 Plan will become effective immediately prior to the effective time of the transactions. In addition, the 2010 Plan and the Tribute Equity Plan will be assumed by Parent and/or terminated, as applicable, at the effective time of the transactions, and will not be used to grant further awards after completion of the transactions.

        If the Pozen stockholders do not approve this Proposal 5, or if the transactions are not consummated, then the 2016 Plan will not become effective. If the transactions are consummated, but Pozen stockholders have not approved this Proposal 5, then the 2010 Plan and the Tribute Equity Plan as in effect immediately prior to the transactions will be assumed by Parent but no new shares will be available for grant except for legacy Pozen or Tribute employees. A description of the material terms of the 2016 Plan are summarized below. The key differences between the terms of the 2016 Plan and the terms of the 2010 Plan as in effect on December 1, 2015 are as follows:

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Timing of Proposal

        There are a number of reasons why we are seeking approval of the 2016 Plan at this time. Pozen currently administers its equity-based compensation programs under the 2010 Plan which has served it well but the 2010 Plan contains a number of design and plan provisions that do not comply with applicable Canadian law. Tribute currently provides for equity-based compensation pursuant to the Tribute Equity Plan which does include applicable U.S. provisions. At the time the 2010 Plan was approved by Pozen stockholders and the Tribute Equity Plan was approved by the Tribute shareholders, the merger described in this statement and the anticipated rapid growth of the businesses was not contemplated. Adoption of the 2016 Plan will also enable us to qualify any performance-based compensation grants under Section 162(m) of the Code. To address these concerns and provide for one equity compensation plan for both legacy Pozen and Tribute employees as well as new employees and therefor grant awards with more efficient administration, the Pozen board of directors strongly recommends that its shareholders approve the 2016 Plan.

Why You Should Vote for the 2016 Plan

        Equity-based compensation has been a vital part of both Pozen and Tribute's compensation program for named executive officers, other key employees, and non-employee directors. Equity-based compensation creates an ownership culture that rewards executives for maximizing shareholder value over time and aligns the interests of employees and directors with those of our shareholders. Pozen has traditionally granted stock options or RSUs to new Pozen employees in connection with their commencement of employment and stock options, as well as other forms of equity-based compensation, to key employees as part of their ongoing compensation packages. We believe that providing additional grants of equity compensation beyond an initial new hire grant provides management and other key employees with a strong link to long-term corporate performance and the creation of shareholder value, as well as providing continued retention via long-term and milestone driven vesting.

        We expect rapid growth over the next several years and therefore need to ensure that we have an equity incentive plan with a sufficient number of available shares to incentivize the expected influx of new employees of Parent and its subsidiaries. Without the 2016 Plan, we may not be able to attract and provide long-term incentives to new executives and other professional talent that we may need to achieve our research and development goals and, assuming regulatory approval, to maximize the revenue potential of our products through effective introduction and commercialization.

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Key Considerations in the Determination of Shares to be Authorized

        In determining the number of shares to be authorized under the 2016 Plan, the Pozen compensation committee considered the following principal factors:

Key Features Designed to Protect Stockholders' Interests

        The 2016 Plan's design reflects our commitment to strong corporate governance and our desire to preserve stockholder value as demonstrated by the following 2016 Plan features:

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        Parent's compensation committee has full discretion to determine the number of awards to be granted to participants under the 2016 Plan, subject to an annual limitation on the total number of awards that may be granted to any one person. No awards have been granted contingent upon stockholder approval of the 2016 Plan.

Summary of the 2016 Plan

        The following is a summary of certain material terms of the 2016 Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the 2016 Plan, which is incorporated into this proxy statement/prospectus by reference in its entirety and attached as Annex D to this proxy statement/prospectus.

Background and Purpose

        We adopted the 2016 Plan to (a) promote our long-term financial interests and growth by attracting and retaining management and other personnel and key service providers with the training, experience and ability to enable them to make a substantial contribution to the success of our business; (b) motivate management personnel by means of growth-related incentives to achieve long-range goals; and (c) further the alignment of interests of participants with those of our stockholders through opportunities for increased stock or stock-based ownership in the Parent.

Shares Available

        As of the effective date of the 2016 Plan, the number of common shares issuable pursuant to awards that may be granted under the 2016 Plan will be equal to the sum of the outstanding number of shares available under the 2010 Plan and the Tribute Equity Plan as of the date of stockholder approval of the 2016 Plan, the number of shares required to cover options granted in substitution of outstanding Tribute options, and 2,300,000 new shares. This share pool will be reduced by one share for each stock

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option or stock appreciation right granted under the 2016 Plan, and by 1.59 shares for each stock award, stock unit, performance share or other stock-based award, provided that the share pool will not be reduced for awards that are required to be paid in cash pursuant to their terms. No further awards will be granted under the either the 2010 Plan or the Tribute Equity Plan once the 2016 Plan becomes effective. As of December 11, 2015, the date on which the Pozen board of directors adopted the 2016 Plan, there were 2,002,066 shares remaining available for grant under the 2010 Plan, 4,184,630 shares remaining available for grant under the Tribute Equity Plan (which will be exchanged for 608,864 Parent Shares in connection with the merger). The number of shares available for issuance under the 2016 Plan will be increased, on the relevant date, by one share for each stock option or stock appreciation right that is terminated, expires, or is cancelled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered without having been exercised, and by 1.59 shares for each stock award, stock unit, performance share or other stock-based award that is forfeited. Shares tendered by a participant or withheld by us, as full or partial payment of the exercise price of stock options or to satisfy a participant's tax withhold obligations, will not become available for issuance under the 2016 Plan.

        The number and class of shares subject to the 2016 Plan, the number and class of shares subject to any numerical limit in the 2016 Plan, and the number, price and class of shares subject to awards will be adjusted in the event of a merger, consolidation, stock rights offering, statutory share exchange or similar event affecting the Parent or a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, separation, spinoff, reorganization, extraordinary dividend of cash or other property, share combination or subdivision, or recapitalization or similar event affecting our capital structure that occurs at any time after adoption of the 2016 Plan by the board of directors.

        In the event of a merger, consolidation, stock rights offering, statutory share exchange or similar event affecting the Parent, the Parent compensation committee of the board of directors of Parent may make discretionary adjustments, including the cancellation of outstanding awards for cash, securities, other property or a combination of the three and the substitution of cash, securities, other property, a combination of the three or equivalent awards of the surviving or successor entity or its parent company.

Administration

        The Parent compensation committee of Parent's board of directors is the administrator of the 2016 Plan (the "Administrator"). At any time Parent's board of directors may serve as the Administrator of Parent in lieu of or in addition to the Parent compensation committee. Except as provided otherwise under the 2016 Plan, the Administrator has plenary authority to grant awards pursuant to the terms of the 2016 Plan to eligible individuals, determine the types of awards and the number of shares covered by the awards, establish the terms and conditions for awards and take all other actions necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose and intent of the 2016 Plan.

        The Parent compensation committee or board of directors may delegate to officers and employees limited authority to perform administrative actions under the 2016 Plan to assist in its administration to the extent permitted by applicable law and stock exchange rules. This delegation of authority, however, may not extend to the exercise of discretion with respect to awards to participants who are "covered employees" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code or officers under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. With respect to any award to which Section 16 of the Exchange Act applies, the Administrator shall consist of either Parent's board of directors or the Parent compensation committee, which committee shall consist of two or more directors, each of whom is intended to be a "non-employee director" as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and an "independent director" to the extent required by NASDAQ. With respect to any award that is intended to be a qualified performance-based award, the Administrator shall consist of two or more directors, each of whom is intended to be an "outside director" as defined under Section 162(m) of the Code. Any member of the Administrator who does not meet the foregoing requirements shall abstain from any decision regarding

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an award and shall not be considered a member of the Administrator to the extent required to comply with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or Section 162(m) of the Code.

Eligibility and Participation

        Participation in the 2016 Plan is generally open to all officers, employees and other individuals, including non-employee directors, who are natural persons providing bona fide services to Parent and its subsidiaries. However, individuals whose services to the Parent are limited to capital-raising transactions or the promotion and maintenance of a market for our securities are ineligible to participate in the 2016 Plan. Prospective officers, employees and other service providers who have accepted offers to provide services to the Parent may also participate in the 2016 Plan. As of the date of this statement, seven non-employee directors and approximately 85 employees and other persons who will be rendering services to the Parent or are currently providing services to Pozen or Tribute will be eligible to participate in the 2016 Plan.

Types of Awards

        The 2016 Plan enables the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, stock unit awards, performance shares, cash-based performance units and other stock-based awards, each of which may be granted separately or in tandem with other awards. The 2016 Plan contains all elements necessary to enable such awards granted to covered employees to qualify for the performance-based exemption to the $1,000,000 deduction limit under Section 162(m) of the Code, if desired, to ensure maximum deductibility by the Parent. All awards made under the 2016 Plan may be subject to vesting and other contingencies as determined by the Administrator and will be evidenced by agreements approved by the Administrator which set forth the terms and conditions of each award.

        Stock Options.     Stock options entitle the participant, upon exercise, to purchase a specified number of shares at a specified price for a specified period of time. The Administrator may grant incentive and nonqualified stock options under the 2016 Plan. The exercise price for each stock option is determined by the Administrator but will in no event be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common shares on the grant date. The "fair market value" means, if the principal market for our common shares is a national securities exchange or an established securities market (e.g., the Nasdaq Stock Market), the official closing price per common share for the regular market session on the day of determination, or, if the principal market for our common shares is not a national securities exchange or an established securities market, but the common shares are quoted by a national quotation system, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices for our common shares on the day of determination as reported on a national quotation system, or in the absence of an established market for the stock or its quotation by a national quotation system, the value determined by the Administrator in good faith by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, which method may, but need not, include taking into account an appraisal of the fair market value of the common shares conducted by a nationally recognized appraisal firm selected by the Administrator.

        Any stock options granted in the form of an incentive stock option will be intended to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Only options granted to employees qualify for incentive stock option treatment.

        Each stock option will expire at the time the Administrator determines on the grant date. No stock option will be exercisable later than the tenth anniversary of its grant, unless required otherwise by applicable law. A stock option may be exercised in whole or in installments. A stock option may not be exercisable for a fraction of a share. Shares purchased upon the exercise of a stock option must be paid for in full at the time of exercise in cash or such other consideration determined by the Administrator.

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exercised over the base price per share specified in the award agreement. The base price for each SAR cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date, and the term of a SAR cannot be more than 10 years from the grant date, unless required otherwise by applicable law. At the discretion of the Administrator, the payment upon a SAR exercise may be in cash, shares or a combination of the two.

        Prohibition on Repricing.     Except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Parent (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the 2016 Plan may not be amended, after the date of grant, to reduce the exercise price of such stock options or stock appreciation rights, nor may outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights be canceled in exchange for (i) cash, (ii) stock options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights, or (iii) other awards, unless such action is approved by Parent's shareholders.

        Restricted Stock.     Awards of restricted stock are actual common shares that are issued to a participant, but that are subject to forfeiture if the participant does not remain employed by us for a certain period of time and/or if certain performance goals are not met. Except for these restrictions and any others imposed by the Administrator, the participant will generally have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the restricted stock, including the right to vote the restricted stock, but will not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber shares of restricted stock before the risk of forfeiture lapses. Dividends declared payable on shares of restricted stock that are granted subject to risk of forfeiture conditioned solely on continued service over a period of time will be paid either at the dividend payment date or deferred for payment to such later date as determined by the Administrator, and may be paid in cash or as unrestricted shares of our common stock or may be reinvested in additional shares of restricted stock. Dividends declared payable on shares of restricted stock that are granted subject to risk of forfeiture conditioned on satisfaction of performance goals will be held by us and made subject to forfeiture at least until the applicable performance goal related to such shares of restricted stock has been satisfied.

        Restricted Stock Units.     An award of RSUs represents a contractual obligation of the Parent to deliver a number of common shares, an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of the specified number of shares subject to the award, or a combination of shares and cash. Until common shares are issued to the participant in settlement of stock units, the participant shall not have any rights of a stockholder of the Parent with respect to the stock units or the shares issuable thereunder. Vesting of RSUs may be subject to performance goals, the continued service of the participant or both. The Administrator may provide that dividend equivalents will be paid or credited with respect to RSUs, but such dividend equivalents will be held by us and made subject to forfeiture at least until any applicable performance goal related to such RSUs has been satisfied.

        Performance Shares and Performance Units.     An award of performance shares, as that term is used in the 2016 Plan, refers to common shares or stock units that are expressed in terms of our common shares, the issuance, vesting, lapse of restrictions or payment of which is contingent on performance as measured against predetermined objectives over a specified performance period. An award of performance units, as that term is used in the 2016 Plan, refers to dollar-denominated units valued by reference to designated criteria established by the Administrator, other than our common shares, whose issuance, vesting, lapse of restrictions or payment is contingent on performance as measured against predetermined objectives over a specified performance period. The applicable award agreement will specify whether performance shares and performance units will be settled or paid in cash or common shares or a combination of both, or will reserve to the Administrator or the participant the right to make that determination prior to or at the payment or settlement date.

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        The Administrator will, prior to or at the time of grant, condition the grant, vesting or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, an award of performance shares or performance units upon (A) the attainment of performance goals during a performance period or (B) the attainment of performance goals and the continued service of the participant. The length of the performance period, the performance goals to be achieved during the performance period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such performance goals have been attained will be conclusively determined by the Administrator in the exercise of its absolute discretion. Performance goals may include minimum, maximum and target levels of performance, with the size of the award or payout of performance shares or performance units or the vesting or lapse of restrictions with respect thereto based on the level attained. An award of performance shares or performance units will be settled as and when the award vests or at a later time specified in the award agreement or in accordance with an election of the participant, if the Administrator so permits, that meets the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

        Minimum Restriction Period for Full Value Awards.     Except as provided below, each award of stock, stock units, performance shares or performance units ("Full Value Awards") granted under the 2016 Plan will be subject to a minimum restriction period of 12 months from the date of grant if vesting of or lapse of restrictions on such award is based on the satisfaction of performance goals and a minimum restriction period of 36 months from the date of grant, applied in either pro rata installments or a single installment, if vesting of or lapse of restrictions on such award is based solely on the participant's satisfaction of specified service requirements with us. If the grant of a performance award is conditioned on satisfaction of performance goals, the performance period must not be less than 12 months' duration, but no additional minimum restriction period need apply to such award. Except as provided below, the Administrator does not have discretionary authority to waive the minimum restriction period applicable to a Full Value Award, except in the case of death, disability, or a change in control of the Parent. The Administrator has discretion to grant Full Value Awards that do not adhere to these minimum restriction period requirements, or otherwise may waive the requirements, with respect to up to the number of Full Value Awards that is equal to 10% of the initial number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan as of its effective date.

        Qualified Performance-Based Awards.     The Administrator may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate an award of restricted stock, RSUs, performance shares or performance units as a qualified performance-based award intended to qualify for the performance-based exemption to the $1,000,000 deduction limit under Section 162(m) of the Code, if desired. For any award so designated as a qualified performance-based award, the Administrator will take steps to ensure that the terms of the award are consistent with such designation. The Administrator may retain in an award agreement the discretion to reduce, but not to increase, the amount or number of qualified performance-based awards which will be earned based on the achievement of performance goals. Achievement of the performance goals will be certified by a committee of outside directors, within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, before any payment is made under a qualified performance-based award.

        If Full Value Awards are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the award agreement must specify a predetermined amount of cash or shares that may be earned by the covered employee to the extent that one or more predetermined performance goals based on the following specified performance metrics are attained within a predetermined performance period:

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        Performance metrics may apply to an individual, one or more business units, divisions or affiliates or on a Parent-wide basis. Performance metrics may be expressed in absolute terms, relative to a base period or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies, peer groups or an index covering multiple companies. Performance goals may be applied on a per share or absolute basis and relative to one or more performance metrics, or any combination thereof, and may be measured pursuant to GAAP, non-GAAP or other objective standards in a manner consistent with Parent's or its subsidiary's established accounting policies, all as the Administrator shall determine at the time the performance goals for a performance period are established. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide that one or more objectively determinable adjustments shall be made to the manner in which one or more of the performance goals is to be calculated or measured to take into account, or ignore, one or more of the following: (1) items related to a change in accounting principle; (2) items relating to financing activities; (3) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (4) other non-operating items; (5) items related to acquisitions; (6) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Parent during the performance period; (7) items related to the sale or disposition of a business or segment of a business; (8) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; (9) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of stock occurring during the performance period; (10) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (11) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments, (12) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (13) items that are outside the scope of the Parent's core, on-going business activities; (14) changes in foreign currency exchange rates; (15) items relating to changes in tax laws; (16) certain identified expenses (including, but not limited to, cash bonus expenses, incentive expenses and acquisition-related transaction and integration expenses); (17) items relating to asset impairment charges; or (18) items relating to gains or unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable law, accounting principles or business conditions. For all awards intended to qualify as qualified performance-based awards, such determinations shall be made within the time prescribed by, and otherwise in compliance with, Section 162(m) of the Code.

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        Other Stock-Based Awards.     The Administrator may from time to time grant to eligible individuals awards in the form of our common shares or any other award that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is otherwise based upon, common shares, including without limitation dividend equivalents and convertible debentures ("Other Stock-Based Awards"). Other Stock-Based Awards in the form of dividend equivalents may be (A) awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another award other than a stock option or stock appreciation right, (B) paid currently or credited to an account for the participant, including the reinvestment of such credited amounts in common share equivalents, to be paid on a deferred basis, and (C) settled in cash or our common shares as determined by the Administrator; provided , however , that dividend equivalents payable on Other Stock-Based Awards that are granted as a performance award shall, rather than be paid on a current basis, be accrued and made subject to forfeiture at least until the applicable performance goal related to such Other Stock-Based Awards has been satisfied. Any such settlements, and any such crediting of dividend equivalents, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Administrator may establish.

Award Limitations

        The following limitations on awards are imposed under the 2016 Plan.

        If any award is terminated, surrendered or canceled in the same year as the year in which it is granted, that award nevertheless will continue to be counted against the Code Section 162(m) individual limits set forth above for the calendar year in which it was granted.

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Change in Control

        In the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2016 Plan) of the Parent, outstanding awards (other than those granted to our non-employee directors) will terminate upon the effective time of the change in control unless provision is made for the continuation, assumption or substitution of awards by the surviving or successor entity or its parent. Unless an award agreement says otherwise, the following will occur with respect to awards that terminate in connection with a change in control of the Parent:

Duration, Amendment and Termination

        The 2016 Plan will terminate on the earliest of (a) the earliest date as of which all awards granted under the 2016 Plan have been satisfied in full or terminated and no shares approved for issuance under the 2016 Plan remain available to be granted under new awards, (b)                 , 2026 or (c) a date chosen by the Administrator in its discretion subject to the terms of the 2016 Plan.

        The Administrator may amend, alter or discontinue the 2016 Plan, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation will be made that would materially impair the rights of a participant with respect to a previously granted award without his or her consent, except such an amendment made to comply with applicable law or rule of any securities exchange or market on which our common shares are listed or admitted for trading or to prevent adverse tax or accounting consequences to the Parent or the participant. In no event, however, will an amendment be made without the approval of our stockholders to the extent such amendment would (A) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the 2016 Plan, (B) materially increase the number of shares that may be issued under the 2016 Plan or to a participant, (C) materially expand the eligibility for participation in the Plan, (D) eliminate or modify the prohibition on repricing of stock options and stock appreciation rights, (E) lengthen the maximum term or lower the minimum exercise price or base price permitted for stock options and stock appreciation rights, or (F) modify the prohibition on the issuance of reload or replenishment options.

New Plan Benefits

        No awards have been previously granted under the 2016 Plan. Awards that may be granted to eligible persons under the 2016 Plan are subject to the discretion of the Parent compensation committee, so we cannot currently determine the benefits or amounts that will be received or allocated to our current named executive officers, executive officers as a group, directors who are not executive officers as a group, and employees, including all current officers who are not executive officers, as a group. Consequently, no new plan benefits table is included in this proxy statement.

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Federal Income Tax Consequences

        The following is a general summary of the federal income tax treatment of certain awards, which are authorized for grant under the 2016 Plan, based upon the provisions of the Code as of the date of this proxy statement. Non-U.S. residents should consult with their tax adviser regarding the specific tax consequences as a result of the grant of awards under the 2016 Plan in their country of origin. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and the exact tax consequences to any award holder depend upon his or her particular circumstances and other facts. 2016 Plan participants should consult their tax advisor with respect to any state, local and non-U.S. tax considerations or relevant federal tax implications of awards granted under the 2016 Plan.

        Incentive Stock Options.     An option holder recognizes no taxable income for regular income tax purposes as a result of the grant or exercise of an incentive stock option that qualifies under Section 422 of the Code. Option holders who do not dispose of their shares within two years of the date that the option was granted and within one year following the exercise of the option, normally recognize a capital gain or loss on the sale of shares equal to the difference, if any, between the sale price and the purchase price of the shares. If an option holder satisfies these holding periods, on the sale of shares, we are not entitled to any deduction for federal income tax purposes. Where an option holder disposes of shares within two years after the grant date of those options or within one year after the date of exercise (a "disqualifying disposition"), the difference between the fair market value of the shares on the exercise date and the option exercise price (which is not to exceed the gain realized on the sale, if the disposition is a transaction with respect to which a loss, if sustained, would be recognized) is taxed as ordinary income at the time of disposition. Any gain in excess of that amount is a capital gain. If a loss is recognized, there is no ordinary income, and such loss is a capital loss. Any ordinary income recognized by the option holder on a disqualifying disposition of shares generally results in a deduction by us for federal income tax purposes.

        Nonqualified Stock Options.     Options not designated or qualifying as incentive stock options are nonqualified stock options having no special tax status. An option holder generally recognizes no taxable income as a result of the grant of the option. On the exercise of a nonqualified stock option, the option holder normally recognizes ordinary income in the amount of the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value of the shares on the exercise date. Where the option holder is an employee, such ordinary income generally is subject to withholding of income and employment taxes. On the sale of shares acquired by the exercise of a nonqualified stock option, any gain or loss (based on the difference between the sale price and the fair market value on the exercise date), is taxed as a capital gain or loss. No tax deduction is available to us with respect to the grant of a nonqualified stock option or the sale of the stock acquired pursuant to such grant. We should generally be entitled to a deduction equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by the option holder as a result of the exercise of a nonqualified stock option.

        Restricted Stock and RSUs.     Any cash and the fair market value of any shares received by a participant in connection with restricted stock or RSUs are generally includible in the participant's ordinary income. In the case of restricted stock, this amount is includible in the participant's income when shares vest, unless the participant has filed an election with the IRS to include the fair market value of the shares in income as of the date the award was granted. In the case of RSUs, generally, the value of any cash and the fair market value of any shares received by a participant are includible in income when the awards are paid. Any dividends or dividend equivalents paid on unvested restricted stock or RSUs are also ordinary income for participants.

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        Deductibility of Compensation.     The Code allows publicly held corporations to deduct compensation that is in excess of $1 million paid to the Parent's chief executive officer and or any of its three most highly compensated executive officers (other than the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer) if the compensation is payable solely based on the attainment of one or more performance goals and where certain statutory requirements are satisfied. It is intended that compensation arising from awards granted under the 2016 Plan in the form of stock options and stock appreciation rights, are to be deductible by us as qualified performance-based compensation not subject to the $1 million limitation on deductibility under the Code. We may also choose to grant performance awards under the 2016 Plan that satisfy the requirements for deductibility of compensation. We reserve the right, however, to grant awards under the 2016 Plan that do not result in qualified performance-based compensation and, as such, may not entitle us to a tax deduction.

Vote Required and Board Recommendation

        If a quorum is present, approval of the 2016 Plan requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.

        The vote on the 2016 Plan is a vote separate and apart from the vote to adopt and approve the merger agreement. Approval of this proposal to approve the 2016 Plan is not a condition to the completion of the merger and the arrangement, and the approval or failure of this proposal will have no impact on the completion of the merger and the arrangement.

         The board of directors recommends that the Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the approval of the Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

PROPOSAL 6: VOTE TO ADJOURN THE POZEN SPECIAL MEETING; BOARD RECOMMENDATION

        If Pozen fails to receive a sufficient number of votes to approve the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, Pozen may propose to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies to approve the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

        The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Pozen common stock represented and voting either in person or by proxy at the Pozen special meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the proposal to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

The board of directors recommends that the Pozen stockholders vote "FOR" the proposal to adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby.

INTERESTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN THE MERGER

        In considering the recommendation of the Pozen board of directors with respect to the merger, Pozen stockholders should be aware that Pozen's executive officers and directors have certain interests in the merger that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of Pozen stockholders generally. The Pozen board of directors was aware of these interests and considered them, among other matters, in approving the merger agreement and the merger and making its recommendations to Pozen stockholders. These interests are described below.

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        As described in more detail below, these interests include certain payments and benefits that may be provided to Pozen's executive officers in connection with the merger, including acceleration of certain equity awards (for legacy Pozen executives) and excise tax equalization payments with respect to Section 4985 taxes. Additionally, for the non-employee directors, these interests include (i) excise tax equalization payments with respect to such taxes for stock options for which the exercise price is above the stock price on the date of the merger and (ii) those RSUs that will be assumed and converted as described below. Other than the interests described below, the merger should not have a material impact on the compensation and benefits payable to Pozen's executives and directors.

Treatment of Pozen Equity Awards

        Pozen's executive officers and directors participate in the Pozen Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "2010 Plan"), and hold equity awards of any combination of Pozen stock options, RSUs and performance share awards granted in accordance with the terms of the 2010 Plan (collectively, the "Equity Awards"). In connection with the merger, and in accordance with the merger agreement and the terms of the 2010 Plan, the equity awards will be treated as follows:

        Stock Options:     Except for the performance-based option granted on August 28, 2015 to Dr. Plachetka, each unvested option to purchase Pozen common stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger effective time will become vested immediately prior to the merger effective time. At the merger effective time, each outstanding Pozen option (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by Parent. Each Pozen option so assumed by Parent will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions of such options immediately prior to the merger effective time (including, without limitation, any repurchase rights) except for any adjustments related to the merger.

        RSU Awards:     Except for RSUs granted after March 31, 2015, including grants made to Mr. Adams, Mr. Koven, and the directors, and those units subject to Section 409A of the Code, each RSU award that is outstanding immediately prior to the merger effective time, will be vested and converted to a share of Pozen stock immediately prior to the merger effective time. These shares will be then treated the same as all other Pozen stock in connection with the merger. All other RSU awards will be assumed and converted to comparable units of Parent Shares and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of such units immediately prior to the merger effective time except for any adjustments related to the merger.

Excise Tax Equalization

        Section 4985 of the Code imposes a 15% excise tax on the value of certain equity compensation held during the period commencing six months before and ending six months after the closing of the merger by individuals who are and/or were directors and executive officers of Pozen and are or were subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during the same period. This excise tax applies to all compensation (or rights to compensation) granted to such persons by Pozen if the value of such compensation or right is based on (or determined by reference to) the value of stock in Pozen or its affiliates (but excluding statutory incentive stock options and holdings in tax-qualified plans). This includes: (i) unexercised vested or unvested time-based and performance-based nonqualified stock options; (ii) unvested restricted stock; (iii) unvested RSUs; and (iv) other stock-based compensation held by such persons during this 12-month period. The excise tax, however, will not apply to any stock option that is exercised on or prior to the closing date of the merger or any other stock compensation that is distributed, cashed-out, or otherwise paid in a manner resulting in income inclusion (for U.S. purposes) prior to the closing of the transaction.

        As of December 11, 2015, the directors and executive officers held approximately 4.5 million options and RSUs that, absent action by Pozen, will be subject to the excise tax at the closing of the merger.

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        The Pozen board of directors carefully considered the potential impact of the excise tax on Pozen's executive officers and directors at the time it approved the merger and reviewed the approach taken by other issuers in similar transactions, including in transactions where executive officers and directors were reimbursed for excise tax applicable as a result of the transaction. The financial analysis considered by the Pozen board of directors at the time the merger was approved included an estimate of a potential excise tax equalization payments.

        The Pozen compensation committee held several meetings to consider the excise tax matter. Under the current understanding of Section 4985 of the Code, the Pozen compensation committee determined that there were four viable alternatives with respect to the treatment of the excise tax payable by the executive officers and directors:

        Based upon the advice of its independent advisers, as well as reports from management of Pozen, including an examination on the potential impact of the excise tax on Pozen's executive officers and directors, the Pozen compensation committee determined to take the following actions: (i) accelerate the vesting of the outstanding equity awards for the legacy Pozen employees, (ii) provide a tax equalization payment for the new management team officers, (iii) provide a tax equalization payment to executive officers and directors for any vested stock options that are "underwater" at the merger (i.e., the strike price is above the stock price on the day of the merger), and (iv) a tax equalization payment to the directors for outstanding unvested RSUs that are being assumed and converted. The Pozen compensation committee determined this would be appropriate for the following reasons:

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        For all new executive officers and directors, the Pozen compensation committee and board of directors approved the payment by Pozen of a tax equalization payment in the amount of the excise tax payable with respect to the equity compensation that remained unvested as of the closing of the merger and any additional taxes payable by the current executive officers as a result of equalization. The Pozen compensation committee and board of directors also approved the payment of tax equalization payments to the legacy executive officers and directors for the excise tax and the attendant related taxes for any vested stock options that were underwater at the time of the merger.

Total Tax Equalization and Accelerated Vesting

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based on information and assumptions currently available. As a result, the amounts to be received may differ in material respects from the amounts set forth below.

Executive Officers
  Estimated Tax
Equalization
Payment(1)
  RSUs
Subject to
Accelerated
Awards
  Stock Options
Subject to
Accelerated Awards
  Value of
Accelerated
Awards for
Purposes of
Proposal 4(2)
 

New Executive Officers:

                         

Adrian Adams

  $ 5,122,480              

Andrew I. Koven

  $ 5,122,679              

Jennifer Armstrong

  $ 59,034              

Scott Charles

  $ 90,026                    

Mark Glickman

  $ 90,026              

Eric L. Trachtenberg

  $ 65,846              

James P. Tursi, M.D. 

  $ 90,026              

Legacy Executive Officers :

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

William L. Hodges, CPA

  $ 34,097     64,473     20,358   $ 526,346  

John G. Fort, MD, MBA

  $ 24,889     64,473     18,831   $ 521,536  

Dennis McNamara

  $ 18,182     42,175     4,479   $ 314,025  

Gilda M. Thomas, JD

  $ 22,440     64,473     20,358   $ 526,346  

John E. Barnhardt, CPA

  $ 32,670     33,400     11,197   $ 273,587  

(1)
The tax equalization payment is based on: (a) Pozen's average closing stock price for the three business days after the public announcement of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement which was $7.02 per share; (b) the individuals' relevant stock-based compensation held as of December 11, 2015; (c) a 15% excise tax rate; (d) a maximum federal rate of 39.60%; (e) the average state tax rate of the individuals' home state and Medicare and Medicare surtax of 2.35%; and (f) the assumption that the merger will be consummated on or before February 29, 2016.

(2)
For these purposes, the accelerated awards are valued at $7.02, as noted in (1) above.

Directors
  Estimated Tax
Equalization
Payment(1)
  RSUs
Subject to
Accelerated
Awards
  Stock Options
Subject to
Accelerated Awards
  Value of
Accelerated
Awards for
Purposes of
Proposal 4
 

Kenneth Lee

  $ 34,335              

Arthur Kirsch

  $ 42,194              

Seth Rudnick

  $ 26,508              

Neal Fowler

  $ 26,508              

(1)
The tax equalization payment is based on: (a) Pozen's average closing stock price for the three business days after the public announcement of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement, which was $7.02 per share; (b) the individuals' relevant stock-based compensation held as of December 11, 2015; (c) a 15% excise tax rate; (d) a maximum federal rate of 39.60%; (e) the average state tax rate of the individuals' home state and Medicare and Medicare surtax of 2.35%; and (f) the assumption that the merger will be consummated on or before February 29, 2016.

Indemnification and Insurance

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liability insurance policies from Pozen and Parent. See the section entitled "The Merger Agreement—Indemnification" beginning on page 127 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Other Compensation Matters

        The consummation of the merger will not constitute a change of control under any of Pozen's benefit plans or the employment agreements Pozen has entered into with its executive officers.

        On June 19, 2015, the Pozen board of directors approved a retention program designed to retain current legacy employees so they can complete critical activities and transition their duties to new Parent employees after the completion of the pending merger. All legacy employees, including Pozen's legacy executive officers, will be eligible to participate in the retention program. Each employee will receive a cash retention payment upon execution of a retention agreement acceptable to Pozen (a "Retention Agreement"). Pursuant to such Retention Agreement, each employee will also be eligible to receive a performance bonus ("Performance Bonus") on a payout date to be determined by Pozen for each employee if Pozen, in its sole discretion, determines that the performance conditions specified in the employee's bonus agreement have been met.

Existing Employment Agreements

        Pozen is currently a party to employment agreements with each of its executive officers. The employment agreements for certain of the executive officers (except those described below) provide for the following severance payments upon a termination by Pozen without "cause" and by the executive for "good reason":

    12 months base salary;

    COBRA continuation for 12 months; and

    Average annual cash incentive awarded over the previous two years.

        Under Pozen's recently adopted severance plan, any Pozen executives who were employed at March 31, 2015, however, are entitled to enhanced severance benefits equal to 12 months base salary, COBRA continuation for 18 months and a lump sum payment equal to their target annual cash incentive to be awarded in the year of termination in the event that the executive is terminated without cause by Pozen. These severance benefits will only be paid if the executive officer complies with the confidentiality, development, assignment, and one-year non-solicitation, non-competition and non-disparagement covenants set forth in the executive officer's employment agreement, and signs a release and waiver of claims in favor of Pozen and its affiliates. Mr. Hodges, Mr. Barnhardt and Ms. Thomas are entitled to a gross-up of excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code if there is a change of control and the severance benefits exceed the 280G limit. The merger is not considered a "change of control" for purposes of Section 280G of Code, so this provision is not applicable.

        Under the terms of Mr. Adams' employment agreement effective May 31, 2015, he is entitled to, among other things, an annual equity award under the Equity Compensation Plan with a target value of not less than 225% of his base salary and a one time sign-on equity award in the form of 1,944,888 RSUs. He will also receive a tax equalization payment for any excise taxes payable under Sections 4999 and 4985 of the Code. In addition, Mr. Adams' employment agreement provides for benefits if his employment is terminated under certain circumstances. In the event Pozen terminates Mr. Adams' employment without cause, if he voluntarily terminates his employment for good reason, in the event of his death, or if he or Pozen terminate his employment due to disability, Mr. Adams will receive (i) accrued but unpaid base salary and vacation through the date of termination; (ii) a lump sum equal to 24 months of base salary; (iii) a lump sum equal to 2 times the greater of (x) the average annual bonus paid over the previous 2 years or (y) the annual bonus paid the year preceding the year in which

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his termination of employment occurs; (iv) continued medical and life insurance benefits at the same cost as Mr. Adams would be required to pay as an active employee for a period of 24 months following the termination date; and (v) acceleration of the vesting of all equity and equity-based awards that would otherwise vest in the next 24 month period. In the event that, within 12 months of a change in control of Pozen, Mr. Adams terminates his employment for good reason or Pozen terminates Mr. Adams' employment without cause, Mr. Adams will receive (i) accrued but unpaid base salary and vacation through the date of termination; (ii) a lump sum equal to 36 months of base salary; (iii) a lump sum equal to 3 times the greater of (x) the average annual bonus paid over the previous 2 years or (y) the annual bonus paid the year preceding the year in which his termination of employment occurs; (iv) continued medical and life insurance benefits at the same cost as Mr. Adams would be required to pay as an active employee for a period of 36 months following the termination date, and (v) immediate and full vesting of all outstanding unvested equity awards.

        Under the terms of Mr. Koven's employment agreement effective May 31, 2015, he is entitled to an annual equity award under the Equity Compensation Plan with a target value of not less than 175% of Mr. Koven's base salary, and a one time sign-on equity award in the form of 1,476,674 RSUs. He will also receive a tax equalization payment for any excise taxes payable under Sections 4999 and 4985 of the Code. In addition, Mr. Koven's employment agreement provides for benefits if his employment is terminated under certain circumstances. In the event Pozen terminates Mr. Koven's employment without cause, if he voluntarily terminates his employment for good reason, in the event of his death, or if he or Pozen terminate his employment due to disability, Mr. Koven will receive (i) accrued but unpaid base salary and vacation through the date of termination; (ii) a lump sum equal to 24 months of base salary; (iii) a lump sum equal to 2 times the greater of (x) the average annual bonus paid over the previous 2 years or (y) the annual bonus paid the year preceding the year in which his termination of employment occurs; (iv) continued medical and life insurance benefits at the same cost as Mr. Koven would be required to pay as an active employee for a period of 24 months following the termination date; and (v) acceleration of the vesting of all equity and equity-based awards that would otherwise vest in the next 24 month period. In the event that, within 12 months of a change in control of Pozen, Mr. Koven terminates his employment for good reason or Pozen terminates Mr. Koven's employment without cause, Mr. Koven will receive (i) accrued but unpaid base salary and vacation through the date of termination; (ii) a lump sum equal to 36 months of base salary; (iii) a lump sum equal to 3 times the greater of (x) the average annual bonus paid over the previous 2 years or (y) the annual bonus paid the year preceding the year in which his termination of employment occurs; (iv) continued medical and life insurance benefits at the same cost as Mr. Koven would be required to pay as an active employee for a period of 36 months following the termination date, and (v) immediate and full vesting of all outstanding unvested equity awards.

Pozen—Golden Parachute Compensation

        The Dodd Frank Act and Rule 14a-21(c) under the Exchange Act, require that Pozen provides its stockholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that might be received by named executive officers of a company in connection with certain mergers and other corporate transactions, which the Dodd-Frank Act and Rule 14a-21 refer to as "golden parachute" compensation. The applicable rules and regulations interpreting these provisions are very broad, and may contemplate an advisory vote on any type of compensation, whether present, deferred or contingent, that is based on or otherwise relates to, among other things, a merger. None of Pozen's named executive officers are entering into any new severance arrangements or other traditional golden parachute arrangements in connection with the merger.

        The following table and the related footnotes present information about the compensation payable to the named executive officers of Pozen in connection with the merger. The compensation shown in the table below is intended to comply with Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K, which requires disclosure of

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information about compensation for each named executive officer that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger. Such compensation is subject to a nonbinding advisory vote of the stockholders of Pozen at the Pozen special meeting, as described in this proxy statement/prospectus under Proposal 4 "Advisory Vote on Compensation".

        Please note that the amounts indicated below are estimates based on multiple assumptions that may or may not actually occur (including assumptions described in this proxy statement/prospectus) or may occur at times different than the time assumed. Some of these assumptions are based on information currently available and, as a result, the actual amounts, if any, to be received by a named executive officer may differ in material respects from the amounts set forth below.


GOLDEN PARACHUTE COMPENSATION

Name(1)
  Equity(1)   Estimated
Tax
Equalization
Payment(2)
  Total  

Adrian Adams

  $   $ 5,122,480   $ 5,122,480  

William L. Hodges, CPA

  $ 526,346   $ 34,097   $ 560,443  

Gilda M. Thomas, JD

  $ 526,346   $ 22,440   $ 548,786  

John G. Fort, MD, MBA

  $ 521,536   $ 24,889   $ 546,425  

Dennis McNamara

  $ 314,025   $ 18,182   $ 332,207  

(1)
These amounts represent the estimated aggregate dollar value of the Pozen stock options and RSUs that accelerate and vest in connection with the merger. For these purposes, the accelerated awards are valued at $7.02, the average closing price for the three business days after the public announcement of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement.

(2)
The amounts in this column represent the estimated cost to Pozen of the excise tax equalization payment, which will be payable on behalf of Pozen's executive officers who become subject to the excise tax under Section 4985 of the Code as a result of the consummation of the merger. The actual amount of the payment will be calculated based on the price of Pozen stock on the date of closing of the merger and the individual's outstanding equity awards on that date. For purposes of this table, the payment is based on (a) Pozen's average closing stock price for the three business days after the public announcement of Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement, which was $7.02 per share; (b) the individuals' relevant stock-based compensation held as of December 11, 2015; (c) a 15% excise tax rate; (d) a maximum federal rate of 39.60%; (e) the average state tax rate of the individuals' home state and Medicare and Medicare surtax of 2.35%; and (f) the assumption that the merger will be consummated on or before February 29, 2015. The tax equalization payment is a single-trigger arrangement.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT OF POZEN COMMON STOCK

        The following table sets forth information known to Pozen concerning the beneficial ownership of Pozen common stock as of December 9, 2015 for:

    each person known by Pozen to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Pozen common stock;

    each of Pozen's directors;

    each of Pozen's named executive officers; and

    all of Pozen's directors and current executive officers as a group.

        Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. In computing the number of shares of Pozen common stock beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of Pozen common stock that could be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants held by that person that are currently exercisable at December 9, 2015 are considered outstanding. These shares, however, are not considered outstanding as of December 9, 2015 when computing the percentage ownership of each other person.

        Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to state community property laws, each Pozen stockholder named in the table has sole voting and investment power for the shares shown as beneficially owned by them. Percentage of ownership is based on 33,237,772 shares of Pozen common stock outstanding on December 9, 2015.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
  Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
  Percentage
Beneficially Owned
 

John R. Plachetka, Pharm.D.
POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

    4,061,286 (1)   11.9 %

PAR Investment Partners, L.P.
One International Place, Suite 2401
Boston, MA 02110

   
3,863,699

(2)
 
11.6

%

BlackRock, Inc.
40 East 52 nd  Street
New York, NY 10022

   
2,601,301

(3)
 
7.8

%

(1)
This amount reflects ownership by Silver Hill Investments, LLC, John R. Plachetka and Clare A. Plachetka and certain affiliated entities, and consists of (i) 1,157,808 shares owned by Silver Hill Investments, LLC, which is 50% owned by the Family Trust under the John R. Plachetka Irrevocable Trust (the "JRP Family Trust"), 40% owned by John R. Plachetka through his assignee, the Revocable Declaration of Trust, John R. Plachetka, Trustee (the "JRP Revocable Trust"), and 10% owned by his wife, Clare A. Plachetka, through her assignee, the Clare A. Plachetka Revocable Declaration of Trust, Clare A. Plachetka, Trustee (the "CAP Revocable Trust"); (ii) 1,232,623 shares owned by the JRP Revocable Trust; (iii) 218,910 shares owned by the CAP Revocable Trust; (iv) 22,631 shares owned by the JRP Family Trust; (v) 506,799 shares held by John R. Plachetka; and (vi) 922,515 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options granted to John R. Plachetka exercisable currently.

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(2)
Based on information disclosed on a report on Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on December 11, 2014 with respect to ownership as of December 1, 2014 by PAR Investment Partners, L.P., PAR Group, L.P. and PAR Capital Management, Inc., each of PAR Group, L.P. and PAR Capital Management, Inc. are general partners of PAR Investment Partners, L.P.

(3)
Based on information disclosed on a report on Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 23, 2015 with respect to ownership as of December 31, 2014 by BlackRock, Inc. as parent company of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., BlackRock Fund Advisors, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.

Name of Beneficial Owner(1)
  Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
  Percentage
Beneficially Owned
 

Adrian Adams

    1,000,000 (2)   3.0 %

Jennifer Armstrong

    (3)   *  

Scott Charles

    (4)   *  

John G. Fort, M.D. 

    125,963 (5)   *  

Neal F. Fowler

    50,746 (6)   *  

Mark Glickman

    (7)   *  

William L. Hodges

    269,255 (8)   *  

Arthur S. Kirsch

    107,470 (9)   *  

Andrew I. Koven

    (10)   *  

Kenneth B. Lee, Jr. 

    79,073 (11)   *  

Dennis L. McNamara

    195,306 (12)   *  

Seth A. Rudnick, M.D. 

    47,501 (13)   *  

Gilda M. Thomas

    157,624 (14)   *  

Eric L. Trachtenberg

    (15)   *  

James Tursi

    (16)   *  

All current directors, director nominees and executive officers as a group (15 persons)

    2,032,938 (16)   6.1 %

*
Less than 1%

(1)
Unless otherwise set forth herein, the street address of the named beneficial owners is c/o POZEN Inc., Suite 400, 1414 Raleigh Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517.

(2)
Does not include 1,944,888 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted. Includes 1,000,000 shares acquired on the open market on November 11, 2015 and November 12, 2015.

(3)
Does not include 21,853 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(4)
Does not include 29,137 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(5)
Includes 82,756 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 71,973 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(6)
Does not include 9,390 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(7)
Does not include 29,137 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(8)
Includes 159,885 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 71,973 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

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(9)
Includes 54,965 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 9,390 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(10)
Does not include 1,476,674 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(11)
Includes 6,107 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 9,390 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(12)
Includes 101,993 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 49,675 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(13)
Does not include 9,390 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(14)
Includes 94,953 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 71,973 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(15)
Does not include 25,000 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(16)
Does not include 29,137 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

(17)
Includes 500,659 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable currently, but does not include 3,858,980 shares issuable pursuant to RSUs previously granted.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

        The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effects of (i) the merger agreement, (ii) the MFI Acquisition which closed on June 16, 2015, along with the related financing to complete the MFI Acquisition and (iii) the acquisition of certain Novartis products by Tribute, which closed on October 2, 2014.

        On December 7, 2015, concurrent with Amendment No. 2 to the merger agreement, Pozen entered into a Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement among Parent, Pozen and Tribute, with a consortium of lenders that would allow Parent (following the merger effective time) to borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $275 million. The proceeds under the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement will be used to fund working capital needs, future acquisitions and general corporate needs. Additionally, an Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement was also entered into on December 7, 2015, allowing certain "Investors" (as defined in the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement) to purchase $75 million of Tribute common shares in a private placement immediately prior to the arrangement at a purchase price per share equal to (a) the lesser of (i) $7.20, and (ii) a 5% discount off the five day VWAP per share of Pozen common stock calculated over the five trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25, multiplied by (b) 0.1455. For example, based on the 5-day VWAP of Pozen's common stock as of December 7, 2015 of $7.87, the lower $7.20 price per Pozen share would apply and the resulting purchase price per Tribute common share would be equal to $1.05 after applying the exchange ratio. In the event any of Pozen, Tribute or Parent announce a material event (other than results of any shareholder meeting) during the ten day period immediately preceding closing of the transactions, then clause (ii) above shall be revised to read: "(ii) a 5% discount off the two day VWAP per share of Pozen common stock, calculated over the two trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25". The Facility Agreement and the Subscription Agreement have not been reflected in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

        The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements give effect to the merger agreement under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) Topic 805, Business Combinations , which we refer to as ASC 805, with Pozen treated as the accounting acquirer; and give effect to the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of certain Novartis products under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, with Tribute treated as the accounting acquirer. The historical consolidated financial information has been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the transactions, the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of certain Novartis products, (2) factually supportable and (3) with respect to the statements of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of operations. Although Pozen and Tribute have entered into a merger agreement, there is no guarantee that the transactions will be completed.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet is based on the individual historical balance sheet of Pozen and the individual historical consolidated balance sheet of Tribute, as of September 30, 2015, and has been prepared to reflect the effects of the merger agreement as if it occurred on September 30, 2015. The unaudited pro forma condensed balance sheet does not reflect the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of certain Novartis products which are already reflected in Tribute's historical balance sheet as of September 30, 2015. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 combines the historical results and operations of Pozen, Tribute, MFI and the acquired Novartis products giving effect to the merger agreement, the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of the Novartis products as if it occurred on January 1, 2014. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 combines the historical results and operations of Pozen, Tribute and MFI giving effect to the merger agreement and the MFI Acquisition as if it occurred on January 1, 2015. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months

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ended September 30, 2015 does not reflect the acquisition of the Novartis products, which is already reflected in Tribute's historical statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations do not reflect future events that may occur after the completion of the merger agreement, including, but not limited to, the anticipated realization of ongoing savings from operating synergies and certain one-time charges Pozen expects to incur in connection with the merger agreement, including, but not limited to, costs in connection with integrating the operations of Tribute.

        These unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are for informational purposes only. They do not purport to indicate the results that would actually have been obtained had the merger agreement, the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of the Novartis products been completed on the assumed date or for the periods presented, or which may be realized in the future.

        To produce the pro forma financial information, Pozen adjusted Tribute's assets and liabilities, including those acquired in connection with the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of the Novartis products, to their estimated fair values. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, Pozen has not completed the detailed valuation work necessary to arrive at the required estimates of the fair value of the Tribute assets to be acquired and the liabilities to be assumed and the related accounting for the business combination, nor has Pozen identified all adjustments necessary to conform Tribute's accounting policies to Pozen accounting policies. A final determination of the fair value of Tribute's assets and liabilities will be based on the actual net tangible and intangible assets and liabilities of Tribute that exist as of the date of completion of the transactions and, therefore, cannot be made prior to that date. Additionally, the value of consideration to be paid in Parent Shares will be determined based on the trading price of Pozen's common stock at the time of the completion of the merger. Accordingly, the accompanying unaudited pro forma accounting for the business combination is preliminary and is subject to further adjustments as additional information becomes available and as additional analyses are performed. The preliminary unaudited pro forma accounting for the business combination has been made solely for the purpose of preparing the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. The preliminary accounting for the transactions was based on reviews of publicly disclosed information for other acquisitions in the industry, data that was available through the public domain and Pozen's due diligence review of Tribute's business. Until the transactions are complete, both companies are limited in their ability to share information with each other. In addition, as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, Tribute has not completed the detailed valuation work necessary to arrive at the required estimates of the fair value of the MFI net assets acquired and the related accounting for the MFI Acquisition. Upon completion of the transactions, valuation work will be performed and any increases or decreases in the fair value of relevant statement of financial position amounts will result in adjustments to the statement of financial position and/or statements of operations until the accounting for the transactions are finalized.

        There can be no assurance that such finalization will not result in material changes from the preliminary accounting for the transactions included in the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been derived from and should be read in conjunction with:

    the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements;

    Pozen's audited financial statements and related notes thereto contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015;

    Tribute's audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015; and

    MFI's audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto furnished on Form 8-K/A by Tribute on July 20, 2015; and

    the Novartis products audited statements of revenues and related expenses along with the related notes thereto furnished on Form 8-K/A by Tribute on October 29, 2015.

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Aralez Pharamaceuticals Inc.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
As of September 30, 2015

 
  Historical
Pozen
($USD)
  Historical
Tribute
($CAD)
  Historical
Tribute
($USD)
  Accounting
Policies and
Reclassifications
($USD)
(Note 3)
  Pro Forma
Adjustments
($USD)
(Note 7)
   
  Pro Forma
Aralez
Combined
($USD)
 

Assets

                                         

Current assets:

                                         

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 36,991,056   $ 13,228,708   $ 9,869,939   $   $ (29,577,938 ) 7a   $ 17,283,057  

Accounts receivable

    5,820,184     7,028,390     5,243,882                 11,064,067  

Inventories

        3,235,531     2,414,030         1,119,150   7b     3,533,180  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    396,860     1,640,803     1,224,203         1,709,142   7c     3,330,207  

Total current assets

    43,208,100     25,133,432     18,752,054         (26,749,644 )       35,210,510  

Property and equipment, net

    22,115     1,275,410     951,583                 973,698  

Intangible assets, net

        79,108,376     59,022,759         63,636,081   7e     122,658,840  

Goodwill

        6,802,603     5,075,422         83,008,969   7d     88,084,391  

Debt issuance costs, net

        312,633     233,255         (233,255 ) 7f      

Total assets

  $ 43,230,215   $ 112,632,454   $ 84,035,074   $   $ 119,662,149       $ 246,927,438  

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

                                         

Current liabilities:

                                         

Accounts payable

  $ 1,127,705   $ 8,290,982   $ 6,185,902   $ (5,595,942 ) $       $ 1,717,665  

Warrant liability

        4,644,532     3,465,285         5,620,465   7g     9,085,750  

Current portion of long term debt

        14,353,179     10,708,907         (10,708,907 ) 7i      

Accrued compensation

    6,727,299             1,850,870             8,578,169  

Accrued expenses

    5,197,830                 3,745,072     14,186,234   7h     23,129,136  

Contingent consideration

        9,528,525     7,109,233             7j     7,109,233  

Promissory note

        5,000,000     3,730,500                   3,730,500  

Total current liabilities

    13,052,834     41,817,218     31,199,826         9,097,792         53,350,452  

Long-term debt

    1,131,017     15,067,972     11,242,214         (11,242,214 ) 7i     1,131,017  

Deferred tax liabilities

          6,931,475     5,171,573         16,863,561   7k     22,035,135  

Total liabilities

    14,183,851     63,816,665     47,613,614         14,719,139         76,516,604  

Commitments and contingencies

                                         

Stockholders' Equity:

                                         

Common stock

    32,766     72,442,707     54,049,504         (54,031,136 ) 7l     51,134  

Additional paid-in capital

    150,374,747     3,941,669     2,940,879         154,530,371   7m     307,845,997  

Retained earnings/(Accumulated deficit)

    (121,361,149 )   (32,329,802 )   (24,121,265 )       3,717,142   7n     (141,765,273 )

Warrants

        4,741,815     3,537,868         741,107   7o     4,278,976  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

        19,400     14,474         (14,474 ) 7p      

Total stockholders' equity

    29,046,364     48,815,789     36,421,460         104,943,010         170,410,834  

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 43,230,215   $ 112,632,454   $ 84,035,074   $   $ 119,662,149       $ 246,927,438  

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014

 
   
  Tribute    
   
   
   
 
 
  Historical
Pozen
($USD)
  Historical
Tribute
($CAD)
  Historical
Novartis
products
($CAD)
(Note 4)
  Novatis
Products
Acquisition
Adjustments
($CAD)
(Note 4)
   
  Historical
MFI
($CAD)
  MFI Acquisition
and Financing
Adjustments
($CAD)
(Note 5)
   
  Pro Forma
Tribute
($CAD)
  Pro Forma
Tribute
($USD)
  Accounting
Policies
and
Reclassifications
($USD)
(Note 3)
  Pro Forma
Adjustments
($USD)
(Note 7)
   
  Pro Forma
Aralez
Combined
($USD)
 

Revenues

                                                                               

Royalty and licensing revenue

  $ 32,394,232   $ 18,414   $   $       $   $       $ 18,414   $ 16,678   $   $       $ 32,410,910  

Licensed domestic product net sales

        9,106,038                             9,106,038     8,247,339                 8,247,339  

Other domestic product sales

        6,127,968     5,827,643             9,879,885             21,835,496     19,776,409                 19,776,409  

International product sales

        1,619,372                             1,619,372     1,466,665                 1,466,665  

Total Revenues

    32,394,232     16,871,792     5,827,643             9,879,885             32,579,320     29,507,091                 61,901,323  

Cost of Sales

                                                                               

Licensor sales and distribution fees

        5,902,034                             5,902,034     5,345,472                 5,345,472  

Cost of products sold

        1,787,584     520,576             4,836,729             7,144,889     6,471,126         1,119,150   7b     7,590,276  

Write down of inventories

        53,099                             53,099     48,092                 48,092  

Total cost of sales

        7,742,717     520,576             4,836,729             13,100,022     11,864,690         1,119,150         12,983,840  

Gross Profit

    32,394,232     9,129,075     5,307,067             5,043,156             19,479,298     17,642,401         (1,119,150 )       48,917,483  

Operating expenses

                                                                               

Sales, general, and administrative

    10,078,771     10,149,854     174,830             4,950,203             15,274,887     13,834,465                 23,913,236  

Research and development

    5,739,848                                                     5,739,848  

Amortization

        1,511,021         960,000   4a     207,365     (188,971 ) 5a     2,489,415     2,254,663     (107,610 )   6,579,161   7r     8,726,214  

Total operating expenses

    15,818,619     11,660,875     174,830     960,000         5,157,568     (188,971 )       17,764,302     16,089,128     (107,610 )   6,579,161         38,379,298  

Non-operating income (expense)

                                                                               

Change in warrant liability

        283,305                             283,305     256,589                 256,589  

Interest expense

        (1,441,729 )       (754,689 ) 4b     (49,948 )   (350,052 ) 5b     (2,596,418 )   (2,351,576 )   (107,610 )   2,168,073   7s     (291,113 )

Interest income

    43,100     59,586                             59,586     53,967                 97,067  

Other non-operating income

    3,056,019     (1,976,304 )               (79,144 )           (2,055,448 )   (1,861,619 )       151,755   7s     1,346,155  

Total other income (expense)

    3,099,119     (3,075,142 )       (754,689 )       (129,092 )   (350,052 )       (4,308,975 )   (3,902,639 )   (107,610 )   2,319,828         1,408,698  

Income before taxes

    19,674,732     (5,606,942 )   5,132,237     (1,714,689 )       (243,504 )   (161,081 )       (2,593,979 )   (2,349,366 )       (5,378,483 )       11,946,882  

Income tax expense (benefit)

                    (325,843 ) 4c     107     (42,686 ) 5c     (368,422 )   (333,680 )         (1,903,054 ) 7t     (2,236,734 )

Net Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

    19,674,732     (5,606,942 )   5,132,237     (1,388,846 )       (243,611 )   (118,395 )       (2,225,557 )   (2,015,686 )       (3,475,429 )       14,183,617  

Basic net income (loss) per share

  $ 0.63                                                                 7u   $ 0.28  

Shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per share

    31,359,867                                                             19,793,960   7u     51,153,827  

Diluted net income (loss) per share

  $ 0.60                                                                 7u   $ 0.26  

Shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per share

    32,810,587                                                             20,761,797   7u     53,572,384  

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

 
  Historical
Pozen
($USD)
  Historical
Tribute
($CAD)
  Historical MFI from
January 1, 2015
through
June 16, 2015
($CAD)
  MFI Acquisition
and Financing
Adjustments
($CAD)
(Note 5)
   
  Pro Forma
Tribute
($CAD)
  Pro Forma
Tribute
($USD)
  Accounting
Policies and
Reclassifications
($USD)
(Note 3)
  Pro Forma
Adjustments
($USD)
(Note 7)
   
  Pro Forma
Aralez
Combined
($USD)
 

Revenues

                                                               

Royalty and licensing revenue

  $ 15,425,499   $   $   $       $   $   $   $       $ 15,425,499  

Licensed domestic product net sales

        6,968,164                 6,968,164     5,535,509                 5,535,509  

Other domestic product sales

        11,355,924     4,687,179             16,043,103     12,744,641                 12,744,641  

International product sales

        2,705,543                 2,705,543     2,149,284                 2,149,284  

Total Revenues

    15,425,499     21,029,631     4,687,179             25,716,810     20,429,434                 35,854,933  

Cost of Sales

                                                               

Licensor sales and distribution fees

        4,700,228                 4,700,228     3,733,861                 3,733,861  

Cost of products sold

        3,006,159     2,314,629             5,320,788     4,226,834                 4,226,834  

Total cost of sales

        7,706,387     2,314,629             10,021,016     7,960,695                 7,960,695  

Gross Profit

    15,425,499     13,323,244     2,372,550             15,695,794     12,468,739                 27,894,238  

Operating expenses

                                                               

Sales, general, and administrative

    33,662,567     11,941,496     2,869,749             14,811,245     11,766,053         (8,149,355 ) 7q     37,279,265  

Research and development

    5,092,080                                         5,092,080  

Amortization

        3,441,839     92,262     (92,262 ) 5a     3,441,839     2,734,197         3,891,171   7s     6,625,368  

Total operating expenses

    38,754,647     15,383,335     2,962,011     (92,262 )       18,253,084     14,500,250         (4,258,184 )       48,996,713  

Non-operating income (expense)

                                                               

Change in warrant liability

        (3,994,708 )               (3,994,708 )   (3,173,396 )               (3,173,396 )

Interest expense

        (1,989,392 )   (33,941 )   33,941   5b     (1,989,392 )   (1,580,373 )       1,580,3737   7s      

Interest income

        10,195                 10,195     8,099                 8,099  

Other non-operating income (expense)

    (153,168 )   (4,630,441 )               (4,630,441 )   (3,678,422 )       177,138   7s     (3,654,453 )

Total other income (expense)

    (153,168 )   (10,604,346 )   (33,941 )   33,941         (10,604,346 )   (8,424,092 )       1,757,511         (6,819,750 )

Income before taxes

    (23,482,316 )   (12,664,437 )   (623,402 )   126,203         (13,161,636 )   (10,455,603 )       6,015,694         (27,922,225 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

    974,000     237,488     (93,451 )   33,444   5c     (177,481 )   140,991         1,594,1597   7t     2,709,150  

Net Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

    (24,456,316 )   (12,901,925 )   (529,951 )   92,759         (13,339,117 )   (10,596,594 )       4,421,535         (30,631,375 )

Basic net income (loss) per share

  $ (0.75 )                                               7u   $ (0.59 )

Shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per share

    32,476,358                                             19,793,960   7u     52,270,318  

Diluted net income (loss) per share

  $ (0.75 )                                               7u   $ (0.59 )

Shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per share

    32,476,358                                             20,761,797   7u     53,238,155  

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.

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        The Merger and Arrangement:     On June 8, 2015, POZEN Inc. ("Pozen") and Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. ("Tribute") agreed to a business combination under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, among Tribute, Aguono Limited (which was renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited and subsequently renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc in connection with its re-registration as a public limited company ("Aralez Ireland"), Aralez Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited (formerly known as Trafwell Limited) ("Holdings"), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. ("Can Merger Sub") and Pozen, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "original merger agreement"). On August 19, 2015, the parties amended the merger agreement pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement ("Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement"), whereby ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp. ("US Merger Sub") was formed to replace ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. in order to optimize the corporate structure of the Parent in the future. On December 7, 2015, the parties amended the merger agreement pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement ("Amendment No. 2 to the original merger agreement" and, together with the merger agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the original merger agreement, the "merger agreement"), whereby, among other things, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Parent") was added as a party to the merger agreement in place of Aralez Ireland, which was removed as a party to the merger agreement. In order to effect the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, US Merger Sub, an indirect subsidiary of Parent, will be merged with and into Pozen (the "merger"). Pozen will be the surviving corporation and, through the merger, will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The merger of Pozen into US Merger Sub will be effected under Delaware law so that Pozen will be reorganized into a holding company structure. In accordance with the merger agreement, Can Merger Sub and Tribute shall amalgamate by way of a court approved plan of arrangement (the "arrangement"). Upon completion of the arrangement, the separate legal existence of Tribute and Can Merger Sub will cease, and Tribute and Can Merger Sub will continue as one corporation ("Amalco"), with the property of Tribute and Can Merger Sub becoming the property of Amalco. Upon completion, the merger and the arrangement do not constitute a change of control of Pozen. The merger and the arrangement are collectively referred to as the "transactions."

        As a result of the merger, each share of Pozen common stock will be converted into the right to receive from Parent one common share of Parent, without par value (the "Parent Shares") (the "merger consideration") for each share of Pozen common stock that they own as of the record date. Pursuant to the arrangement, each outstanding Tribute common share will be converted into the right to receive from Parent 0.1455 Parent Shares.

        The transactions value the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Tribute at approximately $181.4 million at Pozen's closing share price of $7.91 on December 4, 2015 (the most recent practicable date used for preparation of the pro forma condensed combined financial information) and an exchange ratio of 0.1455. The value of the consideration that Tribute shareholders will receive when the transactions are completed will ultimately be based on the closing date share price of Parent's stock on the closing date and could materially change.

        At the closing time, each outstanding Tribute warrant will entitle its respective holders the right to purchase 0.1455 fully paid and non-assessable Parent Shares for no additional consideration beyond that set out in the respective Tribute warrant. Each Tribute compensation option, which, prior to the transactions, entitled the holder to purchase one Tribute common share and one-half of one Tribute warrant, will entitle its respective holders to purchase 0.1455 fully paid and non-assessable Parent

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shares, as well as 0.1455 one-half warrants for Parent shares, for no additional consideration beyond that set out in the respective compensation option certificate. For the purposes of these pro forma statements, it has been assumed that Tribute stock options will be cancelled and converted into Tribute common shares and converted into the right to receive 0.1455 Parent Shares for each Tribute common share. The warrants, employee stock options, and compensation options will be outstanding, fully vested and exercisable at any time.

        Pozen will include as consideration $12.7 million for the fair value of the awards including (i) $4.3 million related to equity-classified warrants; (ii) $0.8 million related to compensation options; (iii) $2.4 million related to employee stock options that were vested prior to the transactions; and (iv) $5.2 million related to employee stock options for which vesting was accelerated as a result of automatic change in control provisions within the respective employee's employment agreements, which related to pre-combination services. Pozen will also recognize a $5.6 million increase to the fair value of the Tribute warrant liability acquired in the transactions, which related to warrants denominated in a currency other than Pozen's functional currency, which is the U.S. dollar. This conversion is not expected to result in incremental value to the share/option holders; however if it is determined that the exchange results in incremental value at the acquisition date, Pozen would recognize post-combination expense.

        Pozen estimates that it will recognize post-combination compensation expense of $2.1 million as a one-time charge for the portion of the Tribute employee stock options for which vesting was accelerated based upon discretionary change in control provisions in the Tribute stock option plan, and as a result of the merger agreement, which related to services not provided as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. This post-combination compensation expense has been excluded from the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations as they reflect charges directly attributable to the acquisition that will not have a continuing impact on Pozen's operations; however, it has been reflected in retained earnings, net of tax of $0.6 million on the unaudited pro forma balance sheet.

        In addition, certain executive officers of Tribute will be automatically entitled to receive severance compensation per their executive employment agreements upon a change of control, regardless of whether the executive's employment is terminated. Pozen will recognize an assumed liability of $1.7 million for such arrangements as part of the accounting for the transactions.

        Pursuant to the merger agreement, except for awards held by certain new employees, each outstanding Pozen non-qualified or incentive stock option will become vested and converted into an option for one Parent Share. Each outstanding restricted stock unit will become vested and convert into one Parent Share. The converted awards will relate to a number of Parent Shares equal to the number of Pozen shares subject to the corresponding pre-conversion award and will continue to have, subject to applicable law, the same terms and conditions that were applicable to the corresponding pre-conversion Pozen award (including repurchase rights, as applicable). The $1.7 million of compensation cost associated with the accelerated vesting of Pozen awards has been excluded from the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations as they reflect charges directly attributable to the transactions that will not have a continuing impact on Parent's operations; however, it has been reflected in retained earnings, net of tax of $0.4 million on the unaudited pro forma balance sheet. Pozen estimates that all current outstanding non-qualified options will be exercised into Parent Shares,

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while the incentive stock options will remain outstanding and exercisable into Parent Shares following the transactions. However, for the purposes of the pro forma financial statements, such exercise of non-qualified options has not been reflected because an amount is not factually supportable at the time of the filing of this proxy statement/prospectus.

        Upon completion of the transactions, Pozen stockholders will own approximately 64% of the outstanding Parent Shares, and current Tribute shareholders will own approximately 36% of the outstanding Parent Shares before giving effect to (i) any exercise of outstanding options and warrants or the vesting and delivery of shares underlying restricted stock units of either company and (ii) the Parent Shares to be issued to new investors pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (defined below) and the Parent Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes to be issued pursuant to the Facility Agreement (defined below).

        MFI Acquisition:     On June 16, 2015, Tribute acquired Medical Futures Inc. ("MFI") in a transaction valued at $26.1 million (CAD). Financial terms of the deal include the payment of: $8.5 million (CAD) in cash on closing; $5 million (CAD) through the issuance of 3,723,008 Tribute common shares; and, $5 million (CAD) in the form of a one year unsecured promissory note bearing interest at 8% annually convertible at the holder's option at any time during the term into 2,813,778 Tribute common shares (which will be converted into the right to receive 409,405 of Parent Shares); retention payments of $507,132, reported as amounts payable and contingent consideration on the condensed interim consolidated balance sheet; and future contingent cash milestone payments totaling $2.35 million (CAD) that will be paid only upon obtaining certain consents. In addition, on the receipt of each regulatory approval for MFI's two pipeline products (or upon the occurrence of a change of control of Tribute), MFI will receive a payment of $1.25 million (CAD) per product. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, one consent was received and a payment issued of $3.345 million (CAD). Tribute also entered in to a debenture agreement ("Tribute debenture") of $12.5 million (CAD) which was necessary to complete its acquisition of MFI.

        On October 2, 2014, Tribute consummated an agreement to acquire the Canadian rights to manufacture, market, promote, distribute and sell the following product lines Fiorinal®, Fiorinal® C, Visken® and Viskazide® for the relief of pain from headache and for the treatment of cardiovascular conditions (the "Novartis Products") from Novartis AG and Novartis Pharma AG (collectively the "Seller" or "Novartis") for a purchase price of $32.0 million (CAD) (the "Transaction"). The acquired businesses include certain intellectual property, marketing authorizations and related data, medical, commercial and technical information, and the partial assignment of certain manufacturing and supply agreements and tenders with third parties. Tribute did not acquire any employees, business pipeline, information technology systems, inventory nor any other tangible assets. Tribute financed this acquisition by increasing its debt facility with SWK on October 1, 2014 and also through a public offering on July 15, 2014. The details of the debt facility and the public offering are set forth in the Form 8-K/A filed by Tribute on October 30, 2015.

        Facility Agreement:     On October 29, 2015, Pozen executed an Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (the "First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement") among Pozen, the Parent, Stamridge Limited (which will be renamed Aralez Ireland Finance DAC prior to the merger effective time) (the "Borrower"), Tribute, Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. ("Deerfield Private Design"), Deerfield International Master Fund, L.P. ("Deerfield International"), and Deerfield Partners, L.P.

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("Deerfield Partners"), and the other lender parties thereto (together with Deerfield Private Design, Deerfield International, and Deerfield Partners, the "Lenders").

        Pursuant to the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, the Borrower may borrow from the Lenders up to an aggregate principle amount of $275 million, of which (i) $75 million will be in the form of a 2.5% senior secured exchangeable promissory note due six years from issuance and exchangeable into Parent Shares at an exchange price of $9.54 per share (the "Exchange Notes"), issued and sold by Borrower, upon the terms and conditions of the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, and (ii) up to an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, which will be made available for permitted acquisitions, will be in the form of secured promissory notes issued and sold by the Borrower to the Lenders (the "Original Acquisition Notes"), evidencing the Acquisition Loans (as defined in the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement), upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations set forth in the Acquisition Notes, all subject to the terms and conditions of the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement. The First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement amended and restated the original debt facility agreement executed by Pozen on June 8, 2015 by substituting former "convertible" notes with the Exchange Notes, designating Stamridge Limited as the Borrower and issuer of the Exchange Notes and Original Acquisition Notes, and providing the Borrower with the option of settling the Exchange Notes for cash.

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen entered into a Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (the "Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement"), among Pozen, Parent, Tribute, and the Lenders (the "Debt Financing"). Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, subject to the closing of the transactions, Tribute shall borrow from the Lenders up to an aggregate principal amount of $275 million, of which (i) $75 million will be in the form of a 2.5% senior secured convertible promissory note due six years from issuance and convertible into Tribute Shares (the "Convertible Notes") at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the equity price (as defined in the Convertible Notes) multiplied by 0.1455, issued and sold by Tribute to the Lenders at the merger effective time, upon the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, and (ii) up to an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, which will be made available for Permitted Acquisitions (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement), and will be in the form of Secured Promissory Notes issued and sold by Parent to the Lenders (the "Acquisition Notes"), evidencing the Acquisition Loans, upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations set forth in the Acquisition Notes, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, the obligations under the Convertible Notes will be assumed by Parent, and the Convertible Notes will be exchanged for convertible notes of Parent ("Parent Convertible Notes"), which will be convertible into Parent Shares at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the equity price. The Parent Convertible Notes shall be secured by the assets of Parent and its subsidiaries. The Parent Convertible Notes may thereafter be convertible into Parent Shares.

        The Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement amends and restates the original Facility Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "Original Facility Agreement"), among Stamridge Limited, a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Ireland ("Stamridge"), Pozen, Tribute, Aralez Ireland and the Lenders (the "original debt financing"), as amended and restated on October 29, 2015 ("First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement"). In addition to the

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foregoing, the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement provided for amendments relating to (i) the substitution of Parent for Aralez Ireland, (ii) the substitution of Tribute for Stamridge, (iii) the substitution of Tribute common shares for Aralez Ireland Shares, (iv) the substitution of Convertible Notes for "exchangeable notes", (v) the provision for certain obligations under the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement to be assigned to and assumed by Parent following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, and (vi) certain other changes to effect the foregoing.

        A copy of the Original Facility Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 11, 2015. A copy of First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 30, 2015. A copy of the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2015. The foregoing descriptions of the Original Facility Agreement, the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Original Facility Agreement, the First Amended and Restated Facility Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement.

        The proceeds from the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement will be used for working capital needs, general corporate purposes and for future acquisitions. This Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement is not directly attributable to the transactions or the MFI Acquisition; as such no pro forma adjustments have been made in relation to this Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

        Share Subscription Agreement:     On June 8, 2015, Pozen executed a Share Subscription Agreement (the "Original Subscription Agreement") among QLT Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada ("QLT"), Tribute, Aralez Ireland, and the following investors thereto: Deerfield Private Design; Deerfield International; Deerfield Partners; EcoR1 Capital Fund, L.P.; EcoR1 Capital Fund Qualified, L.P.; Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd; JW Partners, LP; and JW Opportunities Fund, LLC (each, an "Original Investor" and together, the "Original Investors") (the "original equity financing"). Pursuant to the Original Subscription Agreement, subject to the closing of the merger and the arrangement and the approval of Pozen stockholders with respect to Proposals 2 and 3, Aralez Ireland was to issue and sell to QLT and the Original Investors, concurrently with the closing of the transactions, $75 million of the ordinary shares of Aralez Ireland, $0.001 nominal value per share (the "Aralez Ireland Shares") in a private placement at a purchase price of $7.20 per Aralez Ireland Share. The Original Subscription Agreement provided that Pozen was to prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC two registration statements to effect a registration of the Aralez Ireland Shares issued under the Original Subscription Agreement within 60 days of the date of the signing of the Original Subscription Agreement and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Original Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        On December 7, 2015, Pozen executed the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement (the "Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement") among QLT, Tribute, Parent, Aralez Ireland and the following investors thereto: Deerfield Private Design; Deerfield International; Deerfield Partners;

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Broadfin Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd; JW Partners, LP; and JW Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. (each, an "Investor" and together, the "Investors"). Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions, Tribute will sell to QLT and the Investors up to $75 million of Tribute common shares in a private placement at a purchase price per share equal to (a) the lesser of (i) $7.20, and (ii) a 5% discount off the five day volume weighted average price ("VWAP") per share of Pozen common stock calculated over the five trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25, multiplied by (b) 0.1455 (the "equity price"). For example, based on the 5-day VWAP of Pozen's common stock as of December 7, 2015 of $7.87, the lower $7.20 price per Pozen share would apply and the resulting purchase price per Tribute common share would be equal to $1.05 after applying the exchange ratio. In the event any of Pozen, Tribute or Parent announce a material event (other than results of any shareholder meeting) during the ten day period immediately preceding closing of the transactions, then clause (ii) above shall be revised to read: "(ii) a 5% discount off the two day VWAP per share of Pozen common stock, calculated over the two trading days immediately preceding the date of closing of the transactions, not to be less than $6.25". Upon consummation of the transactions, Tribute common shares will be exchanged for Parent Shares. The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement provides that Parent shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement to effect a registration of the Parent Shares to be issued under the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement on or before January 15, 2016 and for certain other registration rights for each of QLT and the Investors under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

        The Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement amends and restates the Original Subscription Agreement by (i) removing Aralez Ireland as a party to the Subscription Agreement and substituting Parent for Aralez Ireland, (ii) substituting Tribute common shares for ordinary shares of Aralez Ireland, (iii) updating the list of Investors that are parties to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement, and (iv) making certain other changes to effect the foregoing.

        A copy of the Original Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 11, 2015. A copy of the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pozen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2015. The foregoing descriptions of the Original Subscription Agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Original Subscription Agreement and the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement.

        The issuance of Parent Shares in connection with this Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement is not directly attributable to the transactions or the MFI Acquisition; as such no pro forma adjustments have been made in relation to this Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

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        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") and pursuant to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X Article 11, and present the pro forma financial position and results of operations of the consolidated companies based upon the historical

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information after giving effect to the transactions and MFI Acquisition and adjustments described in these footnotes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet is presented as if the transactions had occurred on September 30, 2015; and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the nine month period ended September 30, 2015 is presented as if the transactions and MFI Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2014.

        The historical results of Pozen, Tribute, MFI and the acquired Novartis products for the year ended December 31, 2014 have been derived from their respective audited financial statements. The historical results of Pozen, Tribute and MFI as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 have been derived from unaudited financial information.

        In addition, each of Tribute and MFI have historically reported its financial statements in its local currency, the Canadian dollar ("CAD"); in order to present the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements in U.S. dollars, the pro forma financial information for Tribute, which reflects the MFI Acquisition has been translated to U.S. dollars using the spot rate of $0.75 as of September 30, 2015 for the balance sheet and average rates of $0.91 and $0.79 for the statements of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. The historical results for the acquired Novartis products were reported in U.S. dollars. However, as these results are grouped with that of Tribute's, the results were initially translated in to the Canadian dollar at an average rate of $1.12 for the statement of revenues and related expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The amounts were subsequently reconverted back to U.S dollars using the rates noted above.

        Adjustments have also been recorded to the historical financial statements to reclassify financial statement line items as necessary. See Note 3, "Accounting Policies and Reclassifications."

        The transactions have been reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements as being accounted for under the acquisition method in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combination, with Pozen treated as the accounting acquirer; and the MFI Acquisition and the acquisition of the Novartis products have been reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations in accordance with ASC 805 with Tribute treated as the accounting acquirer. In accordance with ASC 805, the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed have been measured at fair value based on various preliminary estimates. These estimates are based on key assumptions related to the transactions, including reviews of publicly disclosed information for other acquisitions in the industry, historical experience, data that was available through the public domain and Pozen's due diligence review of Tribute's business. Due to the fact that the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded for the transactions may differ materially from the information presented herein. These estimates are subject to change pending further review of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. In addition, the final determination of the recognition and measurement of the identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be based on the fair market value of actual net tangible and intangible assets and liabilities of Tribute at the closing date.

        For purposes of measuring the estimated fair value, where applicable, of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, Pozen has applied the guidance in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures , which we refer to as ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value. In accordance

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with ASC 820, fair value is an exit price and is defined as "the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date." Under ASC 805, acquisition-related transaction costs and acquisition-related restructuring charges are not included as components of consideration transferred but are accounted for as expenses in the period in which the costs are incurred. For the periods presented, neither Pozen nor Tribute incurred material transaction costs related to the transactions.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not reflect ongoing cost savings that Parent expects to achieve as a result of the transactions or the costs necessary to achieve these costs savings or synergies.

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND RECLASSIFICATIONS

        Pozen performed certain procedures for the purpose of identifying any material differences in significant accounting policies between Pozen and Tribute, and any accounting adjustments that would be required in connection with adopting uniform policies. Procedures performed by Pozen involved a review of Tribute's publicly disclosed summary of significant accounting policies, including those disclosed in Tribute's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2014 and preliminary discussion with Tribute's management regarding Tribute's significant accounting policies to identify material adjustments. Pozen expects to engage in additional discussion with Tribute's management to continue to evaluate the impact of Tribute's accounting policies on its historical results after completion of the transactions. As a result of that review, management may identify differences that, when conformed, could have a material impact on this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

        In addition, the historical consolidated financial statements of Tribute presented herein have been adjusted by condensing certain line items related to "prepaid expenses and other assets"; by reclassifying certain line items in order to conform to Pozen's financial statement presentation; these reclassifications are reflected in the column "Accounting Policies and Reclassifications."

        The reclassification adjustments on the unaudited pro forma balance sheet pertain to the reclassification of certain balances of Tribute and MFI from "Accounts payable and other accrued expenses" into "Accounts Payable," "Accrued Compensation" and "Accrued Expenses."

        The reclassification adjustments on the unaudited pro forma statements of operations pertain to the reclassification of amortization of deferred financing fees from the "Amortization" line item into "Interest Expense."

4. ACQUISITION OF NOVARTIS PRODUCTS—PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS

        The preliminary pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations related to Tribute's acquisition of the Novartis products are as follows:

(a)
Amortization —Adjustment reflects the full period effect of the of amortization expenses related to the intangible assets acquired as part of the acquisition.

(b)
Interest expense —Adjustment reflects the full period effect of the interest expense recognised in connection with the $ 6.0 million that was drawn to fund the acquisition and the amortization of the debt issuance costs associated with this financing. The Loan accrues interest at an annual rate of 11.5% plus LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), with LIBOR Rate

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    being subject to a minimum floor of 2%, such that the minimum interest rate is 13.5%. A 1 / 8 % increase or decrease in the variable interest rate on the borrowings would increase or decrease the annual interest expense by $1.0 thousand.

(c)
Income tax benefit —Adjustment reflects the income tax impacts of the pro forma adjustments made to the pro forma statement of operations, using the Canadian statutory rate of 26.5%.

5. MFI ACQUISITION—PRELIMINARY PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS

        The preliminary pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations related to the MFI Acquisition are as follows:

(a)
Amortization —Adjustment reflects the elimination of amortization expenses related to the historical intangible assets of MFI.

(b)
Interest expense— Adjustment reflects the interest recognized in connection with the promissory note issued of $0.4 million (CAD), partially offset by the elimination of the interest expense associated with the bank loan that was repaid in connection with the MFI Acquisition of $50.0 thousand (CAD) for the year ended December 31, 2014. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the adjustment relates to the elimination of the interest expense associated with the bank loan that was repaid in connection with the MFI Acquisition of $92.3 thousand (CAD); no additional interest expense was recognized for the promissory note as the note had a term of one year. In addition, no interest expense was recorded related to the debenture that was issued as part of the MFI acquisition as the debenture was repaid in connection with the Tribute acquisition.

(c)
Income tax benefit —Adjustment reflects the income tax impacts of the pro forma adjustments made to the pro forma statement of operations, using the Canadian statutory tax rate of 26.5%.

6. MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT—PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION TRANSFERRED AND PRELIMINARY FAIR VALUE OF NET ASSETS ACQUIRED

        The transactions have been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, which requires, among other things, that the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their acquisition date fair values, with any excess of the consideration transferred over the estimated fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired recorded as goodwill. In addition, ASC 805 establishes that the common stock issued to effect the transactions be measured at the closing date of the transactions at the then-current market price.

        Based on (1) the closing price of Pozen's common stock of $7.91 per share on December 4, 2015, (2) the number of Tribute common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2015, (3) the number of stock options, compensation options and warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2015, and (4) Tribute's outstanding indebtedness to be repaid upon a change of control, the total estimated consideration to be transferred would approximate $181.4 million (using the most recent practicable dates prior to the filing of this proxy statement/prospectus). Changes in the share price of Pozen's common stock, or changes in the number of outstanding Tribute common shares, stock options, compensation options and warrants of Tribute could result in material differences in the consideration and, thus, the result of the related transactions. At the effective time, each outstanding Tribute common share will be exchanged for 0.1455 Parent Shares.

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        The following is a preliminary estimate of the consideration to be transferred by Pozen (in U.S. dollars)

Preliminary estimate of fair value of Parent Shares issued(i)

  $ 145,290,871  

Preliminary estimate of fair value of equity instruments(ii)

    12,715,490  

Repayment of Tribute indebtedness(iii)

    23,391,413  

Total consideration transferred

  $ 181,397,774  

(i)
Represents the conversion of each of Tribute's common shares outstanding at September 30, 2015 (126,240,542) at a conversion rate of 0.1455 with a value of $7.91, which is Pozen's closing share price at December 4, 2015.

(ii)
The table below summarizes the Tribute equity instruments included within purchase consideration:

Type of award
  Number of
Tribute equity
instruments
outstanding
  Parent shares
issuable upon
exercise
  Fair value of
equity
instruments
 

Equity classified warrants

    6,820,462     992,377     4,278,976  

Compensation options

    1,154,281     167,948     825,549  

Employee stock options vested prior to the close of the transactions

    2,052,433     298,629     2,387,668  

Employee stock options for which vesting was accelerated pursuant to automatic change in control provisions

    4,538,426     660,341     5,223,297  

Total

    14,565,602     2,119,295     12,715,490  
(iii)
Represents repayment of Tribute indebtedness associated with SWK loan in amount of $13.7 million and payoff of Tribute debenture for $9.7 million including accrued interest and other costs.

        The estimated value of the consideration does not purport to represent the actual value of the total consideration that will be received by Tribute's shareholders when the transactions are complete. In accordance with US GAAP, the fair value of the equity securities issued as part of the consideration will be measured at the closing date at the then-current market price. This requirement will likely result in a per share value component different from the $7.91 per share on December 4, 2015 assumed in the calculation, and that difference may be material. For example, an increase and decrease of 10% in the price of Pozen's common stock on the closing date of the transactions from the price of Pozen stock assumed in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements would change the value of the consideration by approximately $14.0 million and $17.2 million, respectively, which would be reflected as an equivalent increase or decrease to goodwill.

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        The following is a summary of the preliminary estimated fair values of the net assets (in US dollars):

Total estimated consideration transferred

  $ 181,397,774  

Working capital(i)

    11,663,578  

Property and equipment

    951,583  

Intangible assets

    122,658,840  

Other liabilities

    (41,960,618 )

Net assets acquired

    93,313,383  

Goodwill

  $ 88,084,391  

(i)
Working capital consists of current assets less Accounts payable, accrued compensation, and accrued expenses.

        Pozen has made preliminary allocation estimates based on limited access to information and will not have sufficient information to make final allocations until after completion of the transactions. The final determination of the accounting for the business combination is anticipated to be completed as soon as practicable after completion of the transactions. Pozen anticipates that the valuations of the acquired assets and liabilities will include, but not be limited to inventory, property, plant, and equipment, developed products, and in-process research and development. The valuations will consist of physical appraisals, discounted cash flow analyses, or other appropriate valuation techniques to determine the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

        The final consideration, and amounts allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transactions could differ materially from the preliminary amounts presented in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. A decrease in the fair value of assets acquired or an increase in the fair value of liabilities assumed in the transactions from those preliminary valuations presented in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements would result in a dollar-for-dollar corresponding increase in the amount of goodwill that will result from the transactions. In addition, if the value of the acquired assets is higher than the preliminary indication, it may result in higher amortization and depreciation expense than is presented in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

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        The preliminary pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements related to the transactions are as follows:

(a)
Cash and cash equivalents —Adjustment reflects the preliminary net adjustment to cash in connection with the transactions (in US dollars):

Repayment of Tribute SWK Loan, including fees(i)

  $ (13,692,113 )

Repayment of Tribute debenture, including redemption fee(ii)

    (9,699,300 )

Transaction expenses to be incurred by Pozen(iii)

    (6,000,000 )

Transaction expenses to be incurred by Tribute(iii)

    (186,525 )

Pro forma adjustment to cash and cash equivalents

    (29,577,938 )

    Components of the adjustment (i) a decrease in cash related to the repayment of Tribute's SWK loan, including an early payment premium of $0.8 million; (ii) repayment of Tribute's debenture incurred in connection with the MFI Acquisition of $9.7 million, including an early payment premium of $0.4 million and (iii) estimated transaction related expenses of $6.2 million, consisting of $6.0 million and $0.2 million to be incurred by Pozen and Tribute, respectively.

(b)
Inventories— Adjustment reflects the preliminary estimated fair value adjustment of $1.1 million to total inventory acquired in the transactions. As the raw materials inventory was assumed to be at market value, the preliminary adjustment is related to finished goods inventory. The preliminary fair value of finished goods inventory to be acquired in the transactions was determined based on an analysis of estimated future selling prices, costs of disposal, and gross profit on disposal costs. This adjustment is also reflected in the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 as the acquired inventory is expected to be sold through within the first twelve months following the close of transactions.

(c)
Prepaid expenses and other assets— Adjustment reflects the preliminary estimate of deferred tax liability of $0.3 million and a $2.1 million current tax receivable recognized based on the various pro forma adjustments (refer to Note 7 (k)  for further details), partially offset by the $0.1 million write off of the short term portion of Tribute's deferred financing costs related to the loan with SWK.

(d)
Goodwill —Adjustment reflects the preliminary estimated adjustment to goodwill as a result of the transactions. Goodwill represents the excess of the consideration transferred over the preliminary fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as described in Note 6. The goodwill will not be amortized, but instead will be tested for impairment at least annually and whenever events or circumstances have occurred that may indicate a possible impairment exists. In the event management determines that the value of goodwill has become impaired, Pozen will incur an accounting charge for the amount of the impairment during the period in which the determination is made. The goodwill is attributable to the expected synergies of the combined business operations, new growth opportunities, and the acquired assembled and trained workforce of

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    Tribute. The goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary pro forma adjustment to goodwill is calculated as follows (in US dollars):

Consideration transferred

  $ 181,397,774  

Less: Fair value of net assets to be acquired

    93,313,383  

Total estimated goodwill

    88,084,391  

Less: Tribute historical goodwill amounts

    5,075,422  

Pro forma adjustment to goodwill

  $ 83,008,969  
(e)
Intangible assets —Adjustment reflects the preliminary fair market value related to the change in fair value of identifiable intangible assets acquired in the transactions. The preliminary fair market value was determined using a market approach. The preliminary amounts assigned to the identifiable intangible assets are as follows (in US dollars):

Intangible Asset
  Preliminary
fair value
 

Tribute developed products

  $ 69,387,300  

IPR&D products

    30,590,100  

MF developed products

    18,950,940  

MF IPR&D products

    3,730,500  

Total

    122,658,840  

Less: Tribute pro forma intangible assets amounts

    59,022,759  

Pro forma adjustment to intangible assets

  $ 63,636,081  
(f)
Debt issuance costs, net —Adjustment reflects the write off of the long term potion of deferred financing costs related to the SWK Loan.

(g)
Warrant liability —Adjustment reflects an increase to the fair value of the Tribute warrant liability assumed in the transactions, which related to warrants denominated in a currency other than Pozen's functional currency, which is US dollars.

(h)
Other accrued liabilities— Adjustment reflects the $12.8 million related to the make-whole payment of excise tax for each director and executive officer of Pozen that is expected to be paid out and $1.7 million of severance payments that will be paid out to certain executive officers of Tribute upon a change in control. This is offset by a $0.3 million reduction for the payoff of accrued interest in association with the SWK loan which will be repaid.

(i)
Current and long-term debt —The current portion of the long term debt relates to the repayment of the Tribute debenture that was issued in connection with the MFI Acquisition of $9.3 million and the repayment of the current portion of the SWK Loan of $1.4 million. The adjustment related to the long term debt relates to the repayment of the long term portion of the SWK Loan of $11.2 million.

(j)
Contingent consideration —Adjustment to reflect the estimated fair value of contingent consideration from the MFI Acquisition related to the attainment of regulatory approval of two of MFI's pipeline products, which becomes due upon a change in control of Tribute.

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(k)
Deferred income taxes —Adjustment reflects the deferred income tax effects of the preliminary pro forma adjustments made to the pro forma balance sheet, using the Canadian statutory tax rate of 26.5%, primarily as indicated in the table below (in US dollars):

 
  Adjustment to
Asset Acquired
(Liability Assumed)
  Current
Deferred Tax
Liability (Asset)
  Non-Current
Deferred
Tax Liability
 

Estimated fair value adjustment of identifiable intangible assets acquired

  $ 63,636,081   $   $ 16,863,561  

Estimated fair value adjustment of inventory acquired

    1,119,150     296,575      

Estimated tax impact of Pozen transactions costs

    N/A     (1,113,000 )    

Estimated tax impact of post-combination expense related to the payment of unvested equity awards in connection with the transactions

    N/A     (556,231 )    

Estimated tax impact of accelerated vesting of Pozen equity instruments

          (440,761 )    

Total adjustments to deferred tax liabilities (assets)

        $ (1,813,417 ) $ 16,863,561  
(l)
Common shares —Adjustment relates to the elimination of the Tribute pro forma historical common shares of $54.0 million offset by the par value of common shares issued in the transactions of $18.4 thousand.

(m)
APIC— The preliminary unaudited pro forma adjustment to capital in excess of par is calculated as follows:

Fair value of Tribute stock options exchanged for Parent Shares using the exchange ratio

  $ 9,709,948  

Accelerated vesting of Pozen RSU's, Non-qualified options, and Incentive stock options

    1,663,249  

Fair value of Tribute warrants and compensation options exercisable for Parent Shares, using the exchange ratio

    825,549  

Capital in excess of par from the Tribute acquisition (18,367,999 Parent Shares issued at $7.91, less par value)

    145,272,503  

Less: Tribute pro forma historical equity

    (2,940,879 )

Pro forma adjustment to additional paid-in-capital

  $ 154,530,371  

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(n)
Retained earnings/(accumulated deficit)— The preliminary unaudited pro forma adjustment is calculated as follows:

Estimated fees and expenses expected to be incurred by Pozen related to the transactions of $18.8 million, and net of tax of $1.1 million

  $ (17,638,882 )

Post combination expense of $2.1 million related to unvested equity awards upon completion of the transactions, net of tax of $0.6 million

    (1,542,753 )

Compensation expense of $1.7 million related to unvested Pozen equity awards for which vesting will accelerate upon completion of the transactions, net of tax of $0.4 million

    (1,222,488 )

Less: Tribute pro forma historical equity

    24,121,265  

Pro forma adjustment to retained earnings

  $ 3,717,142  

    The estimated fees and expenses and post-combination compensation expense associated with the payment of accelerated equity awards have been excluded from the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations as they reflect charges directly attributable to the transactions that will not have a continuing impact on Parent's operations.

(o)
Warrants— Reflects the elimination for the historical warrant balance offset by the fair value of Parent warrants issued in exchange for Tribute warrants denominated in $USD as a result of the transactions.

(p)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss— The preliminary unaudited pro forma adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive loss eliminates Tribute's pro forma historical accumulated other comprehensive loss of $14.5 thousand.

(q)
Sales, general, and administrative expenses— Adjustment reflects the removal of transaction expenses incurred related to the transactions. These expenses are one-time and non-recurring and have therefore been thus removed for the purposes of the pro forma statements of operations.

(r)
Amortization of intangibles assets —Adjustment reflects the preliminary adjustment to the amortization expense associated with the fair value of the identifiable intangible assets acquired in the transactions of $6.6 million and $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.

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    The preliminary amortization expense for the intangible assets acquired in the transactions is as follows:

Intangible Asset
  Estimated
Useful Life
(years)
  Preliminary
fair value
  Amortization Expense
for the year ended
December 31, 2014
  Amortization Expense
for the nine
months ended
September 30, 2015
 

Tribute developed products

    10   $ 69,387,300   $ 6,938,730   $ 5,204,048  

IPR&D products

          30,590,100     N/A     N/A  

MF developed products

    10     18,950,940     1,895,094     1,421,321  

MF IPR&D products

          3,730,500     N/A     N/A  

Total

          122,658,840     8,833,824     6,625,368  

Less: Tribute pro forma amounts

          (59,022,759 )   (2,254,663 )   (2,734,197 )

Pro forma adjustment

        $ 63,636,081   $ 6,579,161   $ 3,891,171  

    The estimated fair value of amortizable intangible assets is expected to be amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives. The amortizable lives reflect the periods over which the assets are expected to provide material economic benefit. With other assumptions held constant, a 10% increase in the fair value adjustment for amortizable intangible assets would increase annual pro forma amortization by approximately $1.0 million. In addition, with other assumptions held constant, a one year increase in the estimated useful lives developed products would decrease annual amortization expense by approximately $0.8 million and a one year decrease in the estimated useful lives would increase amortization expense by approximately $1.0 million.

(s)
Interest expense —Adjustment reflects the removal of the interest expense, amortization expense of deferred financing fees, and accretion expense associated with the repayment of the SWK Loan.

(t)
Income tax expense (benefit)— Adjustment reflects the income tax impacts of the pro forma adjustments made to the pro forma statement of operations using the Canadian statutory tax rate of 26.5%. On May 21, 2015, Pozen formed POZEN Limited, which was organized under the laws of Ireland, and on May 27, 2015, Pozen and POZEN Limited entered into an intercompany license agreement. This agreement is expected to result in a taxable loss in POZEN Limited in 2015. As of September 30, 2015, no cash payment has been made relative to the intercompany license agreement. At the time cash payment is made, Pozen may be subject to withholding taxes. No provision has been made for these future potential withholding tax obligations.

As of September 30, 2015, Pozen had no unrecognized tax benefits that would reduce the Company's effective tax rate if recognized. The Company currently anticipates being able to utilize existing US tax attributes to offset expected US taxable income in 2015, including US taxable income resulting from the intercompany license agreement with POZEN Limited. The Company believes that should the proposed business combination with Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.

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    be completed as anticipated within the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that an unrecognized tax benefit of $17 million to $19 million related to utilization of these US tax attributes may be established.

(u)
Basic and diluted net income per common share —The unaudited pro forma adjustment to shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share is calculated as follows (in shares):

 
  Year ended
December 31, 2014
  Nine months ended
September 30, 2015
 
 
  Basic   Diluted   Basic   Diluted  

Historical Pozen weighted average shares outstanding

    31,359,867     32,810,587     32,476,358     32,476,358  

Parent shares to be issued to Tribute shareholders(i)

    18,367,999     18,367,999     18,367,999     18,367,999  

Tribute options converted to Parent Shares(ii)

    962,195     962,195     962,195     962,195  

Accelerated vesting of Pozen RSU's(iii)

    463,766         463,766      

Parent shares to be issued to Tribute shareholders based on assumed exercise of Tribute equity awards(iv)

        574,608         574,608  

Conversion of MFI promissory note(v)

        409,405         409,405  

Pozen stock options(vi)

        447,591         447,591  

Total pro forma adjustments

    19,793,960     20,761,797     19,793,960     20,761,797  

Total pro forma weighted averge shares outstanding

    51,153,827     53,572,384     52,270,318     53,238,155  

Pro forma net income available to common shareholders

    14,183,617     14,183,617     (30,631,375 )   (30,631,375 )

Earnings per share(vii)

  $ 0.28   $ 0.26   $ (0.59 ) $ (0.59 )

(i)
Represents a total of 126,240,542 Tribute common shares converted at the ratio of 0.1455. This share amount is inclusive of the 3,723,008 shares issued by Tribute for the MFI Acquisition.

(ii)
Represents Tribute stock options exchangeable for Tribute common shares and converted into Parent shares at an exchange ratio of 0.1455 at the closing.

(iii)
As a result of the transactions, RSU's held by Pozen employees will accelerate and be converted into shares of Parent.

(iv)
Represents the total dilutive effect of the assumed exercise of Tribute warrants and compensation options using the treasury stock method. This includes an amount of 3,949,194 shares issuable on the exercise of warrants and compensation options (converted at a 0.1455 ratio).

(v)
The conversion of the MFI promissory note would result in the issuance of 409,405 Parent Shares.

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(vi)
Represents Pozen stock options which will vest upon the close of the transactions and be outstanding Parent options.

(vii)
Since Pozen is in a net loss position for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, it has excluded the effect of the 1) assumed exercise of Tribute equity instruments 2) conversion of the MFI promissory note and 3) the exercise of Pozen stock options in the diluted net loss per share calculations as their effects would have been anti dilutive.

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COMPARISON OF THE RIGHTS OF PARENT SHAREHOLDERS AND POZEN STOCKHOLDERS

        The rights of Parent shareholders and the relative powers of Parent's board of directors are governed by the applicable laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, including the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the " BCBCA ") and by Parent's Notice of Articles and Parent's Articles. The rights of Pozen stockholders and the relative powers of the Pozen board of directors are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, including the DGCL, and the Pozen charter and the Pozen bylaws. As a result of the merger, Pozen stockholders who receive Parent Shares will become Parent shareholders. Thus, following the merger, the rights of Pozen stockholders who become Parent shareholders in the merger will be governed by the BCBCA, Parent's Notice of Articles and Parent's Articles.

        The following is a summary comparison of the material differences between the rights of Pozen stockholders under the DGCL and the Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws, and the rights Pozen stockholders will have as shareholders of Parent under the BCBCA and Parent's Notice of Articles and Parent's Articles following the merger. The discussion in this section does not include a description of rights or obligations under the U.S. federal or Canadian securities laws or NASDAQ or TSX requirements, many of which are similar to, or have an effect on, matters described herein under Delaware or British Columbia law. Such rights or obligations generally apply equally to Pozen common stock and Parent Shares.

        This summary is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and is subject to, the detailed provisions of the DGCL, the BCBCA, the Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws and Parent's Notice of Articles and Parent's Articles. See the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" beginning on page 236 of this proxy statement/prospectus for information on how to obtain a copy of Parent's Notice of Articles and Parent's Articles and the Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws.

 
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Authorized Capital Stock

 

The authorized share capital of Parent consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value.

Under Parent's Articles, the common shares are entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and vote at all meetings of shareholders, except meetings at which only holders of a specified class of shares are entitled to vote. Each common share entitles its holder to one vote.

Under Parent's Articles, the Parent board of directors has the authority to issue one or more series of preferred shares, with such special conditions to be created, defined and attached to such series by the directors of Parent. The preferred shares of

 

The authorized capital stock of Pozen consists of (i) 90,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value of which 90,000 shares are designated as series A junior participating preferred stock, $0.001 par value.

Under Delaware law, the board of directors without stockholder approval may approve the issuance of authorized but unissued shares of common stock that are not otherwise committed for issuance.

Under the Pozen charter, the Pozen board of directors has the authority to issue one or more series of preferred stock with designations, voting powers, preferences and rights, and any qualifications, restrictions or


 

 

 

 

 

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    each series shall, with respect to dividends and the distribution of assets or return of capital in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Parent, whether voluntary or involuntary, be entitled to preference over common shares and over any other shares of Parent ranking junior.   limitations thereof including, without limitation, dividend rights, voting rights and liquidation preferences, as the Pozen board of directors may determine. The Pozen charter authorizes preferred stock, which stock is entitled to quarterly dividends, voting rights superior to the common stock and a liquidation preference. No series of preferred stock have been designated and no shares of preferred stock are outstanding.


Reduction of Capital


 


Parent may reduce its capital if it is authorized to do so (a) by a court order, or (b) by a special resolution if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the realizable value of the company's assets would, after the reduction, be less than the aggregate of its liabilities.


 


Under the Pozen charter, the number of authorized shares of common stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of DGCL section 242(b)(2). The number of authorized shares of preferred stock may be increased but not decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, without a separate vote of the holders of preferred stock, unless a vote of such holders is required pursuant to any certificate of designation for such series, irrespective of the provisions of DGCL section 242(b)(2).


Consideration for Shares


 


Under the BCBCA, a share must not be issued until it is


 


Under Delaware law, capital stock issued by Pozen may be

 

 

 

 

 

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fully paid, and is fully paid when consideration is provided to Parent by one or more of past services performed for Parent, property or money and the value of the consideration received by Parent equals or exceeds the issue price for the share. For the purposes of the issuance of shares, "property" does not include a record of indebtedness of the person to whom shares are to be issued. The directors must satisfy themselves that the aggregate value of the past services, property and money received.

 

paid in such form and manner as the Pozen board of directors determines, such payment to consist of cash, any tangible or intangible property or any benefit to the corporation.

The Pozen bylaws provide that, unless otherwise voted by the stockholders and subject to the provisions of the Pozen charter, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of Pozen or the whole or any part of any shares of the authorized capital stock of Pozen held in Pozen's treasury may be issued, sold, transferred to or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Pozen board of directors in such manner, for such lawful consideration and on such terms as the Pozen board of directors may determine.


Dividends, Distributions, Repurchases and Redemptions


 


Dividends and Distributions by Parent

Under the BCBCA, a corporation may pay a dividend out of profits, capital or otherwise, (1) by issuing shares or warrants by way of dividend or (2) in property, including money. Further, under the BCBCA, a corporation cannot declare or pay a dividend if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the corporation is insolvent or payment of the dividend would render the corporation insolvent.

The Parent Articles provide that the directors may from time to time declare and authorize payment of such dividends as the directors may consider appropriate, subject to the rights, if any, of shareholders


 


Dividends and Distributions by Pozen

Delaware law generally provides that, subject to certain restrictions, the directors of every corporation may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock either out of its surplus or, in case there is no such surplus, out of its net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year.

Under the Pozen charter, dividends may be declared and paid on the common stock from funds lawfully available therefor as and when determined by the Pozen board of directors and subject to any preferential dividend rights of any then outstanding preferred stock.


 

 

 

 

 

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holding shares with special rights to dividends. Under Parent's Articles, a resolution declaring a dividend may direct payment of the dividend wholly or partly in money, or by the distribution of specific assets or of fully paid up shares or fractional shares, bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of Parent or any other corporation, or in any one or more of those ways, and if any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution, the directors may settle the difficulty as they think expedient, and, in particular, may set the value for distribution of specific assets.

Subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to any other class of shares of Parent, the holders of common shares shall receive the remaining property of Parent upon dissolution in equal rank with the holders of all other Parent Shares.

Share Repurchases and Redemptions by Parent

The Parent Articles provide that subject to the provisions of the BCBCA and the Parent's Articles, Parent may, with the consent of the holder, purchase or otherwise acquire any share issued by it, at such times, in such manner and for such consideration as the directors of Parent may determine in their discretion, provided that Parent may not purchase or otherwise acquire any redeemable shares for an amount greater than the redemption amount thereof.

 

Share Repurchases and Redemptions by Pozen

Under applicable Delaware law, Pozen may redeem or repurchase its own shares, except that generally it may not redeem or repurchase those shares if the capital of the corporation is impaired at the time or would become impaired as a result of the redemption or repurchase. If Pozen were to designate and issue shares of a series of preferred stock that is redeemable in accordance with its terms, such terms would govern the redemption of such shares. Shares that have been repurchased but have not been retired may be resold by a corporation.

Purchases by Subsidiaries of Pozen

Under Delaware law, shares of Pozen capital stock may be acquired by subsidiaries of Pozen without stockholder approval. Shares of such capital stock owned by a majority-owned subsidiary are neither entitled to vote nor counted as outstanding for quorum purposes.

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Purchases by Subsidiaries of Parent

Under the BCBCA, a subsidiary may purchase or otherwise acquire shares of a corporation of which it is a subsidiary, provided that a subsidiary must not purchase any of the shares of its parent corporation if there are reasonable grounds for believing that (a) the subsidiary is insolvent, or (b) the purchase would render the subsidiary insolvent.

   

Lien on Shares and Calls on Shares

 

Not applicable. See "Consideration for Shares" above.

 

Under Delaware law, a corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. When the whole of the consideration payable for shares of a corporation has not been paid in full, and the assets of the corporation shall be insufficient to satisfy the claims of creditors, each holder of shares not paid in full shall be bound to pay the unpaid balance due for such shares.

Election of Directors

 

The BCBCA requires that public companies have a minimum of three directors.

The Parent Articles provide that the number of directors shall be set by the board of directors.

Pursuant to the rules of the TSX, Parent is required to hold annual elections for all directors. The Parent Articles provide that directors are to be elected by the shareholders entitled to vote at the annual general meeting for the election of directors.


 

Delaware law provides that the board of directors of a Delaware corporation must consist of one or more directors as fixed by the corporation's certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

The Pozen board of directors currently has five members.

The Pozen charter provides that the number of directors shall be not less than three nor more than 15, and shall be fixed in the manner set forth in the Pozen bylaws. The Pozen bylaws provide that the number of directors on the Pozen board of

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At any general meeting at which directors are to be elected, a separate vote of shareholders shall be taken with respect to each candidate nominated for director.

Each director shall hold office until the next annual general meeting and until his or her successor is elected and duly qualified, subject to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

 

directors shall be fixed by one or more resolutions adopted by the majority of the Pozen board of directors, but in no event shall be less than three nor more than 15.

Directors need not be Pozen stockholders.

The Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws divide the Pozen board of directors into three different classes.

The Pozen bylaws provide that each director will be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term of three years; provided that the term of each director will continue until the election and qualification of a successor and be subject to such director's earlier death, resignation or removal.

Delaware law provides that, unless the certificate of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote.

The Pozen bylaws provide that, when a quorum is present at any meeting, each director will be elected by the vote of the plurality of votes cast by stockholders entitled to vote on the election.

Removal of Directors; Vacancies

 

Pursuant to Parent's Articles, any casual vacancy occuring in the board of directors may be filled by the directors or director. If Parent has no directors or fewer directors in office than the number set by the Articles, as the necessary quorum for the directors, the

 

Under the Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws, Pozen stockholders may remove directors only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of all eligible votes present in person or by proxy at a meeting of

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shareholders may, by ordinary resolution, elect or appoint directors to fill the vacancies of the board.

The remaining directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the board, but if and so long as the number is reduced below the number fixed pursuant to the Articles as the necessary quorum of directors, the remaining directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number of directors to that number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Parent, but for no other purpose.

Pursuant to Parent's Articles, the Parent may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office by special resolution, provided that to pass such special resolution shall require a special majority requirement of 3/4 of the votes cast in favour of the resolution. In that event, the shareholders and Parent may appoint another individual as director by ordinary resolution to fill the resulting vacancy. If the shareholders and Parent do not appoint a director to fill the vacancy thereby created at the meeting at which, or in the consent resolution by which, the director was removed, then either the directors or the shareholders by ordinary resolution may appoint an additional director to fill that vacancy. The directors of the Parent may remove a director before the expiration of his or her period of office if the director is convicted of an indictable offence or otherwise ceases to qualify as a director and the directors may appoint another person in his or her stead.

 

stockholders at which a quorum is present. If a director is elected by a separate voting group, only the members of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove such director.

Under Delaware law, a majority of the directors in office can fill any vacancy or newly created directorship. The Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws provide that newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies occurring on the Pozen board of directors, however caused, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen will hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which he or she has been elected expires, or in the case of newly created directorships, will hold office until such time as determined by the directors electing such new director.

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Quorum of the Board

 

Parent's Articles provide that the quorum necessary for transaction of business by Parent's board of directors is a majority of the directors.

A director who has a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction and who is present at the meeting of directors at which the contract or transaction is considered for approval may be counted in the quorum at the meeting whether or not the director votes on any or all of the resolutions considered at the meeting.

 

The Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws provides that the a majority of the total number of the whole Pozen board of directors shall constitute a quorum. In the event one or more of the directors shall be disqualified to vote at any meeting, then the required quorum shall be reduced by one for each such director so disqualified; provided , however , that in no case shall less than one-third of the number so fixed constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Duties of Directors

 

The BCBCA requires that directors and officers (1) act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Parent, (2) exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent individual would exercise in comparable circumstances, (3) act in accordance with the BCBCA and its related regulations, and (4) subject to the above, act in accordance with the articles of Parent.

All of the directors have equal and overall responsibility for the management of Parent (although directors who also serve as employees will have additional responsibilities and duties arising under their employment agreements and it is likely that more will be expected of them in compliance with their duties than non-executive directors). The

 

Under Delaware law, a corporation's directors are charged with fiduciary duties of care and loyalty. The duty of care requires that directors act in an informed and deliberate manner and inform themselves, prior to making a business decision, of all relevant material information reasonably available to them. The duty of care also requires that directors exercise care in overseeing and investigating the conduct of corporate employees. The duty of loyalty may be summarized as the duty to act in good faith, not out of self-interest, and in a manner which the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders. A party challenging the propriety of a decision of a board of directors bears the burden of rebutting the applicability of the presumptions afforded to

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    principal directors' duties include the statutory duties of good faith, acting honestly and responsibly, acting in accordance with Parent's Articles, not agreeing to restrict his or her power to exercise independent judgment, avoiding conflicts of interest, exercising due care, skill and diligence and having regard to the interests of Parent's shareholders.   directors by the "business judgment rule". If the presumption is not rebutted, the business judgment rule attaches to protect the directors and their decisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Delaware courts may subject directors' conduct to enhanced scrutiny in respect of, among other matters, defensive actions taken in response to a threat to corporate control and approval of a transaction resulting in a sale of control of the corporation.

Conflicts of Interest of Directors

 

Parent's Articles provide that a director who holds a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction into which Parent has entered or proposes to enter is not entitled to vote on any directors' resolution to approve that contract or transaction, unless all the directors have a disclosable interest in that contract or transaction, in which case any or all of those directors may vote on such resolution.

A director or senior officer who holds any office or possesses any property, right or interest that could result, directly or indirectly, in the creation of a duty or interest that materially conflicts with that individual's duty or interest as a director or senior officer, must disclose the nature and extent of the conflict as required by the BCBCA.

The Articles further provide that a director may hold any office with Parent, other than the office of auditor of Parent, in addition to his or her office of director for the period and on the terms (as to remuneration

 

Under Delaware law, a contract or transaction in which a director has an interest will not be voidable solely for this reason if (i) the material facts with respect to such interested director's relationship or interest are disclosed or are known to the board of directors, and the board of directors in good faith authorizes the transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, (ii) the material facts with respect to such interested director's relationship or interest are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote on such transaction, and the transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the majority of shares entitled to vote thereon, or (iii) the transaction is fair to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified. The mere fact that an interested director is present and voting on a transaction in which he or she is interested will not itself make the transaction void. Interested directors may be counted in

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or otherwise) that the directors may determine.

No director or intended director is disqualified by his or her office from contracting with Parent either with regard to the holding of any office the director holds with Parent or as seller, buyer or otherwise, and no contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of Parent in which a director is in any way interested is liable to be voided for that reason.

 

determining the presence of quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Under the BCBCA, a company may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the company's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, which we refer to as an eligible party, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association with the company or other entity, if: (1) the individual acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of such company or the other entity, as the case may be; and (2) in the case of a proceeding other than a civil proceeding, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful. A company cannot indemnify an eligible party if it is prohibited from doing so under its articles, even if it had

 

Delaware law provides that, subject to certain limitations in the case of derivative suits brought by a corporation's stockholders in its name, a corporation may indemnify any person who is made a party to any third-party action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) on account of being a current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the person (i) acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation (or in some circumstances, at least not opposed to its best interests), and (ii) in a criminal action or

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agreed to do so by an indemnification agreement (provided that the articles prohibited indemnification when the indemnification agreement was made). A company may advance the expenses of an eligible party as they are incurred in an eligible proceeding only if the eligible party has provided an undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses was prohibited, the eligible party will repay any amounts advanced. On application from an eligible party, a court may make any order the court considers appropriate in respect of an eligible proceeding, including the indemnification of penalties imposed or expenses incurred in any such proceedings and the enforcement of an indemnification agreement.

Parent's Articles require Parent to indemnify a director or former director of Parent and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and Parent must after final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. Each director is deemed to have contracted with Parent on the terms of the indemnity contained in the Articles.

Subject to the BCBCA, Parent may also indemnify any other person.

 

proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

Delaware law also permits a corporation to indemnify any person who is made a party to any third-party action, suit or proceeding on account of being a current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with the defense or settlement of a derivative action or suit, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses which the court deems to be proper.

To the extent that a current or former director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of such an action, suit or proceeding, the corporation is required by Delaware law to indemnify such person for expenses actually and reasonably incurred thereby.

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In addition, Parent's Articles specify that failure of a director or officer of Parent to comply with the provisions of the BCBCA, Notice of Articles or Parent's Articles, or if applicable, any former legislation or articles, will not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled. Parent's Articles also allow for Parent to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of specified eligible parties.

   

Limitation on Director Liability

 

Under the BCBCA, no provision in a contract or the articles may relieve a director or officer from (1) the duty to act in accordance with the BCBCA and its related regulations, or (2) liability that by virtue of any enactment or rule of law or equity would otherwise attach to that director or officer in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which the director or officer may be guilty in relation to a company.

A director is not liable under the BCBCA for certain acts if the director relied, in good faith, on (1) financial statements of the company represented to the director by an officer of the company or in a written report of the auditor of the company to fairly reflect the financial position of the company, (2) a written report of a lawyer, accountant, engineer, appraiser or other person whose profession lends credibility to a statement made by that person, (3) a statement of fact represented to the director by

 

The Pozen charter provides that no director of Pozen will be personally liable to Pozen or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director of Pozen. However, personal liability of a director will not be eliminated or limited (i) for any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to Pozen or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividend or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transactions from which such director derived an improper personal benefit.

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an officer of the company to be correct, or (4) any record, information or representation that the court considers provides reasonable grounds for the actions of the director, whether or not that record was forged, fraudulently made or inaccurate. Further, a director is not liable for certain acts if the director did not know and could not reasonably have known that the act done by the director or authorized by the resolution voted for or consented to by the director was contrary to the BCBCA.

   

Annual Meetings

 

Parent's Articles provide that, unless an annual general meeting is deferred or waived in accordance with the BCBCA, Parent must hold its first annual general meeting within 18 months after the date on which it was incorporated or otherwise recognized, and after that must hold an annual general meeting at least once in each calendar year and not more than 15 months after the last annual reference date at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.

 

Under Delaware law, an annual meeting of stockholders is required for the election of directors and for such other proper business as may be conducted thereat. Under the Pozen bylaws, an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at a place and time designated by the Pozen board of directors or the President (which date may not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is held). If no annual meeting is held in accordance with the foregoing provisions, a special meeting may be held in lieu of the annual meeting, and any action taken at that special meeting will have the same effect as if it had been taken at the annual meeting.

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Special/Extraordinary General Meetings

 

Parent's Articles provide that general meetings of the shareholders may be called by the board of directors at any time.

In addition, under the BCBCA, the holders of not less than 5% of the issued shares of a company that carry the right to vote at a general meeting may requisition that the directors call a general meeting of shareholders for such purposes as stated in the requisition. Upon meeting the technical requirements set out in the BCBCA, the directors must call a meeting of shareholders to be held not more than four months after receiving the requisition. If the directors do not call such a meeting within 21 days after receiving the requisition, the requisitioning shareholders or any of them holding in aggregate more than 2.5% of the issued shares of the company that carry the right to vote at general meetings may send notice of a general meeting to be held to transact the business stated in the requisition.

 

Under Delaware law, a special meeting of stockholders may be called by the board of directors or by any other person authorized to do so in the corporation's certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

The Pozen bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time only by the chairman of the board, chief executive officer (or, if there is no chief executive officer, the president), or the board of directors.

Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders will be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

Record Date; Notice Provisions

 

Pursuant to Parent's Articles, Parent must send notice of the date, time and location of any meeting of shareholders (including, without limitation, any notice specifying the intention to propose a resolution as an exceptional resolution, a special resolution or a special separate resolution), in the manner provided in Parent's Articles, or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by ordinary resolution (whether previous notice of the resolution has

 

The Pozen board of directors may fix in advance a date as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action. Such record date may not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the

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been given or not), to each shareholder entitled to attend the meeting, and to each director and to the auditor of Parent, unless Parent's Articles otherwise provide, at least the following number of days before the meeting: (a) if and for so long as Parent is a public company, 21 days; or (b) otherwise, 10 days.

Additionally, the directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, and the record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months (or four months if the meeting is requisitioned), or by fewer than: (a) if and for so long as Parent is a public company, 21 days; or (b) otherwise, 10 days. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent

The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the BCBCA, by more than four months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.

 

date of such meeting, nor more than sixty 60 days prior to any other action to which such record date relates.

If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders will be at the close of business on the day before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day before the day on which the meeting is held. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose will be at the close of business on the day on which the Pozen board of directors adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.

Under Delaware law, written notice of general and special meetings of Pozen stockholders must be given not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.

The Pozen bylaws provide that, except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of every meeting of stockholders must be given to each stockholder of record not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.

The notices of all meetings must state the place, date and time of the meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting. The notice of a special meeting must also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

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or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.

The notice of meeting for a meeting of shareholders to consider special business must (a) state the general nature of the special business, and (b) if the special business includes approving, ratifying, adopting or authorizing any document or the signing of or giving of effect to any document, have attached to it a copy of the document or state that a copy of the document will be available for inspection by shareholders: (i) at the Parent's records office, or at such other reasonably accessible location in British Columbia or by electronic access as is specified in the notice; and (ii) during statutory business hours on any one or more specified days before the day set for holding the meeting.

   

Advance Notice of Director Nominations and Other Proposals

 

Director Nominations

Only persons who are nominated in accordance with Parent's Articles are elgibile for election as directors of Parent.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made, timely notice thereof must be given in proper written form. To be timely, in the case of an annual general meeting of shareholders, such notice must be given not less than 30 days prior to the date of the annual general meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual general meeting of shareholders is called for at a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual general

 

The Pozen bylaws generally permit stockholders to nominate director candidates at annual and special meetings of stockholders if the stockholder intending to make such nomination gives timely notice thereof in writing in proper form. To be timely, the Pozen bylaws require, subject to certain limited exceptions, that written notice of an intention to nominate a director candidate at an annual meeting be received by the corporate secretary of Pozen, not less than ninety days prior to such meeting; provided , however , that if less than 70 days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given to stockholders, such nomination shall have been mailed or delivered to the Secretary not later than the close of business

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on the tenth day following the date on which the notice of the meeting was made (the "Notice Date") the notice must be given not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the Notice Date.

To be in proper written form, the notice must set forth:

(i) as to each person proposed to be nominated for election as a director: (a) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (b) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (c) whether the person is a resident Canadian within the meaning of the BCBCA, (d) the class or series and number of shares in the capital of Parent which are controlled or which are owned beneficially or of record by the person; (I) as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred), and (II) as of the date of such Notice, and (e) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident's proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the BCBCA and applicable securities legislation; and

(ii) as to the person making the nomination, any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or any other information relating to such person making the nomination that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident's proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for

 

meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever occurs first.

To be in proper form, the Pozen bylaws require that the notice include, among other things, certain disclosures about (a) as to each proposed nominee (i) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each such nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of each such nominee, (iii) the number of shares of stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee, and (iv) any other information concerning the nominee that must be disclosed as to such nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such person's written consent to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected); and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of such stockholder and (ii) the class and number of the shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation.

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election of directors pursuant to the BCBCA and applicable securities legislation.

Shareholder Proposals

The BCBCA provides that persons may submit business to Parent for consideration at the next annual general meeting of Parent.

(1) A proposal is valid if:

(a) the proposal is signed by the submitter, (b) the proposal is signed by qualified shareholders who, together with the submitter, are, at the time of signing, registered owners or beneficial owners of shares that, in the aggregate, (i) constitute at least 1/100 of the issued shares of the company that carry the right to vote at general meetings, or (ii) have a fair market value in excess of the prescribed amount, (c) the proposal, and the declarations referred to in paragraph (d), are received at the registered office of Parent at least three months before the anniversary of the previous year's annual reference date, and (d) the proposal is accompanied by a declaration from the submitter and each supporter, signed by the submitter or supporter, as the case may be, or, in the case of a submitter or supporter that is a corporation, by a director or senior officer of the signatory, (i) providing the name of and a mailing address for that signatory, (ii) declaring the number and class or series of shares carrying the right to vote at general meetings that are owned by that signatory as a registered owner or beneficial owner, and (iii) unless the name of the registered owner has already been provided under

 

writing in proper form to the corporate secretary of Pozen. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be received by the corporate secretary, subject to certain limited exceptions, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days in advance of the scheduled date of the annual meeting; provided , however , that in the event that less than 70 days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the date on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever occurs first.

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subparagraph (i), providing the name of the registered owner of those shares.

(2) A proposal may be accompanied by one written statement in support of the proposal.

(3) A proposal, or, if a statement is provided pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the statement and proposal together, must not exceed 1,000 words in length.

   

Quorum at Shareholder Meetings

 

Parent's Articles provide that two persons who are, or represent by proxy, shareholders holding, in the aggregate, at least 50% of the issued shares entitled to be voted at the meeting, constitute a quorum at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders.

 

The Pozen bylaws provide that the holders of the majority of the shares of the capital stock of Pozen issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, constitutes a quorum.

Voting Rights

 

Under the BCBCA, at any meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present, any action that must or may be taken or authorized by the shareholders, except as otherwise provided under the BCBCA, may be taken or authorized by an "ordinary resolution," which is a simple majority of the votes cast by shareholders voting shares that carry the right to vote at general meetings.

Parent's Articles provide that every motion put to a vote at a meeting of shareholders will be decided by a show of hands unless a poll is directed by the chair or demanded by any shareholder entitled to vote who is present in person or by proxy.

Votes by a show of hands or functional equivalent result in

 

Each holder of Pozen common stock is entitled to one vote per share of Pozen common stock on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. There is no cumulative voting.

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each person having one vote (regardless of the number of shares such person is entitled to vote). If voting is conducted by poll, each person is entitled to one vote for each share such person is entitled to vote.

   

Action by Written Consent

 

Under the BCBCA, shareholder action without a meeting may be taken by a "consent resolution" of shareholders, which requires that, after being submitted to all shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting, the resolution is consented to in writing by: (1) in the case of a matter that would normally require an ordinary resolution, shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold shares carrying at least 66 2 / 3 % of the votes entitled to be cast on such consent resolution, or (2) in the case of any other resolution of the shareholders, unanimous consent of the votes entitled to be cast on such consent resolution. A consent resolution of shareholders is deemed to be a proceeding at a meeting of those shareholders and to be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of shareholders that satisfies all the requirements of the BCBCA and its related regulations, and all the requirements of Parent's Articles, relating to meetings of shareholders.

 

Delaware law provides that, except as otherwise stated in the certificate of incorporation, stockholders may act by written consent without a meeting. The Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws provide that no action required to be taken or that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of Pozen may be taken without a meeting, and the power of the Pozen stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action by written consent without a meeting is specifically denied.

Derivative or Other Suits

 

Under the BCBCA, a complainant (a director or shareholder of a company, which includes a beneficial shareholder, and any other person that a court considers to be an appropriate person to make such an application) of Parent may apply to the court for leave to bring an action in

 

Under Delaware law, a stockholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of the corporation to enforce the rights of the corporation. Generally, a person may institute and maintain such a suit only if such person was a stockholder at the time of the transaction that is the subject of

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the name and on behalf of Parent, or to intervene in an existing action to which Parent is a party, for the purpose of prosecuting or defending an action on behalf of Parent.

The court may grant leave if: (1) the complainant has made reasonable efforts to cause the directors of Parent to prosecute or defend the action; (2) notice of the application for leave has been given to the company and any other person that the court may order; (3) the complainant is acting in good faith; and (4) it appears to the court to be in the best interests of Parent for the action to be brought, prosecuted or defended.

Under the BCBCA, the court in a derivative action may make any order it determines to be appropriate. In addition, under the BCBCA, a court may order a company or its subsidiary to pay the shareholder's interim costs, including legal fees and disbursements. However, the shareholder may be held accountable for the costs on final disposition of the action.

 

the suit or his or her shares thereafter devolved upon him or her by operation of law. Delaware law also requires that the derivative plaintiff make a demand on the directors of the corporation to assert the corporate claim before the suit may be prosecuted by the derivative plaintiff, unless such demand would be futile.

An individual also may commence a class action suit on behalf of himself or herself and other similarly situated stockholders where the requirements for maintaining a class action have been met.

Inspection of Books and Records

 

Parent must keep at its records office, or at such other place as the BCBCA may permit, the documents, copies, registers, minutes and other records which Parent is required by the BCBCA to keep at such places. Parent must keep or cause to be kept proper books of account and accounting records in respect of all financial and other transactions of Parent and in compliance with the provisions of the BCBCA.

 

Under Delaware law, any stockholder may inspect Pozen's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a proper purpose during usual business hours. Moreover, under Delaware law and the Pozen bylaws, Pozen must make available, before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of registered shares

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Under the BCBCA, any director or shareholder may, without charge, inspect certain of the company's records at the company's records office or such other place where such records are kept during the corporation's statutory business hours. Former shareholders and directors may also inspect certain records, free of charge, but only those records pertaining to the times that they were shareholders or directors. Further, public companies must allow all persons to inspect certain records of the companies free of charge.

As permitted by the BCBCA, Parent's Articles prohibit shareholders from inspecting any accounting records of Parent, unless the directors determine otherwise or unless otherwise determined by an ordinary resolution.

 

in the name of each stockholder. The list must be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held. The list must also be produced at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof.

Business Combinations

 

Under the BCBCA, Parent must not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its undertaking unless (a) it does so in the ordinary course of its business, or (b) it has been authorized to do so by a special resolution of the Parent shareholders.

The BCBCA also permits a corporate group to implement horizontal short-form amalgamations even though all the shares of the amalgamating companies are not held by the same company within the group and permits a company to amalgamate with a foreign corporation to form a British Columbia company, if permitted by the foreign jurisdiction.

 

Under Delaware law, the approval of the board of directors and the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote is required for a merger, consolidation or sale of all of substantially all of a corporation's assets. However, unless the corporation provides otherwise in its certificate of incorporation, no stockholder vote of a constituent corporation surviving a merger is required if:

the merger agreement does not amend the constituent corporation's certificate of incorporation;

each share of stock of the constituent corporation outstanding before the merger is an identical outstanding or treasury share of the surviving corporation after the merger; and

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either no shares of common stock of the surviving corporation and no shares, securities or obligations convertible into such stock are to be issued or delivered under the plan of merger, or the authorized unissued shares or the treasury shares of common stock of the surviving corporation to be issued or delivered under the plan of merger plus those initially issuable upon conversion of any other shares, securities or obligations to be issued or delivered under such plan do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the shares of common stock of such constituent corporation outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger.

Appraisal or Dissenters' Rights

 

Under the BCBCA, shareholders of a company are entitled to exercise dissent rights in respect of certain matters and to be paid the fair value of their shares in connection therewith. The dissent right is applicable where the company resolves such matters as to: (1) alter its articles or alter the restrictions on the powers of the company or on the business it is permitted to carry on; (2) approve certain mergers; (3) approve a statutory arrangement, where the terms of the arrangement permit dissent; (4) sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its undertaking; or (5) continue the company into another jurisdiction.

 

Under Delaware law, holders of shares of any class or series of stock of a constituent corporation in a merger or consolidation have the right, in certain circumstances, to dissent from such merger or consolidation by demanding payment in cash for their shares equal to the fair value of such shares, exclusive of any element of value arising from the accomplishment or expectation of the merger or consolidation, as determined by a court in an action timely brought by the surviving or resulting corporation or the dissenters. Delaware law grants dissenters appraisal rights only in the case of mergers or consolidations and not in the case of a sale or transfer of assets or a purchase

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The BCBCA provides that beneficial owners of shares who wish to exercise their dissent rights with respect to their shares must dissent with respect to all of the shares beneficially owned by them, whether or not they are registered in their name.

 

of assets for stock, regardless of the number of shares being issued. No appraisal rights are available for shares of any class or series of stock that are listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 holders, unless the agreement of merger or consolidation requires the holders thereof to accept for such shares anything other than: shares of stock of the surviving corporation; shares of stock of another corporation, which shares of stock are either listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 holders; cash in lieu of fractional shares of the stock described in the first two (2) points above; or some combination of the above.

In addition, appraisal rights are not available for shareholders of a surviving corporation in a merger if the merger did not require the vote of the shareholders of the surviving corporation.

Oppression Remedy

 

The BCBCA's oppression remedy enables a court to make almost any order to rectify the matters complained of if the court is satisfied upon application by a shareholder (including a beneficial shareholder and any other person that the court considers to be an appropriate person to make such an application) that the affairs of the company are being conducted in a manner that is oppressive to one or more shareholders, or that some action has been or may be taken that is unfairly prejudicial to one or more shareholders. The applicant must be one of the

 

Delaware law does not provide for a similar remedy to the oppression remedy under the BCBCA; however, stockholders are entitled to remedies for a violation of a director's fiduciary duties under Delaware common law.

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persons being oppressed or prejudiced and the application must be brought in a timely manner.

The oppression remedy provides the court with extremely broad and flexible jurisdiction to intervene in corporate affairs to protect shareholders. While conduct that is in breach of fiduciary duties of directors or that is contrary to the legal right of a complainant will normally trigger the court's jurisdiction under the oppression remedy, the exercise of that jurisdiction does not depend on a finding of a breach of such legal and equitable rights.

   

Anti-Takeover Measures

 

The BCBCA does not contain a provision comparable to Section 203 of the DGCL with respect to business combinations or takeover regulation.

Parent's Articles provide for some general safeguards against take-over transactions, including the absence of cumulative voting rights, which allows for the holders of a majority of the common shareholders to elect all of the directors standing for election, and the establishment of advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the Parent board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholder meetings

However, Multilateral Instrument 62-104— Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids is applicable to Parent and provides that a take-over bid is triggered when "a person makes an offer to acquire voting securities or equity securities of a class made to one or more persons where

 

Section 203 of the DGCL generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an "interested stockholder" for three years following the time that person becomes an interested stockholder, unless, among other exceptions, prior to such date the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder or the business combination is approved by the board of directors and by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Pozen is governed by Section 203 of the DGCL. In addition, under the Pozen charter and Pozen bylaws and the Pozen certificate of designations, certain provisions may make it difficult for a third

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the securities subject to the offer to acquire, together with the offeror's securities, constitute in the aggregate 20% or more of the outstanding securities of that class of securities at the date of the offer to acquire." When a take-over bid is triggered, an offeror must comply with certain requirements. These include making the offer of identical consideration to all holders of the class of security that is the subject of the bid; making a public announcement of the bid in a newspaper; and sending out a bid circular to security holders which explains the terms and conditions of the bid. Directors of an issuer whose securities are the subject of a take-over bid are required to evaluate the proposed bid and circulate a directors' circular indicating whether they recommend to accept or reject the bid or are not unable or are not making a recommendation regarding the bid. Strict timelines must be adhered to.

The take-over bid rules also require that whenever a person acquires beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, voting or equity securities of any class of a reporting issuer or securities convertible into voting or equity securities of any class of a reporting issuer that, together with the person's securities of that class, would constitute 10% or more of the outstanding securities of that class, the person must file a press release announcing that fact and file an "early warning report" with applicable

 

party to acquire Pozen, or for a change in the composition of the Pozen board of directors or management to occur, including the authorization of "blank check" preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval; the absence of cumulative voting rights, which allows the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock to elect all of the directors standing for election; and the establishment of advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the Pozen board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholder meetings.

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Canadian securities regulators. An additional news release and report must be filed at each instance the person acquires an additional 2% or more of the outstanding securities or securities convertible into 2% or more of the outstanding securities.

   

 

An "issuer bid" is defined in Multilateral Instrument 62-104 to be "an offer to acquire or redeem securities of an issuer made by the issuer to one or more persons." Similar requirements to a takeover bid exist for issuer bids. Multilateral Instrument 62-104 also contains a number of exemptions to the take-over bid and issuer bid requirements.

   

 

In addition, Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Securityholders in Special Transactions which governs disclosure, minority shareholder approval and valuation requirements in respect of exceptional transactions, contains detailed requirements in connection with "related party transactions."

   

 

Compulsory Acquisitions

   

 

(1) The BCBCA provides for a compulsory acquisition procedure where an offer made by an acquiring person to acquire shares, or any class of shares, of Parent (an "acquisition offer") is accepted.

   

 

(2) For the purposes of those provisions of the BCBCA, (a) every acquisition offer for shares of more than one class of shares is deemed to be a separate acquisition offer for shares of each class of shares,

   

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and (b) each acquisition offer is accepted if, within four months after the making of the offer, the offer is accepted regarding the shares, or regarding each class of shares involved, by shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least 9/10 of those shares or of the shares of that class of shares, other than shares already held at the date of the offer by, or by a nominee for, the acquiring person or its affiliate.

   

 

(3) If an acquisition offer is accepted within the meaning of subsection (2) (b), the acquiring person may, within five months after making the offer, send written notice to any offeree who did not accept the offer, that the acquiring person wants to acquire the shares of that offeree that were involved in the offer.

   

 

(4) If a notice is sent to an offeree under subsection (3), the acquiring person is entitled and bound to acquire all of the shares of that offeree that were involved in the offer for the same price and on the same terms contained in the acquisition offer unless the court orders otherwise on an application made by that offeree within two months after the date of the notice.

   

 

(5) On the application of an offeree under subsection (4), the court may set the price and terms of payment, and make consequential orders and give directions the court considers appropriate.

   

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Rights Agreement

 

Parent has not adopted a shareholders rights plan. The board of directors of Parent may adopt a shareholder rights plan at the discretion of the board, subject to applicable securities laws and stock exchange regulation.

 

Pozen entered into a Rights Agreement, dated January 12, 2005, between Pozen and Stocktrans, Inc., as rights agent (the "Rights Agreement"). The Rights Agreement expired in January 2015.

Variation of Rights Attaching to a Class or Series of Shares

 

Under Parent's Articles, the Parent board of directors may designate a new series of preferred shares, which may have terms different than outstanding shares, without shareholder approval. Such designation would specify the number of shares of such series and determine the voting rights, preferences, limitations and special rights, if any, of the shares of such series.

 

Under the Pozen charter, the Pozen board of directors may designate a new series of preferred stock, which may have terms different than outstanding shares, without shareholder approval. Such designation would specify the number of shares of any class or series and determine the voting rights, preferences, limitations and special rights, if any, of the shares of any class or series.

Amendments of Constituent Documents

 

Under the BCBCA, a company may amend its articles or notice of articles by (1) the type of resolution specified in the BCBCA, (2) if the BCBCA does not specify a type of resolution, then by the type specified in the company's articles, or (3) if the company's articles do not specify a type of resolution, then by special resolution. The BCBCA permits many substantive changes to a company's articles (such as a change in the company's authorized share structure or a change in the special rights or restrictions that may be attached to a certain class or series of shares) to be changed by the resolution specified in that company's articles.

Parent's Articles provide that certain alterations to its authorized share structure require a special resolution. Parent's Articles also provide that a change in company name

 

Delaware law generally provides that amendments to the certificate of incorporation must be approved by the board of directors and then adopted by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting power entitled to vote thereon, unless the certificate of incorporation requires a greater vote. Under the Pozen charter, amendments to the Pozen charter generally may be made in accordance with the default positions of Delaware law. However, the Pozen charter requires the vote of 75% of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in order to amend, modify or repeal certain designated provisions (including, without limitation, provisions relating to the ability of stockholders to call a special meeting or act by written consent in lieu of a meeting, notice of stockholder proposals and nominations of director

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may be effected by a special resolution authorizing an alteration to its Notice of Articles, and that it may, by ordinary resolution or directors' resolution, adopt or change any translation of that name. Furthermore, Parent's Articles state that, if the BCBCA does not specify the type of resolution required for an alteration, and if Parent's Articles do not specify a type of resolution, Parent may resolve to alter Parent's Articles by special resolution.

 

candidates by stockholders, the number, election or term of Pozen directors, filling vacancies, and indemnifying directors).

Under Delaware law, stockholders of a corporation entitled to vote and, if so provided in the certificate of incorporation, the directors of the corporation, each have the power, separately, to adopt, amend and repeal the bylaws of a corporation.

Dissolution

 

Under the BCBCA, a company may liquidate if it has been authorized to do so by a special resolution of its shareholders. Thereafter, a company may apply to be dissolved if it is authorized to do so by an ordinary resolution and it has no assets and either has no liabilities or has made adequate provision for the payment of each of its liabilities.

Subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to any other class of shares of a company, the holders of common shares shall receive the remaining property of company upon dissolution in equal rank with the holders of all other common shares of the company.

The preferred shares of each series shall, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets or return of capital in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other return of capital or distribution of the

 

Under Delaware law, unless the board of directors approves a proposal to dissolve, a dissolution must be approved by stockholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. If a dissolution is initially approved by the board of directors, it may be approved by a simple majority of the corporation's stockholders.

Upon the dissolution or liquidation of Pozen, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Pozen common stock will be entitled to receive all assets of Pozen available for distribution to its stockholders, subject to any preferential rights of any then outstanding preferred stock.

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assets of the company amongst its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, be entitled to preference over the common shares and over any other shares of the company ranking by their terms junior to the preferred shares of that series.

   

Enforcement of Judgment Rendered by U.S. Court

 

A judgment for the payment of money rendered by a court in the United States may not be enforceable in British Columbia or other jurisdictions in Canada.

 

A judgment for the payment of money rendered by a court in the U.S. based on civil liability generally would be enforceable elsewhere in the U.S.

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LEGAL MATTERS

        DLA Piper LLP (Canada), Canadian counsel for Parent, will provide an opinion regarding the validity of the Parent Shares to be issued in the merger.

EXPERTS

        The financial statements of POZEN Inc. appearing in POZEN Inc.'s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the effectiveness of POZEN Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, incorporated by reference therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

        The financial statements of Tribute appearing in Tribute's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, have been audited by McGovern, Hurley, Cunningham, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, incorporated by reference therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

        The statements of revenue and related expenses related to the rights to Fiorinal, Fiorinal C, Visken and Viskazide Products in Canada of Novartis Pharma AG and Novartis AG (which are included in Tribute's Current Report on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 2) filed with the SEC on October 29, 2015) have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

        CERTAIN OF THE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF PARENT MAY BE NON-RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. ALL OR A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE ASSETS OF SUCH NON-RESIDENT PERSONS AND OF PARENT ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. AS A RESULT, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES UPON SUCH PERSONS OR PARENT, OR TO ENFORCE AGAINST SUCH PERSONS OR PARENT IN UNITED STATES COURTS JUDGMENTS OBTAINED IN SUCH COURTS PREDICATED UPON THE CIVIL LIABILITY PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. PARENT HAS BEEN ADVISED BY COUNSEL THAT THERE IS DOUBT AS TO THE ENFORCEABILITY IN CANADA AGAINST PARENT AND/OR ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WHO ARE NON-RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORIGINAL ACTIONS OR IN ACTIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF UNITED STATES COURTS, OF LIABILITIES PREDICATED SOLELY UPON THE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

FUTURE POZEN STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

        In the event that the merger is not completed, proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders of Pozen pursuant to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act must be received by Pozen no later than the close of business on December 29, 2015, in order that they may be included in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to that meeting. If we do not receive notice of any non-Rule 14a-8 matter that a stockholder wishes to raise at the Annual Meeting in 2016 by March 11, 2016, the proxy holders will retain discretionary authority to vote proxies on any such matter if it is raised at the 2016 Annual Meeting.

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        In order for a stockholder to nominate a person for election to the Pozen board of directors or bring other business before the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholder must comply with the advance notice provisions of our bylaws, which require that the stockholder deliver written notice to the Secretary of Pozen and comply with the other requirements set forth in the bylaws. In the case of stockholder nominations, Pozen must receive this notice not less than 90 days prior to the meeting date as originally scheduled. In the case of any other business, Pozen must receive the notice not less than 60 or more than 90 days prior to the meeting date as originally scheduled. If Pozen provides its stockholders less than 70 days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting, the stockholder must deliver Pozen's Secretary notice that must be received or mailed or delivered not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the date on which Pozen gave notice or made public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting to either make a nomination or bring other business before the meeting. Copies of the Pozen bylaws can be obtained without charge from the Secretary of Pozen.

        Proposals and notices mailed should be addressed to Gilda Thomas, Secretary, POZEN Inc., 1414 Raleigh Rd, Suite 400, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517.

DELISTING AND DEREGISTRATION OF POZEN COMMON STOCK

        Upon completion of the merger, the Pozen common stock currently listed on NASDAQ will cease to be listed on NASDAQ and will be subsequently deregistered under the Exchange Act, and Pozen will no longer file periodic reports with the SEC.

HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

        Some banks, brokerage firms or other nominees may be participating in the practice of "householding" proxy statements. This means that only one copy of this proxy statement/prospectus may have been sent to multiple Pozen stockholders sharing the same address. Pozen will promptly deliver a separate copy of this proxy statement/prospectus to you if you direct your request to POZEN Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, at 1414 Raleigh Rd, Suite 400, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, or by telephone to Pozen's Investor Relations department at (919) 913-1030. If you want to receive separate copies of a Pozen proxy statement in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy for your household, you should contact your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, or you may contact Pozen at the above address and telephone number.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

        Pozen files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Tribute files annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document that Parent, Pozen and Tribute file at the SEC's public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the public reference room. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including Pozen, Tribute and Parent following the completion of the transactions. The SEC's Internet site can be found at http://www.sec.gov.

        Statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus regarding the contents of any contract or other document, are not necessarily complete and each such statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to that contract or other document filed as an exhibit with the SEC. The SEC allows Parent, Pozen and Tribute to "incorporate by reference" into this proxy statement/prospectus documents Parent, Pozen and Tribute file with the SEC including certain information required to be included in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Parent to register the Parent Shares that will be issued in the merger,

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of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part. This means that Parent, Pozen and Tribute can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus is considered to be a part of this proxy statement/prospectus. Pozen incorporates by reference the documents listed below:

    Pozen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed on March 11, 2015;

    Pozen's proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders, filed on April 27, 2015;

    Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed May 8, 2015;

    Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, filed August 10, 2015;

    Pozen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, filed November 9, 2015;

    Pozen's current reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 5, 2015, filed on February 6, 2015 (both reports), filed on May 22, 2015, filed on June 3, 2015, filed on June 11, 2015 (information responsive to Items 1.01, and 5.02 and 9.01 (except for exhibit 99.1) only), filed on June 15, 2015, filed on June 25, 2015, filed on July 20, 2015 (information responsive to Item 8.01 only), filed on July 20, 2015; filed July 27, 2015 (information responsive to Item 8.01 only), filed on July 27, 2015, filed on August 10, 2015 (information responsive to Item 8.01 only), filed on September 14, 2015, filed on September 28, 2015 (information responsive to Item 8.01 only), filed on October 30, 2015, filed on November 6, 2015, filed on November 23, 2015 and filed on December 8, 2015; and

    the description of Pozen's common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on October 6, 2000, (File No. 000-31719), as amended in Pozen's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on January 12, 2005 (File No. 000-31719).

Tribute incorporates by reference the documents listed below:

    Tribute's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed on March 3, 2015;

    Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed May 12, 2015;

    Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, filed August 14, 2015;

    Tribute's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, filed November 9, 2015;

    Tribute's current reports on Form 8-K, filed on February 2, 2015, filed on March 4, 2015, filed on May 21, 2015, filed on May 28, 2015 (information responsive to Items 1.01, 2.01, 3.02 and 9.01 (except for exhibit 99.1) only), filed on June 8, 2015 (information responsive to Item 8.01 only), filed on June 12, 2015, filed on June 22, 2015 (information responsive to Items 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 3.02 and 9.01 (except for exhibit 99.1) only), filed on November 9, 2015 (information responsive to Item 8.01 and related exhibits under Item 9.01 only) and filed on December 8, 2015; and Tribute's current reports on Form 8-K/A filed on July 20, 2015 (information responsive to Items 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 3.02 and 9.01 (except for exhibit 99.1) only), filed on August 5, 2015, filed on August 25, 2015 (except for exhibit 99.1), filed on October 29, 2015, filed on October 30, 2015 and filed on December 2, 2015; and

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    the description of Tribute's common shares contained in the registration statement on Form 10SB/A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2002 (File No. 000-31198), and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.

        Any future filings (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items) made with the SEC by Parent or Pozen pursuant to sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this proxy statement/prospectus and prior to the date of the Pozen special meeting, shall also be deemed incorporated by reference. Information in such future filings updates and supplements the information provided in this proxy statement/prospectus. Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document previously filed with the SEC by Parent or Pozen that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later filed document modify or replace such earlier statements.

        Parent will furnish without charge to you, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits to these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to: Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., Attn: Nichol Ochsner, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Suite 400, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, telephone: (919) 913-1030.

        Pozen will furnish without charge to you, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits to these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to: Gilda Thomas, Secretary, POZEN Inc., 1414 Raleigh Rd., Suite 400, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, telephone: (919) 913-1030.

        Tribute will furnish without charge to you, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits to these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to Tribute's Canadian headquarters at Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 151 Steeles Avenue East, Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 1Y1, telephone: (905) 876-3166.

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Annex A

Execution Copy

         AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

AMONG

TRIBUTE PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC.,

AGUONO LIMITED,

TRAFWELL LIMITED,

ARLZ US ACQUISITION CORP.,

ARLZ CA ACQUISITION CORP.,

AND

POZEN INC.

June 8, 2015


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ARTICLE 1

 

INTERPRETATION

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1.1

 

Definitions

   
A-2
 

1.2

 

Currency

    A-18  

1.3

 

Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

    A-18  

1.4

 

Knowledge and Disclosure

    A-18  

1.5

 

Extended Meanings, Etc

    A-19  

1.6

 

Date of Any Action

    A-19  

1.7

 

Schedules

    A-19  

ARTICLE 2

 

THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

   
A-19
 

2.1

 

The Merger

   
A-19
 

2.2

 

The Arrangement

    A-23  

2.3

 

The Closing

    A-27  

2.4

 

Preparation of Tribute Circular, Pozen Proxy Statement and Registration Statements

    A-27  

2.5

 

Pozen Stockholder Meeting

    A-29  

2.6

 

Tribute Shareholder Meeting

    A-30  

ARTICLE 3

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   
A-30
 

3.1

 

Representations and Warranties of Pozen

   
A-30
 

3.2

 

Representations and Warranties of Tribute

    A-47  

3.3

 

Representations and Warranties of Parent

    A-63  

3.4

 

Survival of Representations and Warranties

    A-68  

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

   
A-68
 

4.1

 

Covenants of Pozen

   
A-68
 

4.2

 

Covenants of Tribute

    A-71  

4.3

 

Covenants of Parent

    A-73  

ARTICLE 5

 

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

   
A-74
 

5.1

 

Access to Information; Cooperation

   
A-74
 

5.2

 

Consents and Approvals

    A-76  

5.3

 

Covenants of Pozen Regarding the Arrangement and the Merger

    A-77  

5.4

 

Covenants of Tribute Regarding the Arrangement and the Merger

    A-78  

5.5

 

Covenants of Parent Regarding the Arrangement and the Merger

    A-78  

5.6

 

Indemnification and Insurance

    A-78  

5.7

 

Rule 16b-3 Actions

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5.8

 

Stock Exchange Listings

    A-80  

5.9

 

Takeover Statutes

    A-80  

5.10

 

Employee Matters

    A-80  

5.11

 

Insurance

    A-81  

5.12

 

Creation of Distributable Reserves

    A-81  

5.13

 

Certain Parent Shareholder Resolutions

    A-82  

5.14

 

Parent Board of Directors

    A-82  

ARTICLE 6

 

ACQUISITION PROPOSALS

   
A-82
 

6.1

 

Pozen Non-Solicitation

   
A-82
 

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6.2

 

Pozen Change of Recommendation

    A-84  

6.3

 

Tribute Non-Solicitation

    A-85  

6.4

 

Tribute Change of Recommendation

    A-87  

ARTICLE 7

 

TERMINATION

   
A-88
 

7.1

 

Termination

   
A-88
 

7.2

 

Termination Fee

    A-90  

7.3

 

Reduced Termination Fee

    A-92  

7.4

 

Effect of Termination

    A-92  

ARTICLE 8

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   
A-92
 

8.1

 

Mutual Conditions Precedent

   
A-92
 

8.2

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Pozen

    A-94  

8.3

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Tribute

    A-95  

8.4

 

Notice Provisions

    A-96  

ARTICLE 9

 

GENERAL

   
A-96
 

9.1

 

Notices

   
A-96
 

9.2

 

Expenses

    A-99  

9.3

 

No Assignment

    A-99  

9.4

 

Benefit of Agreement

    A-99  

9.5

 

Public Announcements

    A-99  

9.6

 

Governing Law; Attornment; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury

    A-100  

9.7

 

Entire Agreement

    A-100  

9.8

 

Third Party Beneficiaries

    A-101  

9.9

 

Amendment

    A-101  

9.10

 

Waiver and Modifications

    A-101  

9.11

 

Severability

    A-101  

9.12

 

Further Assurances

    A-101  

9.13

 

Injunctive Relief

    A-101  

9.14

 

No Recourse

    A-102  

9.15

 

Counterparts

    A-102  

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT is made as of June 8, 2015 among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario (" Tribute "), Aguono Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 561617 having its registered office at 25-28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (" Parent "), Trafwell Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 561618 having its registered office at 25-28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (" Ltd2 "), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (" US Merger Sub "), ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (" Can Merger Sub ") and POZEN Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (" Pozen ").

         WHEREAS , Parent proposes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (as defined below), to cause Can Merger Sub to offer to and to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tribute in the manner provided for by this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement.

         WHEREAS , Parent proposes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement to cause US Merger Sub to offer to and to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Pozen pursuant to and in the manner provided for by this Agreement and to cause US Merger Sub to merge with and into Pozen, with Pozen being the surviving corporation in the manner provided for by this Agreement (the " Merger ").

         WHEREAS , upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, US Merger Sub hereby offers to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Pozen.

         WHEREAS , upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Can Merger Sub hereby offers to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tribute pursuant to and in the manner provided for by the Arrangement.

         WHEREAS , Tribute's board of directors has unanimously (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (ii) determined that this Agreement and such transactions are fair to, and in the best interests of, Tribute and the Tribute Shareholders and (iii) resolved to recommend that Tribute Shareholders approve the Arrangement.

         WHEREAS , Pozen's board of directors has unanimously (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (ii) determined that this Agreement and such transactions are fair to, and in the best interests of, Pozen and the Pozen Stockholders and (iii) resolved to recommend that Pozen Stockholders adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger.

         WHEREAS , a Pozen Stockholder (the " Specified Pozen Stockholder ") has entered into a voting agreement providing that, among other things, the Specified Pozen Stockholder will support the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including by voting in favor of the Merger (each, a " US Voting Agreement ").

         WHEREAS , Tribute, Can Merger Sub and certain Tribute Shareholders (the " Specified Tribute Shareholders ") intend to enter into voting agreements concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, providing that, among other things, the Specified Tribute Shareholders will support the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including by voting in favor of the Arrangement (each, a " Canadian Voting Agreement ") (the US Voting Agreement and the Canadian Voting Agreements are collectively, the " Voting Agreements ").

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         WHEREAS , prior to the Merger Effective Time, as defined in Section 1.1, Parent shall re-register as a public limited company incorporated in Ireland and be renamed as Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc.

         NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:


ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

1.1   Definitions

        In this Agreement, unless otherwise defined or expressly stated herein or something in the subject matter or the context is clearly inconsistent therewith:

        " 1933 Securities Act " means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        " 1934 Exchange Act " means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        " Affiliate " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Securities Act.

        " Agreement " means this Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement (including the Schedules attached hereto), as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

        " Arrangement " means an arrangement of Tribute under section 182 of the OBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan of Arrangement as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement or the Plan of Arrangement or made at the direction of the Canadian Court in the Final Order with the consent of Pozen and Tribute.

        " Arrangement Consideration " means, in respect of each Tribute Common Share subject to the Arrangement, 0.1455 Parent Shares to be issued to the applicable Tribute Shareholders in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement.

        " Arrangement Effective Date " means the date upon which all of the conditions to the completion of the Arrangement as set out in Article 8 have been satisfied or waived (subject to applicable Laws) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all documents agreed to be delivered thereunder have been delivered to the satisfaction of the recipient, acting reasonably, and the Arrangement becomes effective in accordance with the OBCA and the Final Order.

        " Arrangement Effective Time" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Plan of Arrangement.

        " Arrangement Exchange Agent " means the bank or trust company, reasonably acceptable to Tribute, appointed by Pozen, prior to the Effective Time, to act as exchange agent for the payment and delivery of the Arrangement Consideration.

        " Arrangement Resolution " means the special resolution of Tribute Shareholders to be considered and, if thought fit, passed by the Tribute Shareholders at the Tribute Meeting held to approve the Arrangement, to be substantially in the form and content of Schedule B hereto.

        " Articles of Arrangement " means the articles of arrangement of Tribute in respect of the Arrangement to be filed with the Director after the Final Order is made, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Pozen and Tribute, each acting reasonably.

        " Assumed Employees " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.10(b).

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        " Business Day " means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which major commercial banking institutions in any of Toronto, Ontario, Dublin, Ireland or New York, New York are closed for business.

        " Can Merger Sub " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

        " Canadian Court " means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List).

        " Canadian Securities Act " means the Securities Act (Ontario) and the rules, regulations and published policies thereunder.

        " Canadian Securities Laws " means the Canadian Securities Act and all other applicable Canadian provincial securities Laws and, in each case, the rules, regulations and published policies made thereunder as now in effect and as they may be promulgated from time to time.

        " Certificate of Merger " means the certificate of merger relating to the Merger.

        " CFDA " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(i).

        " Chancery Court " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.6(a).

        " Closing " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.3.

        " Closing Date " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.3.

        " Code " means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

        " Compliant " means, with respect to the Required Information that such Required Information does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in such Required Information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

        " Competition Act " means the Competition Act (Canada), as amended.

        " Contract " means, with respect to any Person, any legally binding contract, agreement, indenture, note, instrument, license, franchise, lease, arrangement, commitment, understanding or other right or obligation (whether written or oral) to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject.

        " DGCL " means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

        " EDGAR " shall have the meaning ascribed to it under "Pozen Public Disclosure Record" in this Section 1.1.

        " Director " means the Director appointed pursuant to section 278 of the OBCA.

        " Environment " means the natural or man-made environment (including soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface water, groundwater, sediment, ambient air (including all layers of the atmosphere), organic and inorganic matter, living organisms and any other environmental-related medium or resource, natural or otherwise).

        " Environmental Claims " means any claim, action, cause of action, suit, proceeding, investigation, order, demand or notice (written or oral) by any person or entity alleging actual or potential liability (including, without limitation, actual or potential liability for investigatory costs, clean-up costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys' fees or penalties) arising out of, based on, resulting from or relating to the presence, or Release or threatened Release into the Environment, of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Substances at any

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location, whether or not owned or operated by Pozen, Tribute or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, now or in the past.

        " Environmental Laws " means any Laws governing or relating to pollution or protection of human health or safety or the Environment, including, without limitation, Laws relating to (a) emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of, or exposure to, Hazardous Substances, (b) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, generation, control, storage, containment (whether above ground or underground), disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances, (c) recordkeeping, notification, disclosure and reporting requirements regarding Hazardous Substances, (d) endangered or threatened species of fish, wildlife and plants and the management or use of natural resources, (e) reclamation or restoration of property, or the preservation of the environment or mitigation of adverse effects on or to human health or the Environment, or (f) emissions or control of greenhouse gases.

        " ERISA " means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

        " ERISA Affiliate " means, with respect to any Person, all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that would be treated together with such Person as a "single employer" within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m), (o) or (t) of the Code.

        " FDA " means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor entity.

        " FDCA " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(i).

        " Final Order " means the order of the Canadian Court in a form acceptable to Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably, approving the Arrangement under section 182(5) of the OBCA, as such order may be affirmed, amended, modified, supplemented or varied by the Canadian Court (with the consent of both Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably) at any time prior to the Arrangement Effective Date or, if appealed, then, unless such appeal is withdrawn, abandoned or denied, as affirmed or amended (provided that any such amendment is acceptable to both Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably) on appeal.

        " Form S-4 " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(a).

        " Form S-8 " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(i).

        " Governmental Authority " means any international, multinational, federal, provincial, territorial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government or governmental body and any ministry, department, division, bureau, agent, official, agency, commission, board or authority of any government, governmental body, quasi-governmental or private body (including the TSXV, the TSX, the NASDAQ or any other applicable stock exchange), domestic or foreign, exercising any statutory, regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under the authority of any of the foregoing and any domestic, foreign or international judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative court, tribunal, commission, board, panel, arbitrator or arbitral body acting under the authority of any of the foregoing.

        " Hazardous Substances " means any chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic or hazardous substances, materials or wastes, petroleum and petroleum derivatives or products, or synthetic or alternate substitutes therefor, greenhouse gases, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products, polychlorinated biphenyls, hydrogen sulfide, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead or lead-based paints or materials, radon, fungus, mold, mycotoxins, urea-formaldehyde or other substances that may have an adverse effect on human health or the environment, and including any other substance that is prohibited, listed, defined, designated or classified as dangerous, hazardous, radioactive, corrosive, explosive, infectious, carcinogenic, mutation or toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to, or that could result in liability under, any Law relating to pollution, waste, human health or the

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Environment, or may impair the Environment, the health of any Person, property or plant or animal life.

        " Health Canada " shall mean the Department of Health Canada dealing with drugs and medical devices.

        " HIPAA " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(i).

        " Holdco " means Impetro Unlimited, an unlimited liability company incorporated under the laws of Jersey with company number 118471.

        " HSR Act " means the United States Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

        " Indemnified Party " and " Indemnified Parties " have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 5.6(a).

        " Intellectual Property " means all intellectual property and industrial property rights and rights in confidential information of every kind and description throughout the world, including all United States, Canadian and foreign (a) patents, patent applications, invention disclosures, and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions and extensions thereof (" Patents "), (b) registered or unregistered trademarks, service marks, names, corporate names, trade names, domain names, logos, slogans, trade dress, design rights, and other similar designations of source or origin, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing (" Trademarks "), (c) copyrights and copyrightable subject matter (" Copyrights "), (d) rights in computer programs (whether in source code, object code, or other form), algorithms, databases, compilations and data, technology supporting the foregoing, and all documentation, including user manuals and training materials, related to any of the foregoing (" Software "), (e) trade secrets and all other confidential information, ideas, know-how, inventions, proprietary processes, formulae, models, and methodologies, (f) rights of publicity, privacy, and rights to personal information, (g) moral rights and rights of attribution and integrity, (h) all rights in the foregoing and in other similar intangible assets and (i) all applications and registrations for the foregoing.

        " Interim Order " means the interim order of the Canadian Court in a form acceptable to Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably, to be issued following the application therefor contemplated by Section 2.2(c)(i) providing for, among other things, the calling and holding of the Tribute Meeting, as such order may be amended, modified, supplemented or varied by the Canadian Court with the consent of both Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably.

        " Irish High Court Application " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.12(c)(i).

        " IRS " means U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

        " Joint Venture " means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership, contractual or other legal form, in which Tribute, Parent, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries holds voting shares, equity interests or other rights of participation, but which is not a Subsidiary of Tribute, Parent or Pozen, and any Subsidiary or downstream Affiliate of any such entity.

        " Laws " means any and all laws, statutes, codes, ordinances (including zoning), approvals, rules, regulations, instruments, by-laws, notices, policies, protocols, guidelines, guidance, manuals, treaties or other requirements of any Governmental Authority having the force of law and any legal requirements arising under the common law or principles of law or equity.

        " Liens " means any pledge, lien, charge, option, hypothecation, mortgage, security interest, adverse right, prior assignment, license, sublicense or any other encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever,

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whether contingent or absolute, or any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether by Law, contract or otherwise) capable of becoming any of the foregoing.

        " Material Adverse Effect ," when used in connection with Pozen, Tribute or Parent, means any result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate with all other adverse results, facts, changes, effects, events, circumstances, occurrences or developments, has or would reasonably be expected to have, a material and adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of Pozen, Tribute, Parent or any such Party's Subsidiaries to perform their covenants or obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided , however , that, subject to the immediately succeeding proviso, any result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development shall not be deemed to constitute, and shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect to the extent that such result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development arises out of or results from:

            (a)   changes, developments or conditions in or relating to general international, political, economic or financial or capital market conditions or political, economic or financial or capital market conditions in any jurisdiction in which such Party or any of its Subsidiaries operates or carries on business;

            (b)   changes, developments or conditions resulting from any act of sabotage or terrorism or any outbreak of hostilities or declared or undeclared war, or any escalation or worsening of such acts of sabotage, terrorism, hostilities or war;

            (c)   any natural disaster;

            (d)   changes or developments in or relating to currency exchange or interest rates;

            (e)   changes or developments affecting the pharmaceutical industry in general;

            (f)    any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation, proposal or other change after the date of this Agreement in applicable United States or foreign, federal, state or local Law (other than Orders against a Party or a Subsidiary thereof) or U.S. GAAP or interpretations thereof, including (x) the rules, regulations and administrative policies of the FDA or interpretations thereof and (y) any health reform statutes, rules or regulations or interpretations thereof;

            (g)   except for purposes of Sections 3.1(c), 3.1(d), 3.2(c), 3.2(d), 3.3(c) and 3.3(d) changes resulting from compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or from the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

            (h)   any actions taken (or omitted to be taken) by a Parent Party, Tribute or Pozen upon the express written request of the other;

            (i)    (A) any changes in the share price or trading volume of Pozen Common Shares or Tribute Common Shares, as applicable, or in any analyst's recommendation with respect to Pozen or Tribute, as applicable, or (B) any failure of Pozen or Tribute, as applicable, to meet projections, guidance, milestones, forecasts or published financial or operating predictions or measures (it being agreed that the facts and circumstances giving rise to any of the foregoing events or failures, unless expressly excluded by another clause of this definition, may constitute and/or may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur);

            (j)    any litigation arising from or relating to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

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            (k)   with respect to Pozen, to the extent described in the Pozen Disclosure Letter; or

            (l)    with respect to Tribute, to the extent described in the Tribute Disclosure Letter;

provided , however , that the effect of the changes or developments described in clauses (a) through (f) above shall not be excluded to the extent that any of the changes or developments referred to therein disproportionately adversely affect such Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in comparison to other Persons who operate in the same industry as such Party and its Subsidiaries.

        " Merger " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

        " Merger Consideration " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(h).

        " Merger Effective Time " means the time at which the Merger becomes effective in accordance with Section 2.1(c) and the DGCL.

        " Merger Exchange Agent " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(j)(i).

        " NASDAQ " means the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

        " New Pozen Employees " means Adrian Adams, Andrew Koven and any other Pozen employee to whom Pozen Options or Pozen restricted stock units are granted subsequent to the date hereof.

        " Non-Disclosure Agreement " means the non-disclosure agreement dated as of February 11, 2015 between Tribute and Pozen, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

        " OBCA " means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and all regulations made thereunder.

        " Order " means all judicial, arbitral, administrative, ministerial, departmental or regulatory judgments, injunctions, orders, decisions, rulings, determinations, awards, decrees or similar actions taken by, or applied by, any Governmental Authority (in each case, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent).

        " ordinary course of business ," or any similar reference, means, with respect to an action taken or to be taken by any Person, that such action is consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day business and operations of such Person.

        " Other Pozen Stock-Based Awards " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(n)(iii).

        " Outside Date " means January 31, 2016 or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties.

        " Parent " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

        " Parent Board of Directors " means the board of directors of Parent.

        " Financing " shall mean, collectively, (i) the senior secured credit facility of up to $200,000,000 secured by the assets of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries; (ii) the convertible debentures of Parent of up to $75,000,000 secured by the assets of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries and; (iii) the $75,000,000 equity financing of Parent as contemplated by the Share Subscription Agreement between Parent, Pozen, Tribute and certain investors dated even date herewith.

        " Parent Disclosure Letter " means the disclosure letter dated the date hereof regarding this Agreement that has been delivered by Parent to Pozen and Tribute concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.

        " Parent Distributable Reserves Proposals " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.12(a).

        " Parent Material Subsidiary " means each Parent Subsidiary set forth in Section 1.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, including without limitation US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub.

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        " Parent Parties " means, collectively, Parent, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub and " Parent Party " means any one of them.

        " Parent Options " means options to purchase Parent Shares.

        " Parent Senior Management " means the individuals set forth in Section 1.4 of the Parent Disclosure Letter.

        " Parent Shares " means the ordinary shares of $0.001 nominal value per share of Parent.

        " Parent Subscriber Share" means the one Parent Share in issue at the date of this Agreement.

        " Parent Subsidiary " means a Subsidiary of Parent.

        " Parent Warrants " means the ordinary share purchase warrants of Parent.

        " Parties " means the parties to this Agreement and " Party " means any one of them.

        " Performance-Based Option " means the performance-based option issued to John R. Plachetka pursuant to his separation agreement dated May 29, 2015.

        " Permit " means any lease, license, permit, certificate, consent, order, grant, approval, classification, registration or other authorization of or from any Governmental Authority.

        " Permitted Liens " means, for any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, as the context requires: (a) any Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in conformity with U.S. GAAP; (b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or other similar Liens; (c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation; (d) easements, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions and other encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not material in amount and that do not, in any case, materially detract from the value or the use of the property subject thereto; (e) statutory landlords' Liens and Liens granted to landlords under any lease, (f) licenses of non-material Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business; (g) any purchase money security interests, equipment leases or similar financing arrangements; (h) any Liens which are disclosed on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person or the notes thereto; (i) any Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business that shall have been released as of the Merger Effective Time and the Arrangement Effective Time and any Liens permitted pursuant to Tribute's existing credit facilities; and (j) any Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business (and not in connection with the incurrence with indebtedness) that are not material to such Person, its Subsidiaries and their businesses, taken as a whole.

        " Person " includes an individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, body corporate, incorporated or unincorporated association, syndicate or organization, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, joint venture, joint stock company, trust, natural person in his or her capacity as trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative, a government or Governmental Authority or other entity, whether or not having legal status.

        " PHIPA " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(i).

        " PIPEDA " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(i).

        " Plan of Arrangement " means the plan of arrangement substantially in the form and content set out in Schedule II hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or varied from time to time in accordance with Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement or at the direction of the Court in the Final Order with the prior written consent of Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably.

        " PMPRB " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(i).

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        " Pozen " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

        " Pozen Acquisition Agreement " means any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, transaction agreement, implementation agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, alliance agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement, arrangement or undertaking, in all cases constituting or related to, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Pozen Acquisition Proposal; provided that a confidentiality agreement entered into in accordance with the terms of Section 6.1(e)(ii)(A) shall not be deemed a Pozen Acquisition Agreement hereunder.

        " Pozen Acquisition Proposal " means, at any time, whether or not in writing, any proposal or offer with respect to:

            (a)   the direct or indirect acquisition or purchase by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert of any capital stock or other voting securities, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any Pozen Common Shares or other voting securities of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries, representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of Pozen or such Subsidiary;

            (b)   the direct or indirect acquisition or purchase by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert of any assets of Pozen and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries (including equity interests of any Subsidiary of Pozen), which assets individually or in the aggregate contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenue or represent twenty percent (20%) or more of the total asset value of Pozen and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (in each case based on the consolidated financial statements of Pozen most recently filed prior to such time as part of the Pozen Public Disclosure Record) (or any lease, license, royalty, long-term supply agreement or other arrangement having a similar economic effect); or

            (c)   a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization, or other business combination (including by way of plan of arrangement) involving Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries,

for each of (a) through (c) above, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case excluding the Merger and Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and excluding any transaction between only Pozen and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries.

        " Pozen Annual Financial Statements " means the annual audited financial statements of Pozen as of and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, together with the notes thereto.

        " Pozen Board of Directors " means the board of directors of Pozen.

        " Pozen Certificate " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(h).

        " Pozen Change of Recommendation " means any of the following:

            (a)   the Pozen Board of Directors withholds, withdraws, modifies, changes or qualifies in a manner adverse to Tribute the Pozen Recommendation;

            (b)   the Pozen Board of Directors approves or recommends any Pozen Acquisition Proposal;

            (c)   Pozen enters into a Pozen Acquisition Agreement; or

            (d)   Pozen or the Pozen Board of Directors publicly proposes or announces its intention to do any of the foregoing.

        " Pozen Change of Recommendation Notice " means a written notice provided by Pozen to Tribute delivered promptly (and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours) after the determination by the Pozen Board of Directors that (a) a Pozen Intervening Event has occurred, advising Tribute that the Pozen Board of Directors has determined that a Pozen Intervening Event has occurred and, as a result

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thereof, the Pozen Board of Directors intends to effect a Pozen Change of Recommendation, which written notice shall set forth in the reasonable detail the facts and circumstances related to such Pozen Intervening Event, or (b) a Pozen Superior Proposal exists, advising Tribute that Pozen has received a Pozen Superior Proposal and including written notice of the determination of the Pozen Board of Directors that such Pozen Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Pozen Superior Proposal.

        " Pozen Common Share " means a share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Pozen.

        " Pozen Disclosure Letter " means the disclosure letter dated the date hereof regarding this Agreement that has been delivered by Pozen to Tribute prior to the execution of this Agreement.

        " Pozen Distributable Reserves Resolution " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.12(a)(i).

        " Pozen Employment Agreement " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(p)(i).

        " Pozen Fairness Opinions " means the opinions of each of the Pozen Financial Advisors to the effect that, based upon and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions set forth therein, as of the date of such opinion, taking into account the Merger, the Exchange Ratio was fair, from a financial point of view, to the Pozen Stockholders (excluding Parent, Tribute and their respective Affiliates).

        " Pozen Financial Advisors " means collectively, Guggenheim Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

        " Pozen Financial Statements " means the Pozen Annual Financial Statements and the Pozen Interim Financial Statements.

        " Pozen Intellectual Property " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(r)(i).

        " Pozen Interim Financial Statements " means the unaudited financial statements of Pozen as of and for the three (3) months ended March 31, 2015, together with the notes thereto.

        " Pozen Intervening Event " means a material change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts, event or occurrence occurring or arising after the date of this Agreement (a) that was not known to the Pozen Board of Directors or the individuals listed in Section 1.1 of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to the Pozen Board of Directors or the individuals listed in Section 1.1 of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable, as of the date of this Agreement and (b) that does not relate to or involve any Pozen Acquisition Proposal.

        " Pozen Letter of Transmittal " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(j)(ii).

        " Pozen Material Contract " has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(n)(i).

        " Pozen Meeting " means the special meeting of Pozen Stockholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to be called and held in accordance with this Agreement for the purpose of obtaining the Pozen Stockholder Approval.

        " Pozen Option " means an option issued by Pozen to purchase Pozen Common Shares.

        " Pozen Owned Real Property " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(m).

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        " Pozen Plan " means each employee benefit and compensation plan, agreement, program or arrangement, whether written or unwritten, including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA), any option, restricted share unit, deferred share unit, stock purchase, or other stock or stock-based incentive plan, cash bonus or incentive compensation arrangement, retirement or deferred compensation plan, profit sharing plan, unemployment, change in control or severance compensation plan or fringe benefit, cafeteria, health and welfare plan, or Pozen Employment Agreement, or other benefit plan, policy, agreement or amendment with respect to which Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries participates in, is a party or contributes to, or with respect to which Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries has or may have any liability (contingent or otherwise), including as a result of any ERISA Affiliate.

        " Pozen Product " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(s)(ix).

        " Pozen Proxy Statement " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.4(a).

        " Pozen Public Disclosure Record " means all documents filed by or on behalf of Pozen on the EDGAR system in the period from December 31, 2012 to the date hereof.

        " Pozen Real Property Leases " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1(m).

        " Pozen Recommendation " means the unanimous recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors that Pozen Stockholders approve this Agreement.

        " Pozen Senior Management " means the individuals set forth in Section 1.4 of the Pozen Disclosure Letter.

        " Pozen Severance Plan " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.10(b).

        " Pozen Share Awards " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(n)(iii).

        " Pozen Share Plan " means the 2010 Equity Compensation Plan of Pozen, as amended and restated, and any predecessor plans.

        " Pozen Stockholder " means a holder of one or more Pozen Common Shares.

        " Pozen Stockholder Approval " means adoption of this Agreement by affirmative vote or consent of Pozen Stockholders holding a majority of the Pozen Common Shares outstanding and entitled to vote.

        " Pozen Subsidiary " means a Subsidiary of Pozen.

        " Pozen Superior Proposal " means an unsolicited bona fide written Pozen Acquisition Proposal ( provided , however , that, for the purposes of this definition, all references to "twenty percent (20%)" in the definition of "Pozen Acquisition Proposal" as it relates to securities of Pozen shall be changed to "fifty percent (50%)" and references to "twenty percent (20%)," as regards the assets of Pozen, shall be changed to "fifty percent (50%)") made by a Person or Persons acting jointly or in concert (other than Parent, Tribute, Pozen and any of their respective Affiliates) and which, or in respect of which:

            (a)   the Pozen Board of Directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel:

                (i)  would, if consummated, taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Pozen Acquisition Proposal (but not assuming any risk of non-completion), result in a transaction which is more favorable to Pozen Stockholders from a financial point of view than the Merger and Arrangement;

               (ii)  is reasonably capable of being completed in accordance with its terms, without undue delay, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Pozen Acquisition Proposal and the Person or Persons making such Pozen Acquisition Proposal; and

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              (iii)  that funds, securities or other consideration necessary for the Pozen Acquisition Proposal are or are reasonably likely to be available; and

            (b)   in the case of a Pozen Acquisition Proposal involving Pozen Common Shares, is made available to all of the Pozen Stockholders on the same terms and conditions.

        " Pozen Termination Fee " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.2(a).

        " Pozen Termination Fee Event " shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 7.2(b).

        " Proceeding " means a court, administrative, regulatory or similar proceeding (whether civil, quasi-criminal or criminal), arbitration or other dispute settlement procedure, investigation or inquiry before or by any Governmental Authority or any action, suit, demand, arbitration, charge, indictment, hearing or other similar civil, quasi-criminal or criminal, administrative or investigative matter or proceeding.

        " Reduced Pozen Termination Fee " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.3(a).

        " Reduced Pozen Termination Fee Event " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.3(b).

        " Regulatory Authority " means the FDA, Health Canada and any other federal, state, provincial, local or foreign Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the authorization, approval, marketing, advertising, sale, pricing, storage, distribution, use, handling and control, safety, efficacy, reliability or manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, including, but not limited to, human drugs, biologics and drug combination products.

        " Regulatory Authorization " means any registration, authorization, approval, clearance, license, permit, certificate or exemption issued by any Regulatory Authority or Governmental Authority (including new drug applications, new drug submissions, investigational new drug applications, clinical trial applications, manufacturing approvals and authorizations, pricing and reimbursement approvals, labeling approvals, registration notifications or their foreign equivalent, including but not limited to Canadian notices of compliance, drug identification numbers, new drug submissions, abbreviated new drug submissions, supplemental new drug submissions, drug establishment license applications and licenses, medical device establishment, site license and investigational testing applications and resulting licenses) that are required for the research, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing, storage, transportation, use and sale of the products of Pozen, Tribute and their respective Subsidiaries.

        " Regulatory Guidelines " means applicable rules, guidance, manuals, protocols, codes, guidelines, treaties, policies, notices, directions, decrees, judgments, awards or requirements, in each case, of any Regulatory Authority, to the extent that the foregoing do not have the force of law.

        " Release " means any release, spill, leak, pumping, addition, pouring, emission, emptying, discharge, migration, injection, escape, leaching, disposal, dumping, deposit, spraying, burial, abandonment, seepage, placement or introduction of a Hazardous Substance, whether accidental or intentional, or sudden, intermittent, inadvertent or gradual, into, onto, through, above or under the Environment.

        " Relevant Competition Laws " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.2(b).

        " Representatives " means, collectively, with respect to a Person, any officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors, agents or other representatives (including legal counsel, accountants, investment bankers and financial advisors) of that Person or any Subsidiary of that Person.

        " Required Information " means for each of Pozen and Tribute (a) audited annual consolidated financial statements for the three (3) fiscal years most recently ended at least sixty days prior to the Closing Date, (b) quarterly interim unaudited consolidated financial statements for each fiscal quarter (subsequent to the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the most recently ended fiscal year) ended at least forty days prior to the Closing Date, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), with comparative financial information for the equivalent period of the prior year, (c) the pro forma

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financial statements to be included in the definitive Pozen Proxy Statement and Registration Statement on Form S-4 that is mailed to Pozen Stockholders and the Tribute Circular to be mailed to Tribute Shareholders, provided that if any financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) for periods subsequent to the financial statements included in such Pozen Proxy Statement and Registration Statement on Form S-4, the Required Information shall include information regarding Pozen, Tribute and their respective Subsidiaries required for Parent to prepare pro forma financial statements for such subsequent periods and the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recent such period and (d) information regarding Pozen and Tribute that is both (i) customarily included regarding an acquired company in information memoranda and other syndication materials for senior secured term loan facilities, and (ii) required to have been provided in Pozen's or Tribute's annual, quarterly or current reports filed pursuant to the terms of the 1934 Exchange Act or Canadian Securities Laws.

        " Required Regulatory Approvals " means those certificates, no-action letters, notices, sanctions, rulings, consents, orders, exemptions, permits, licenses, waivers, early termination authorizations, clearances, written confirmations of no intention to initiate legal proceedings and other approvals (including the lapse, without objection, of a prescribed time under a statute or regulation that states that a transaction may be implemented if a prescribed time lapses following the giving of notice without an objection being made) of Governmental Authorities as set forth in Schedule I hereto.

        " Restraint " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.2(e).

        " Restricted Pozen Share " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(n)(ii).

        " SEC " means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor entity.

         "Section 409A RSUs " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(n)(iii).

        " SEDAR " means the System for Electronic Document Analysis Retrieval.

        " Subsidiary " means, with respect to a specified entity, any:

            (a)   corporation of which issued and outstanding voting securities of such corporation to which are attached more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes that may be cast to elect directors of the corporation (whether or not shares of any other class or classes will or might be entitled to vote upon the happening of any event or contingency) are at all times owned by such specified entity;

            (b)   partnership, unlimited liability company, joint venture or other similar entity in which such specified entity has more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests and the power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof; and

            (c)   Subsidiary (as defined in clauses (a) and (b) above) of any Subsidiary (as so defined) of such specified entity.

        " US Surviving Company " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1(b).

        " Tax " or " Taxes " means all taxes, dues, duties, rates, imposts, fees, levies, other assessments, tariffs, charges or obligations of the same or similar nature, however denominated, imposed, assessed or collected by any Governmental Authority, including (a) all income taxes, including any tax on or based on net income, gross income, income as specifically defined, earnings, gross receipts, capital, capital gains, profits, business royalty or selected items of income, earnings or profits, and specifically including any federal, provincial, state, territorial, county, municipal, local or foreign taxes, state profit share taxes, windfall or excess profit taxes, capital taxes, royalty taxes, production taxes, payroll taxes, health taxes, employment taxes, withholding taxes (including all withholdings on amounts paid to or by the relevant Person), sales taxes, use taxes, goods and services taxes, custom duties, value added taxes, ad valorem taxes, excise taxes, alternative or add-on minimum taxes, franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes, license taxes, occupation taxes, real and personal property taxes, land transfer taxes, severance

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taxes, capital stock taxes, stamp taxes, anti-dumping taxes, countervailing taxes, occupation taxes, environment taxes, transfer taxes, and employment or unemployment insurance premiums, social insurance premiums and worker's compensation premiums and pension (including Canada Pension Plan) payments, surtaxes, harmonized sales tax, abandoned or unclaimed property liabilities (escheat) and other taxes, fees, imposts, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever; (b) any tax imposed, assessed, collected or payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement or any other contract relating to the sharing or payment of any such tax, levy, assessment, tariff, duty, deficiency or fee; and (c) any liability for any of the foregoing of a transferee, successor, guarantor, or by contract, or by operation of law, and in each of clauses (a)-(c), together with any interest, penalties, additional taxes, fines and other charges and additions that may become payable in respect thereof.

        " Tax Act (Canada) " means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as the same may be amended, including the regulations promulgated thereunder.

        " Tax Returns " means all reports, forms, elections, designations, schedules, statements, estimates, declarations of estimated tax, information statements and returns relating to, or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority in connection with, any sales, excise, income or franchise Taxes.

        " Termination Fee " means the Pozen Termination Fee or the Tribute Termination Fee, as applicable.

        " Tribute " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

        " Tribute Acquisition Agreement " means any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, transaction agreement, implementation agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, alliance agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement, arrangement or undertaking, in all cases constituting or related to, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Tribute Acquisition Proposal; provided that a confidentiality agreement entered into in accordance with the terms of Section 6.3(e)(ii) shall not be deemed a Tribute Acquisition Agreement hereunder.

        " Tribute Acquisition Proposal " means, at any time, whether or not in writing, any proposal or offer with respect to:

            (a)   the direct or indirect acquisition or purchase by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert of any capital stock or other voting securities, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any Tribute Common Shares or other voting securities of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of Tribute or such Subsidiary;

            (b)   the direct or indirect acquisition or purchase by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert of any assets of Tribute and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries (including equity interests of any Subsidiary of Tribute), which assets individually or in the aggregate contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenue or represent twenty percent (20%) or more of the total asset value of Tribute and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (in each case based on the consolidated financial statements of Tribute most recently filed prior to such time as part of the Tribute Public Disclosure Record) (or any lease, license, royalty, long-term supply agreement or other arrangement having a similar economic effect); or

            (c)   a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization, or other business combination (including by way of plan of arrangement) involving Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries,

for each of (a) through (c) above, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case excluding the Merger and Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and excluding any transaction between only Tribute and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries.

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        " Tribute Annual Financial Statements " means the audited annual consolidated financial statements of Tribute as of and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, together with the notes thereto.

        " Tribute Board of Directors " means the board of directors of Tribute.

        " Tribute Broker Warrants " means the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form expiring on May 21, 2017.

        " Tribute Change of Recommendation " means any of the following:

            (a)   the Tribute Board of Directors withholds, withdraws, modifies, changes or qualifies in a manner adverse to Pozen the Tribute Recommendation;

            (b)   the Tribute Board of Directors approves or recommends any Tribute Acquisition Proposal;

            (c)   Tribute enters into a Tribute Acquisition Agreement; or

            (d)   Tribute or the Tribute Board of Directors publicly proposes or announces its intention to do any of the foregoing.

        " Tribute Change of Recommendation Notice " means a written notice provided by Tribute to Pozen delivered promptly (and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours) after the determination by the Tribute Board of Directors that (a) a Tribute Intervening Event has occurred, advising Pozen that the Tribute Board of Directors has determined that a Tribute Intervening Event has occurred and, as a result thereof, the Tribute Board of Directors intends to effect a Tribute Change of Recommendation, which written notice shall set forth in the reasonable detail the facts and circumstances related to such Tribute Intervening Event, or (b) a Tribute Superior Proposal exists, advising Pozen that Tribute has received a Tribute Superior Proposal and including written notice of the determination of the Tribute Board of Directors that such Tribute Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Tribute Superior Proposal.

        " Tribute Circular " means the notice of meeting and accompanying information circular (including all schedules, appendices and exhibits thereto) to be sent to the Tribute Shareholders in connection with the Tribute Meeting, including any amendments or supplements thereto.

        " Tribute Common Shares " means the common shares without par value in the capital of Tribute.

        " Tribute Compensation Options " means the compensation options of Tribute which expire on July 16, 2016, each of which is exercisable into one (1) Tribute Common Share and one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of one (1) Tribute Indenture Warrant.

        " Tribute Compensation Optionholders " means the holders from time to time of the Tribute Compensation Options.

        " Tribute Disclosure Letter " means the disclosure letter dated the date hereof regarding this Agreement that has been delivered by Tribute to Pozen prior to the execution of this Agreement.

        " Tribute Dissent Rights " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(b).

        " Tribute Dissenting Shareholders " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement.

        " Tribute Distributable Reserves Resolution " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.12(a)(ii).

        " Tribute Employment Agreement " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(p)(i).

        " Tribute Indenture Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants expiring on July 15, 2016 issued or, in the case of the Tribute Indenture Warrants to be issued on exercise of the Tribute Compensation Options, issuable, pursuant to the Tribute Warrant Indenture.

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        " Tribute Intellectual Property " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(r)(i).

        " Tribute Fairness Opinion " means the opinion of Bloom Burton & Co. to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the assumptions, procedures, factors, limitations and qualifications set forth therein, the consideration to be received by the Tribute Shareholders under the Arrangement is fair, from a financial point of view, to such Tribute Shareholders.

        " Tribute Financial Advisors " means, collectively, Bloom Burton & Co. and KES 7 Capital Inc.

        " Tribute Financial Statements " means collectively, the Tribute Annual Financial Statements and the Tribute Interim Financial Statements.

        " Tribute Interim Financial Statements " means the unaudited interim financial statements of Tribute for the three (3) month period ended March 31, 2015, together with the notes thereto.

        " Tribute Intervening Event " means a material change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, state of facts, event or occurrence occurring or arising after the date of this Agreement (a) that was not known to the Tribute Board of Directors or the individuals listed in Section 1.1 of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, or the material consequences of which (based on facts known to the Tribute Board of Directors or the individuals listed in Section 1.1 of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement) were not reasonably foreseeable, as of the date of this Agreement and (b) that does not relate to or involve any Tribute Acquisition Proposal.

        " Tribute Material Contract " has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(n)(i).

        " Tribute Meeting " means the special meeting of the Tribute Shareholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to be called and held in accordance with this Agreement and the Interim Order for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving the Arrangement Resolution.

        " Tribute Option Consideration " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Plan of Arrangement.

         "Tribute Optionholder" means a holder of one or more Tribute Options.

        " Tribute Options " means, at any time, rights to acquire Tribute Common Shares granted pursuant to the Tribute Stock Option Plan which are, at such time, outstanding and unexercised, whether or not vested.

        " Tribute Owned Real Property " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(m).

        " Tribute Plan " means each employee benefit and compensation plan, agreement, program or arrangement, whether written or unwritten, including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA), any option, restricted share unit, deferred share unit, stock purchase, or other stock or stock-based incentive plan, cash bonus or incentive compensation arrangement, retirement or deferred compensation plan, profit sharing plan, unemployment, change in control or severance compensation plan or fringe benefit, cafeteria, health and welfare plan, or Tribute Employment Agreement, or other benefit plan, policy, agreement or amendment with respect to which Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries participates in, is a party or contributes to, or with respect to which Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries has or may have any liability (contingent or otherwise), including as a result of any ERISA Affiliate.

        " Tribute Public Disclosure Record " means all documents filed by or on behalf of Tribute on SEDAR or EDGAR in the period from December 31, 2012 to the date hereof.

        " Tribute Product " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(s)(ix).

        " Tribute Real Property Leases " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(m).

        " Tribute Recommendation " means the unanimous recommendation of the Tribute Board of Directors that Tribute Shareholders vote in favour of the Arrangement Resolution.

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        " Tribute Senior Management " means the individuals set forth in Section 1.4 of the Tribute Disclosure Letter.

        " Tribute Series B Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on February 27, 2018, March 5, 2018 and March 11, 2018, as applicable.

        " Tribute Series K Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on September 20, 2018.

        " Tribute Series M Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on May 11, 2017.

        " Tribute Series S Warrants " means collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on August 8, 2018, February 4, 2021 and October 1, 2021, as applicable.

        " Tribute Severance Plan " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.10(b).

        " Tribute Shareholder " means a holder of one or more Tribute Common Shares.

        " Tribute Shareholder Approval " means the affirmative vote of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the votes cast on the Arrangement Resolution by Tribute Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Tribute Meeting.

        " Tribute Stock Option Plan " means the stock option plan approved and ratified by the Tribute Shareholders on June 20, 2014, as amended from time to time.

        " Tribute Superior Proposal " means an unsolicited bona fide written Tribute Acquisition Proposal ( provided , however , that, for the purposes of this definition, all references to "twenty percent (20%)" in the definition of "Tribute Acquisition Proposal" as it relates to securities of Tribute shall be changed to "fifty percent (50%)" and references to "twenty percent (20%)," as regards the assets of Tribute, shall be changed to "fifty percent (50%)") made by a Person or Persons acting jointly or in concert (other than Parent, Tribute, Pozen and any of their respective Affiliates) and which, or in respect of which:

            (a)   the Tribute Board of Directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel:

                (i)  would, if consummated, taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Tribute Acquisition Proposal (but not assuming any risk of non-completion), result in a transaction which is more favorable to Tribute Shareholders from a financial point of view than the Merger and the Arrangement;

               (ii)  is reasonably capable of being completed in accordance with its terms, without undue delay, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Tribute Acquisition Proposal and the Person or Persons making such Tribute Acquisition Proposal; and

              (iii)  that funds, securities or other consideration necessary for the Tribute Acquisition Proposal are or are reasonably likely to be available; and

            (b)   in the case of a Tribute Acquisition Proposal involving Tribute Common Shares, is made available to all of the Tribute Shareholders on the same terms and conditions.

        " Tribute Termination Fee " shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 7.2(a).

        " Tribute Termination Fee Event " shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 7.2(c).

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        " Tribute Warrant Indenture " means the warrant indenture dated July 15, 2014 between Tribute and Equity Financial Trust Company providing for the issuance of Tribute Indenture Warrants.

        " Tribute Warrants " means collectively, (i) the Tribute Indenture Warrants outstanding as of the Arrangement Effective Time and those issuable pursuant to the Tribute Compensation Options; (ii) the Tribute Series B Warrants outstanding as of the Arrangement Effective Time; (iii) the Tribute Series K Warrants outstanding as of the Arrangement Effective Time; (iv) the Tribute Series M Warrants outstanding as of the Arrangement Effective Time; (v) the Tribute Series S Warrants outstanding as of the Tribute Effective Time; and (vi) the Tribute Broker Warrants outstanding as of the Arrangement Effective Time.

        " TSX " means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

        " TSXV " means the TSX Venture Exchange.

        " U.S. GAAP " means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, consistently applied.

        " U.S. Securities Laws " means the 1933 Securities Act, the 1934 Exchange Act and all other state and federal securities Laws and the rules, regulations and published policies made thereunder.

        " US Merger Sub " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

        " Voting Agreements " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Recitals.

1.2   Currency

        Except where otherwise specified, all references to currency herein are to lawful money of the United States of America and "$" refers to U.S. dollars.

1.3   Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

        The division of this Agreement into Articles and sections and the insertion of a table of contents and headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms "this Agreement," "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement, including the Schedules hereto, and not to any particular Article, section or other portion hereof. Unless something in the subject matter or context is clearly inconsistent therewith, references herein to an Article, section or schedule by number or letter or both are to that Article, section or schedule in this Agreement.

1.4   Knowledge and Disclosure

        Any reference in this Agreement to the "knowledge" or the "awareness" of Tribute means the actual knowledge, information and belief of the Tribute Senior Management, in their capacities as officers or directors of Tribute and not in their personal capacities or in any other capacity, after making reasonable inquiry regarding the relevant matter, and does not include any knowledge or awareness of any other individual. Any reference in this Agreement to the "knowledge" or the "awareness" of Parent means the actual knowledge, information and belief of the Parent Senior Management, in their capacities as officers or directors of Parent and not in their personal capacities or in any other capacity, after making reasonable inquiry regarding the relevant matter, and does not include any knowledge or awareness of any other individual. Any reference in this Agreement to the "knowledge" or the "awareness" of Pozen means the actual knowledge, information and belief of Pozen Senior Management, in their capacities as officers or directors of Pozen and not in their personal capacities or in any other capacity, after making reasonable inquiry regarding the relevant matter, and does not include any knowledge or awareness of any other individual.

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1.5   Extended Meanings, Etc.

        Unless the context otherwise requires, words implying only the singular number also include the plural and vice versa; words importing any gender include all genders. The terms "including" or "includes" and similar terms of inclusion, unless expressly modified by the words "only" or "solely," mean "including without limiting the generality of the foregoing" and "includes without limiting the generality of the foregoing." Unless something in the subject matter or context is clearly inconsistent therewith, any Contract, instrument, Law or Order defined or referred to herein means such Contract, instrument, Law or Order as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, including, in the case of Contracts or instruments, by waiver or consent and, in the case of Laws, by succession of comparable successor Laws, and all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein and, in the case of statutory Laws, all rules and regulations made thereunder.

1.6   Date of Any Action

        If the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by any of the Parties is not a Business Day, then such action will be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

1.7   Schedules

        The following are the Schedules to this Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement and form an integral part hereof:

    Schedule I—Required Regulatory Approvals
    Schedule II—Plan of Arrangement
    Schedule III—Form of Arrangement Resolutions
    Schedule IV—Form of Voting Agreement


ARTICLE 2

THE MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

2.1   The Merger

        (a)   Parent, Ltd2, US Merger Sub, Pozen, Can Merger Sub, and Tribute agree that the Merger shall be implemented in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.

        (b)   On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the DGCL, on the Closing Date, US Merger Sub shall be merged with and into Pozen. At the Merger Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of US Merger Sub shall cease and Pozen shall continue as the surviving company in the Merger (the " US Surviving Company ").

        (c)   Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, the parties to the Merger shall file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Merger, executed and acknowledged in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL, and, as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date, shall make all other filings required under the DGCL or by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at the time that the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later time as Pozen, US Merger Sub and Tribute shall agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger. At and immediately after the Merger Effective Time, the Merger will have the effects set forth in the Certificate of Merger and the DGCL.

        (d)   At the Merger Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of US Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall constitute those of the US Surviving Company, until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.

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        (e)   The directors of the US Surviving Company upon completion of the Merger shall, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly appointed, elected and qualified, as the case may be, consist of the directors of US Merger Sub prior to the Merger Effective Time. The officers of US Merger Sub immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be the officers of the US Surviving Company until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified, as the case may be.

        (f)    At the Merger Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in § 259 of the DGCL, including any regulations or rules promulgated thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Merger Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of Pozen and US Merger Sub shall vest in the US Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of Pozen and US Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the US Surviving Company.

        (g)   At the Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any of their respective shareholders, all shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of US Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, and all rights in respect thereof, shall be cancelled and US Surviving Company shall issue an equivalent number of fully paid shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, all of which shares shall be held by Holdco, and which shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of US Surviving Company.

        (h)   At the Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any of their respective shareholders, each Pozen Common Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive from Parent or US Merger Sub one (1) fully paid and non-assessable Parent Share (the " Merger Consideration "). All such Pozen Common Shares, when so converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate (or evidence of shares in book-entry form) that immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time represented any such Pozen Common Shares (each, a " Pozen Certificate ") shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration, including the right to receive, pursuant to Section 2.1(l), cash in lieu of fractional Parent Shares, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, between the date of this Agreement and the Merger Effective Time, the outstanding Pozen Common Shares or Parent Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent Shares), subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event shall have occurred, then any number or amount contained herein which is based upon the number of Pozen Common Shares or Parent Shares, as the case may be, will be appropriately adjusted to provide to Pozen and the holders of Pozen Common Shares the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event.

        (i)    Each Parent Share, as issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall remain issued and outstanding and shall not be affected by the Merger, except for the Parent Subscriber Share which shall be acquired by Parent immediately following the Effective Time for nil consideration and cancelled.

        (j)    The exchange of Pozen Certificates shall be effected as follows:

              (i)  Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Pozen shall appoint a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Tribute to act as exchange agent (the " Merger Exchange Agent ") for the delivery of the Merger Consideration. At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall issue, fully paid, the Parent Shares to be delivered as Merger Consideration and deposit with the Merger Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Pozen Certificates, for exchange in accordance with this ARTICLE 2 through the Merger Exchange Agent, the aggregate cash consideration for

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    fractional shares and certificates representing the Parent Shares to be delivered as Merger Consideration (or, if uncertificated Parent Shares will be delivered, Parent shall make appropriate alternative arrangements).

             (ii)  As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Merger Effective Time (and in any event within four Business Days after the Merger Effective Time), Parent shall cause the Merger Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of Pozen Common Shares, a form of letter of transmittal (the " Pozen Letter of Transmittal ") which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Pozen Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Pozen Certificates to the Merger Exchange Agent, shall be in such form and have such other provisions (including customary provisions with respect to delivery of an "agent's message" with respect to shares held in book-entry form) as Pozen may specify acting reasonably, and shall be prepared prior to the Closing, together with instructions thereto.

            (iii)  Upon (A) in the case of Pozen Common Shares represented by a Pozen Certificate, the surrender of such Pozen Certificate for cancellation to the Merger Exchange Agent or (B) in the case of Pozen Common Shares held in book-entry form, the receipt of an "agent's message" by the Merger Exchange Agent, in each case together with the Pozen Letter of Transmittal, duly, completely and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Merger Exchange Agent, the holder of such Pozen Common Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration into which such Pozen Common Shares have been converted pursuant to Section 2.1(h) (after taking into account all Pozen Common Shares then held by such holder). In the event of a transfer of ownership of Pozen Common Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of Pozen, the applicable Merger Consideration may be delivered to a transferee, if the Pozen Certificate representing such Pozen Common Share (or, if such Pozen Common Share is held in book-entry form, proper evidence of such transfer) is presented to the Merger Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.1(j), each Pozen Common Share or, and any Pozen Certificate with respect thereto, shall be deemed at any time from and after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive, upon such surrender, the Merger Consideration that the holders of Pozen Common Shares are entitled to receive in respect of such shares pursuant to Section 2.1(h) (after taking into account all Pozen Common Shares then held by such holder).

            (iv)  The Merger Consideration delivered and credited as fully paid in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE 2, upon conversion of any Pozen Common Shares, shall be deemed to have been delivered and paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Pozen Common Shares, as applicable. From and after the Merger Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the US Surviving Company of Pozen Common Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time. If, after the Merger Effective Time, any Pozen Certificates formerly representing Pozen Common Shares (or Pozen Common Shares held in book-entry form) are presented to the US Surviving Company or the Merger Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this ARTICLE 2.

             (v)  Any portion of the Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the holders of Pozen Common Shares for one (1) year after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent or its designee, and any holder of Pozen Common Shares who has not theretofore complied with this ARTICLE 2 shall thereafter look only to Parent for its claim for the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof.

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            (vi)  None of Parent, US Merger Sub, Pozen or the Merger Exchange Agent or any of their respective Affiliates shall be liable to any Person in respect of any portion of the Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.

        (k)   Each of Parent and the Merger Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any holder of Pozen Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under applicable Laws. Amounts so withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority shall be treated as having been paid to the holder of Pozen Common Shares in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.

        (l)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no fractional Parent Shares will be issued and any entitlement to Parent Shares for which fractional Parent Share would be issuable but for this Section 2.1(l) shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Parent Share.

        (m)  If any Pozen Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Pozen Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable and customary amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Pozen Certificate, the Merger Exchange Agent shall, in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Pozen Certificate, issue the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.

        (n)   As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date, the Pozen Board of Directors or an appropriate committee thereof shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions, if any, as may be required to effect and/or procure the following treatment:

              (i)  Except for the Pozen Options held by New Pozen Employees and the Performance-Based Option, each Pozen Option that is unvested and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, shall, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, become vested and exercisable. At the Merger Effective Time, each outstanding Pozen Option shall be assumed by Parent. Each Pozen Option so assumed by Parent under this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions of such options immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time (including, without limitation, any repurchase rights) except that (i) each Pozen Option will be solely exercisable (or will become exercisable in accordance with its terms) for that number of whole Parent Shares equal to the number of Pozen Shares that were issuable upon exercise of such Pozen Option immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, and (ii) the per share exercise price for the Parent Shares issuable upon exercise of such assumed Pozen Option will be equal to the exercise price per Pozen Share at which such Pozen Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time. Parent shall take all corporate actions necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Parent Shares for delivery upon exercise of all Pozen Options pursuant to the terms set forth in this Section 2.1(n)(i). Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Pozen shall take all actions necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.1(n)(i).

             (ii)  Except for Pozen Common Shares subject to vesting or other lapse restrictions pursuant to the Pozen Share Plan (a " Restricted Pozen Share ") held by New Pozen Employees, each Restricted Pozen Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time shall, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, be cancelled, and each holder of a Restricted Pozen Share so cancelled pursuant to this Section 2.1(n)(ii) shall become entitled to receive one (1) Parent Share for each such Pozen Share that was issuable upon vesting of such

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    Restricted Pozen Shares immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, less applicable withholding taxes.

            (iii)  Except for the Pozen restricted stock unit awards held by New Pozen Employees, each stock-based award (including any restricted stock unit and deferred stock unit awards), other than a Pozen Option or Restricted Pozen Share (" Other Pozen Stock-Based Awards " and together with Restricted Pozen Shares, the " Pozen Share Awards "), that is outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, shall, whether vested or unvested, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, become vested and shall entitle each holder of an Other Pozen Share-Based Award to receive one (1) Pozen Common Share, less applicable withholding Taxes, if any, immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, which shall converted into Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(h) except with respect to Other Pozen Stock-Based Awards subject to and not exempt from Section 409A of the Code (the " Section 409A RSUs "). Each New Pozen Employee and any individual holding Section 409A RSUs shall receive comparable Parent restricted stock unit awards of equal value and vesting on the basis of one Parent restricted stock unit for each Pozen restricted stock unit held immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time.

            (iv)  The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.1(n) to any current or former employee of Pozen or any of its Affiliates shall be paid through Pozen's (or its applicable Subsidiary's) payroll on the next regularly scheduled payment date that occurs not less than three Business Days following the Closing Date. Parent, Pozen and each of their applicable Subsidiaries shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable to any holder of Pozen Options or Pozen Share Awards, such amounts as Pozen and any applicable Subsidiary are required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as having been paid to the holder of the Pozen Options or Pozen Share Awards in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that the amount so required or permitted to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a holder exceeds the cash component of the consideration otherwise payable to the holder, Pozen and its applicable Subsidiary are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration otherwise payable to the holder as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Pozen and its applicable Subsidiary to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement, and Pozen or the applicable Subsidiary shall notify the holder thereof and remit the applicable portion of the net proceeds of such sale to the appropriate taxing authority, and shall remit to such holder any unapplied balance of the proceeds of such sale. The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.1(n) to any person, other than a current or former employee of Pozen or any of its Affiliates, shall be paid by Parent or any affiliate of Parent (including Pozen and its Subsidiaries) within ten Business Days following the Closing Date.

        (o)   It is the intent of the Parties hereto that the treatment of Pozen Share Awards and Pozen Options contemplated herein be in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Sections 422, 424 and 409A of the Code, including all guidance and regulations issued thereunder.

        (p)   Parent shall procure that no stamp duty shall be payable by the Pozen Stockholders in connection with the issue to the Pozen Stockholders of the Parent Shares as part of the Merger Consideration.

2.2   The Arrangement

        (a)   Parent, Ltd2, Can Merger Sub, Tribute, US Merger Sub and Pozen agree that the Arrangement will be implemented in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement.

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        (b)   Registered Holders of Tribute Common Shares will be granted rights of dissent with respect to such shares in connection with the Arrangement pursuant to and in the manner set forth in Section 185 of the OBCA, as modified by the Plan of Arrangement (the " Tribute Dissent Rights "). Beneficial Holders of Tribute Common Shares and Holders of Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options will not have rights of dissent with respect to such securities in connection with the Arrangement. Tribute shall give Pozen (i) prompt notice of any written demands with respect to Tribute Dissent Rights, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to the OBCA and received by Tribute, and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such rights. Without the prior written consent of Pozen, except as required by applicable law, Tribute shall not make any payment with respect to any such rights or offer to settle or settle any such rights.

        (c)   Tribute covenants in favor of Pozen that upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Tribute shall:

              (i)  Subject to Parent and Pozen complying with Section 2.4 in respect of those matters which may be completed prior to the application for the Interim Order, as soon as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, apply to the Canadian Court for the Interim Order in a manner and form acceptable to Pozen, acting reasonably, and thereafter proceed with such application and diligently pursue obtaining the Interim Order;

             (ii)  subject to obtaining such approvals as are required by the Interim Order, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Tribute Meeting and, in any event, not later than two Business Days thereafter, apply to the Canadian Court pursuant to section 182(5) of the OBCA for the Final Order in a manner and form reasonably acceptable to Pozen and thereafter proceed with such application and diligently pursue obtaining the Final Order; and

            (iii)  subject to obtaining the Final Order and to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Laws) of each of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 8 (excluding conditions that by their terms cannot be satisfied until the Arrangement Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, when permitted, waiver of those conditions as of the Arrangement Effective Date), as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, take all steps and actions including, if applicable, making all filings with Governmental Authorities (including NASDAQ, the TSXV and the TSX (if applicable)) necessary to give effect to the Arrangement and carry out the terms of the Plan of Arrangement applicable to it prior to the Outside Date.

        (d)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Pozen, the Parent and any applicable Subsidiary of each will cooperate with, assist and consent to Tribute seeking the Interim Order and the Final Order and, subject to Tribute obtaining the Final Order and to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Laws) of each of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 8 (excluding conditions that by their terms cannot be satisfied until the Arrangement Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, when permitted, waiver of those conditions as of the Arrangement Effective Date), as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, take all steps and actions including, if applicable, making all filings with Governmental Authorities (including NASDAQ, the TSXV and the TSX (If applicable)) necessary to give effect to the Arrangement and carry out the terms of the Plan of Arrangement applicable to each of them prior to the Outside Date.

        (e)   The application referred to in Section 2.2(c)(i) shall, unless Tribute and Pozen otherwise agree, include a request that the Interim Order provide, among other things:

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             (ii)  for the record date for the purposes of determining the Tribute Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Tribute Meeting;

            (iii)  that the Tribute Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time by Tribute in accordance with this Agreement without the need for any additional approval by the Court;

            (iv)  that the record date for the Tribute Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Tribute Meeting will not change in respect of or as a consequence of any adjournment or postponement of the Tribute Meeting;

             (v)  that the requisite and sole approval of the Arrangement Resolution will be the Tribute Shareholder Approval;

            (vi)  for the notice requirements with respect to the presentation of the application to the Court for the Final Order;

           (vii)  that proxies in respect of the Arrangement Resolution must be delivered to Tribute no later than forty-eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays) prior to the date of the Tribute Meeting;

          (viii)  that, in all other respects, the terms, restrictions and conditions of the governing documents of Tribute, including quorum requirements and all other matters, shall apply in respect of the Tribute Meeting; and

            (ix)  subject to the consent of Tribute (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Tribute shall also include a request that the Interim Order provide for such other matters as Pozen may reasonably require.

        (f)    Tribute shall advise the Canadian Court that the Parties intend to rely on the exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Securities Act provided by Section 3(a)(10) thereof to issue Parent Shares to Tribute Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares and to exchange Tribute Options for Parent Options, as applicable, all pursuant to the Arrangement, based on the Canadian Court's approval of the Arrangement.

        (g)   Tribute will provide legal counsel to Pozen with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon drafts of all materials to be filed with the Canadian Court in connection with the Arrangement prior to the service and filing of such materials and will give reasonable consideration to such comments reasonably and promptly proposed by Pozen or its legal counsel. Tribute will ensure that all materials filed with the Canadian Court in connection with the Arrangement are consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. Subject to applicable Laws, Tribute will not file any material with the Canadian Court in connection with the Arrangement or serve any such material, and will not agree to modify or amend materials so filed or served, except as contemplated by this Section, as required by applicable Law or stock exchange rule or with Pozen's prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, provided, however, that nothing herein shall require Pozen or the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries to agree or consent to any increase in the consideration payable under the terms of the Plan of Arrangement or any modification or amendment to such filed or served materials that expands or increases the obligations of Pozen and its Subsidiaries set forth in any such filed or served materials or under this Agreement, the Merger or the Arrangement. In addition, Tribute will not object to legal counsel to Pozen making such submissions on the hearing of the application for the Interim Order and the application for the Final Order as such counsel considers appropriate, acting reasonably, provided that Tribute or its legal counsel is advised of the nature of any submissions prior to the hearing and such submissions are consistent with this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. Tribute will also provide legal counsel to Pozen on a timely basis with copies of any notice of appearance and evidence or other documents served on Tribute or its legal counsel in respect of the application for the

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Interim Order or the Final Order or any appeal therefrom and of any notice, whether or not in writing, received by Tribute or its legal counsel indicating any intention to oppose the granting of the Interim Order or the Final Order or to appeal the Interim Order or the Final Order. Tribute will also oppose any proposal from any party that the Final Order contain any provision inconsistent with this Agreement.

        (h)   The Articles of Arrangement shall, with such other matters as are necessary to effect the Arrangement and subject to the provisions of the Plan of Arrangement, consummate the Plan of Arrangement. On the Effective Date, the Articles of Arrangement shall be filed with the Director. The Articles of Arrangement shall be in form satisfactory to Pozen and Tribute, each acting reasonably.

        (i)    Upon the reasonable request from time to time of Pozen, Tribute will provide Pozen with lists (in both written and electronic form) of the registered Tribute Shareholders, together with their addresses and respective holdings of Tribute Common Shares, lists of the names and addresses and holdings of all Persons having rights issued or granted by Tribute to acquire or otherwise related to Tribute Common Shares (including Tribute Optionholders , Tribute Warrantholders and Tribute Compensation Optionholders) and lists of non-objecting beneficial owners of Tribute Common Shares and participants in book-based nominee registers (such as CDS & Co. and CEDE and Co.), together with their addresses and respective holdings of Tribute Common Shares. Tribute will from time to time require that its registrar and transfer agent furnish Pozen with such additional information, including updated or additional lists of Tribute Shareholders, information regarding beneficial ownership of Tribute Common Shares and lists of holdings and other assistance as Pozen may reasonably request.

        (j)    The Tribute Options, the Tribute Warrants, the Tribute Compensation Options and the Tribute Stock Option Plan shall be treated as contemplated by, and in the manner set forth in, the Plan of Arrangement.

        (k)   The Arrangement shall be structured and executed such that the issuance of the Parent Shares to Tribute Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares and the issuance of Parent Options to Tribute Optionholders in exchange for their Tribute Options, all pursuant to the Arrangement, will not require registration under the 1933 Securities Act in reliance upon Section 3(a)(10) thereof. Each of the Parties agrees to act in good faith, consistent with the intent of the Parties and the intended treatment of the Arrangement as set forth in this Section 2.2.

        (l)    Tribute and Pozen agree to cooperate in the preparation of presentations, if any, to Tribute Shareholders or other securityholders regarding the Arrangement, and Tribute agrees to consult with Pozen in connection with any communication or meeting with Tribute Shareholders or other securityholders that it may have, provided, however, that the foregoing shall be subject to Tribute's overriding obligations to make any disclosure or filing required by applicable Laws or stock exchange rules and, if Tribute is required to make any such disclosure, it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to give Pozen a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon prior to its dissemination.

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the cash component of the consideration payable to the holder, Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub and the Arrangement Exchange Agent are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration payable to the holder as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub or the Arrangement Exchange Agent, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub or the Arrangement Exchange Agent shall notify the holder thereof and remit the applicable portion of the net proceeds of such sale to the appropriate taxing authority, and shall remit to such holder any unapplied balance of the proceeds of such sale.

2.3   The Closing

        The closing (the " Closing ") of the Merger and the Arrangement shall take place at the offices of DLA Piper LLP (US), 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020-1104, at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date (the " Closing Date ") which shall be (a) the earlier of: (i) the date that is three Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Laws) of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 8 (other than the satisfaction of those conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of those conditions); and (ii) the date that is the day prior to the Outside Date; provided that the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 8 have been satisfied or waived as of such date (other than the satisfaction of those conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of those conditions); or (b) such date as mutually agreed in writing by Pozen and Tribute. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Laws) of the conditions (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of those conditions as of the Closing Date) set forth in ARTICLE 8, the Merger and the Arrangement shall, from and after the Merger Effective Time and the Arrangement Effective Time (as applicable), have all of the effects provided under applicable Laws.

2.4   Preparation of Tribute Circular, Pozen Proxy Statement and Registration Statements

        (a)   As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, each of the Parties shall cooperate in preparing and shall cause to be filed with the SEC, the Director under the OBCA and the TSXV, as applicable (and, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority) (i) mutually acceptable proxy materials which shall constitute (A) the Tribute Circular (and any amendments or supplements thereto), which shall include the proxy statement relating to the matters to be submitted to the Tribute Shareholders at the Tribute Meeting, together with any other documents required by the OBCA or applicable Laws in connection with the Tribute Meeting and (B) the proxy statement relating to the matters to be submitted to Pozen Stockholders at the Pozen Meeting (such proxy statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the " Pozen Proxy Statement ") and (ii) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the " Form S-4 ") (and, if applicable, any other required disclosure document), with respect to the issuance of Parent Shares in respect of the Merger and the Arrangement.

        (b)   Each Party will provide legal counsel to the other Party with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of the Tribute Circular, Pozen Proxy Statement, Form S-4 and other documents related to the Tribute Meeting, the Pozen Meeting, the issuance of the Parent Shares in respect of the Merger or the Arrangement, prior to filing such documents with applicable Governmental Authorities and mailing such documents to the Tribute Shareholders or the Pozen Stockholders, as applicable. Each Party will include in the Tribute Circular, Pozen Proxy Statement, Form S-4 or such other documents all comments reasonably and promptly proposed by the other Party or its legal counsel; provided , however , that all information relating to a Party included in the Tribute Circular, Pozen Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 shall be in form and content satisfactory to such Party, acting reasonably.

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        (c)   Each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Pozen Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC (and, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority), to have the Form S-4 declared effective by the SEC (and, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority) as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Form S-4 effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Merger and the Arrangement. As promptly as practicable after such clearance, Parent and Pozen shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, cause the Pozen Proxy Statement and other documentation required in connection with the Pozen Meeting or the issuance of the Parent Shares in respect of the Merger and the Arrangement to be published and/or sent to each applicable stockholder or shareholder, as required by applicable Laws. Each Party shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other Party with copies of any written comments and advise the other Party of any oral comments with respect to the Pozen Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 received from the SEC (or, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority).

        (d)   Each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Tribute Circular, the Pozen Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 comply in all material respects with applicable Laws. Each Party shall cooperate and provide the other Party with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any amendment or supplement to the Tribute Circular, the Pozen Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 prior to filing such documents with the SEC (or, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority).

        (e)   Subject to Section 5.2(e) and Section 6.2, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take any action required to be taken by it under any applicable Laws as may be necessary or desirable in order to complete the Merger and the Arrangement, and each Party shall furnish all information concerning it and the holders of its capital stock and other securities as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. Parent shall advise the other Parties, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Merger or the Arrangement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, any request by the SEC (or, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority) for amendment of the Tribute Circular, the Pozen Proxy Statement or the Form S-4.

        (f)    If, at any time prior to the Closing, any information relating to any of the Parties (including, but not limited to, a discovery of a misstatement or omission of information), or their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by any Party, and such information should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Tribute Circular, the Pozen Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 so that such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties and, to the extent required by Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by Parent and Pozen with the SEC and by Tribute with any applicable Canadian securities regulators (or, if applicable, any other Governmental Authority) and, to the extent required by Law, disseminated to applicable securityholders as required by Law.

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Recommendation and a statement that, to the knowledge of Tribute, each director and executive officer of Tribute intends to vote all Tribute Common Shares held by him or her in favor of the Tribute Shareholder Approval at the Tribute Meeting.

        (i)    Parent covenants and agrees that, promptly following Closing, it shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the " Form S-8 ") registering Parent Shares issuable pursuant to the 2015 Aralez Pharmaceuticals Omnibus Equity Plan.

2.5   Pozen Stockholder Meeting

        (a)   Pozen shall duly take all lawful action to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Pozen Meeting in accordance with the constituent documents of Pozen and applicable Law as promptly as practicable following the date upon which the Form S-4 becomes effective and the Pozen Proxy Statement has been cleared by the SEC for the purpose of obtaining Pozen Stockholder Approval as required by the DGCL and this Agreement.

        (b)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, unless Pozen shall have effected a Pozen Change of Recommendation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Pozen shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from Pozen Stockholders proxies in favor of the Pozen Stockholder Approval and take all other actions that are reasonably necessary or desirable to obtain the approval of the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement by Pozen Stockholders, including using the services of proxy solicitation agents, and take all other actions reasonably requested by Tribute that are reasonably necessary to obtain Pozen Stockholder Approval and permit Tribute to assist, and consult with Tribute and keep Tribute apprised, with respect to such solicitation and other actions. Unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with ARTICLE 7, subject to Section 2.5(a), this Agreement shall be submitted to Pozen Stockholders at the Pozen Meeting for the purpose of obtaining Pozen Stockholder Approval, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve Pozen of such obligation.

        (c)   Unless there has been a Pozen Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.2, neither the Pozen Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall withdraw (or modify in any manner adverse to Tribute), or propose publicly to withdraw (or modify in any manner adverse to Tribute), the Pozen Recommendation.

        (d)   Pozen shall, prior to the Pozen Meeting, keep Tribute reasonably informed of the number of proxy votes received in respect of matters to be acted upon at the Pozen Meeting, and in any event shall provide such number promptly upon the request of Tribute or its Representatives.

        (e)   Pozen shall not adjourn, postpone, delay or cancel (or propose for adjournment, postponement, delay or cancellation) the Pozen Meeting without Tribute's prior written consent, in each case; provided that (i) Pozen shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone convening the Pozen Meeting if in the good faith judgment of the Pozen Board of Directors (after consultation with its outside legal advisors) the failure to adjourn, delay or postpone the Pozen Meeting could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Pozen Board of Directors under applicable Laws or not allow sufficient time under applicable Laws for the distribution of any required or appropriate supplement or amendment to the Pozen Proxy Statement or Form S-4, or (ii) if Pozen shall have provided a written notice as contemplated by Section 7.1(c)(iii) and the thirty day period referenced therein shall not have expired at least three Business Days prior to the scheduled date of the Pozen Meeting, Pozen shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone convening the Pozen Meeting until the third (3rd) Business Day following the expiration of such thirty day period.

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2.6   Tribute Shareholder Meeting

        (a)   Tribute shall duly take all lawful action to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Tribute Meeting in accordance with the constituent documents of Tribute, the Interim Order and applicable Law as soon as reasonably practicable after the Interim Order is issued.

        (b)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, unless Tribute shall have effected a Tribute Change of Recommendation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Tribute shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from Tribute Shareholders proxies in favor of the Tribute Shareholder Approval and take all other actions that are reasonably necessary or desirable to obtain the approval of the Arrangement by Tribute Shareholders, including using the services of proxy solicitation agents, and take all other actions reasonably requested by Pozen that are reasonably necessary to obtain the Tribute Shareholder Approval and permit Pozen to assist, and consult with Pozen and keep Pozen apprised, with respect to such solicitation and other actions. Unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with ARTICLE 7, subject to Section 2.6(a), the Arrangement Resolution shall be submitted to the Tribute Shareholders at the Tribute Meeting for the purpose of obtaining the Tribute Shareholder Approval, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve Tribute of such obligation.

        (c)   Unless there has been a Tribute Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.4, neither the Tribute Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall withdraw (or modify in any manner adverse to Pozen), or propose publicly to withdraw (or modify in any manner adverse to Tribute), the Tribute Recommendation.

        (d)   Tribute shall, prior to the Tribute Meeting, keep Pozen reasonably informed of the number of proxy votes received in respect of matters to be acted upon at the Tribute Meeting, and in any event shall provide such number promptly upon the request of Pozen or its Representatives.

        (e)   Tribute shall not adjourn, postpone, delay or cancel (or propose for adjournment, postponement, delay or cancellation) the Tribute Meeting without Pozen's prior written consent, in each case; provided that (i) Tribute shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone convening the Tribute Meeting if in the good faith judgment of the Tribute board of directors (after consultation with its outside legal advisors) the failure to adjourn, delay or postpone the Tribute Meeting could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Tribute board of directors under applicable Laws or not allow sufficient time under applicable Laws for the distribution of any required or appropriate supplement or amendment to the Tribute Circular, Pozen Proxy Statement or Form S-4, or (ii) if Tribute shall have made a written request as contemplated by Section 7.1(d)(iii) and the thirty day period referenced therein shall not have expired at least three Business Days prior to the scheduled date of the Tribute Meeting, Tribute shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone convening the Tribute Meeting until the third (3rd) Business Day following the expiration of such thirty day period.

        (f)    Tribute will provide notice to Pozen of the Tribute Meeting, and shall allow Representatives of Pozen and its counsel to attend the meeting and any adjournments thereof.


ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1   Representations and Warranties of Pozen

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"Risk Factors" or "Forward Looking Statements" or similar captions and any other disclosure contained therein that is predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature), Pozen represents and warrants to and in favor of Tribute and Parent as follows and acknowledges that Tribute and Parent are relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement:

            (a)     Organization and Qualification.     Pozen has been duly incorporated, validly exists and is in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the requisite corporate and legal power and capacity to own its assets as now owned and to carry on its business as it is now being carried on. Each of the Pozen Subsidiaries is a corporation or other entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and has the requisite corporate, legal or other power and authority to own its assets as now owned and to carry on its business as it is now being carried on. Pozen and each of the Pozen Subsidiaries is duly qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or character of the respective properties and assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of its business or activities, makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Pozen has provided to Parent and Tribute true, complete and correct copies of the constituent documents of each of Pozen and Pozen's Subsidiaries, in each case as amended.

            (b)     Authority Relative to this Agreement.     Pozen has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and (subject to obtaining the Pozen Stockholder Approval and the Required Regulatory Approvals, all as contemplated in this Agreement) to perform its obligations hereunder and to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the completion by Pozen of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Pozen Board of Directors and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Pozen are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or, subject to obtaining the Pozen Stockholder Approval as contemplated in this Agreement, the completion by Pozen of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Pozen and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Pozen enforceable against Pozen in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium and other Laws relating to limitations of actions or affecting the availability of equitable remedies and the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity.

            (c)     Required Approvals.     No authorization, license, Permit, certificate, registration, consent or approval of, or filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery by Pozen of this Agreement, the performance by Pozen of its obligations hereunder and the completion by Pozen of the Merger or the Arrangement, other than:

                (i)  such filings and other actions required under applicable U.S. Securities Laws and the rules and policies of NASDAQ, in each case, as are contemplated by this Agreement;

               (ii)  the Required Regulatory Approvals relating to Pozen; and

              (iii)  any other authorizations, licenses, Permits, certificates, registrations, consents, approvals and filings and notifications with respect to which the failure to obtain or make the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen, or could not reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement.

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    the execution and delivery by Pozen of this Agreement, the performance by Pozen of its obligations hereunder and the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement do not and will not (nor will they with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both):

                (i)  result in a contravention, breach, violation or default under any Law or Order applicable to Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective properties or assets;

               (ii)  result in a contravention, conflict, violation, breach or default under the constituent documents of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries;

              (iii)  result in a contravention, breach or default under or termination of, or acceleration or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or loss of any material benefit under, any Pozen Material Contract or material Permit to which it or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of its or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries' properties or assets is subject or give to any Person any interest, benefit or right, including any right of purchase or sale, termination, payment, modification, reimbursement, penalty, cancellation or acceleration, under any such Pozen Material Contract or material Permit; or

              (iv)  result in the suspension or alteration in the terms of any material Permit held by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or in the creation of any Lien upon any of their properties or assets;

    except, in the case of each of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement.

            (e)     Capitalization of Pozen.     The authorized capital of Pozen consists of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, none of which are issued or outstanding, and 90,000,000 Pozen Common Shares. As of the close of business on June 5, 2015, there were (i) 32,420,612 Pozen Common Shares issued and outstanding, all of which have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) up to 2,474,430 shares of common stock available for grant under equity compensation plans, and (iii) up to 3,595,849 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options and restricted stock units granted under equity compensation plans. There is no outstanding contractual obligation of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Pozen Common Shares. Except for the Pozen Options and the Pozen Share Awards, as of the date of this Agreement, Pozen has no outstanding agreement, subscription, warrant, option, conversion or exchange privilege, right, arrangement or commitment (nor has it granted any right or privilege (contingent or otherwise) capable of becoming an agreement, subscription, warrant, option, conversion or exchange privilege, right, arrangement or commitment) obligating it to issue or sell any Pozen Common Shares or other securities of Pozen, including any security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Pozen Common Shares or other security of Pozen. Except for the Pozen Options and Pozen Share Awards, neither Pozen nor any of Pozen's Subsidiaries has outstanding any stock appreciation right, phantom equity, restricted share unit, deferred share unit or similar right, agreement, arrangement or commitment based on the book value, Pozen Share price, income or any other attribute of or related to Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries. The Pozen Common Shares are listed on NASDAQ and, except for such listing, no other securities of Pozen or any of Pozen's Subsidiaries are listed on any other stock or securities exchange or market or registered under any securities Laws. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness of Pozen or any of Pozen's Subsidiaries having the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the

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    holders of Pozen Common Shares on any matter. Section 3.1(e) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter sets out a true, complete and correct list of all Pozen Options and Pozen Share Awards, the names of the holders of such awards, the type of such award, whether each such holder is a current director of Pozen or current employee of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries and the grant date and the exercise price (as applicable). A true, correct and complete copy of the Pozen Share Plan has been provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Tribute.

            (f)     Pozen Subsidiaries.     Section 3.1(f) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each of the Pozen Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction and form of organization. Pozen or a Pozen Subsidiary is the sole registered and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding shares in the capital of or outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership, equity or voting interests of the Pozen Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), all such shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and no other Person has any option, right, entitlement, understanding or commitment (contingent or otherwise) regarding the right to acquire any such share or interest in any of the Pozen Subsidiaries and no Pozen Subsidiary has any outstanding option, warrant, conversion or exchange privilege or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment obligating any such entity to issue or sell any share or ownership, equity or voting interest of such entity or security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares or ownership, equity or voting interests of any such entity. Neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries own any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any other Person, other than a Pozen Subsidiary, which interest or investment is material to Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

            (g)     Securities Laws Matters .    

                (i)  The Pozen Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Exchange Act and listed on NASDAQ. Neither the SEC nor any state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending trading of any securities of Pozen, and Pozen is in compliance in all material respects with applicable U.S. Securities Laws.

               (ii)  Pozen is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the U.S. Securities Laws and NASDAQ for continued listing of the Pozen Common Shares thereon. Except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Pozen has not taken any action designed to terminate, or likely to have the effect of terminating, the registration of the Pozen Common Shares under the 1934 Exchange Act or the listing of such shares on NASDAQ.

              (iii)  Trading in Pozen Common Shares on NASDAQ is not currently halted or suspended. No delisting, suspension of trading or cease trading order with respect to any securities of Pozen is pending or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened. To the knowledge of Pozen, as of the date of this Agreement, no inquiry, review or investigation (formal or informal) of Pozen by the SEC or similar regulatory authority under applicable U.S. Securities Laws or NASDAQ is in effect or ongoing or expected to be implemented or undertaken.

              (iv)  Except as set forth above in this Section 3.1(g), neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to continuous disclosure or other public reporting requirements under any securities Laws.

               (v)  Since December 31, 2012, Pozen has timely filed all forms, reports, statements and documents, including financial statements and management's discussion and analysis required to be filed by Pozen under applicable U.S. Securities Laws and the rules and policies of NASDAQ. The documents in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record, as at the respective dates filed, were in compliance in all material respects with applicable U.S. Securities Laws and, where applicable, the rules and policies of NASDAQ.

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              (vi)  None of the documents in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record, as of their respective dates (and, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, then on the date of such filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

            (h)     Financial Statements .    

                (i)  The Pozen Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a basis consistent with those of previous periods and in accordance with applicable Laws, except as otherwise stated in the notes to such statements or in the auditor's report thereon and subject, in the case of the Pozen Interim Financial Statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments, which are not material to Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, individually or in the aggregate, and may omit notes which are not material and are not required by applicable Laws or U.S. GAAP. The Pozen Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the balance sheets and statements of operations, statements of stockholders' equity and statements of cash flows of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods set forth therein. There are no outstanding loans made by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries to any director or officer of Pozen. All of such documents in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record (including any financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein), as of their respective dates (and as of the date of any amendment to the respective document in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Securities Act and the 1934 Exchange Act.

               (ii)  Pozen has designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused them to be designed under the supervision of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to Pozen is made known to its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer by others within Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries.

              (iii)  Pozen has designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused them to be designed under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Pozen, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the knowledge of Pozen, since December 31, 2012: (A) except as set forth on Section 3.1(h)(iii) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, there have been no significant deficiencies in the design or operation of, or material weaknesses in, the internal controls over financial reporting of Pozen that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Pozen's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and (B) there is and has been no fraud, whether or not material, involving management or any other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of Pozen. To the knowledge of Pozen, since December 31, 2012, Pozen has received no (x) written complaints from any source regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters or (y) written reports from employees of Pozen regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

            (i)     No Undisclosed Liabilities.     Except as set forth in Section 3.1(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries have no liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet (or the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, other than (i) liabilities and obligations disclosed in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record, (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than those specifically disclosed in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record) that would not reasonably be expected to be material to Pozen and its

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    Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than those disclosed in the Pozen Public Disclosure Record), (iii) liabilities under Contracts (other than any such liability resulting from a breach or default thereunder) and (iv) liabilities and obligations incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting anything set forth herein, the Pozen Financial Statements reflected and continued to reflect, in each case as of the date filed, appropriate reserves under U.S. GAAP for contingent liabilities relating to pending or anticipated litigation and other contingent obligations of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries.

            (j)     Absence of Certain Changes.     From the date of the most recent Pozen Annual Financial Statements to the date of this Agreement, (i) no result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or arisen which has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen and (ii) Pozen and each of the Pozen Subsidiaries has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

            (k)     Compliance with Laws.     Since December 31, 2012, the business of Pozen and of each of the Pozen Subsidiaries has been and is currently being conducted in material compliance with all applicable Laws, Orders and Regulatory Guidelines and policies and neither Pozen nor any Pozen Subsidiary has received any written notice of any alleged material non-compliance or violation of any such Laws, Orders or Regulatory Guidelines. Neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has taken or committed to take any action which would cause Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries to be in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any applicable Laws of similar effect, and, to the knowledge of Pozen, no such action has been taken by any Person acting on behalf of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries.

            (l)     Litigation.     Section 3.1(l) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Proceedings to which Pozen is a party. Except as set forth on Section 3.1(l) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, there is no Proceeding against or involving Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries (whether in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened) that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen or would prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement and, to the knowledge of Pozen, no event or circumstance has occurred which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Proceeding. Neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any outstanding Order that would reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement or have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen.

            (m)     Real Property.     Section 3.1(m) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter contains (a) a list of all leases and subleases pursuant to which Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary currently leases real property as tenant (the " Pozen Real Property Leases ") and (b) a list of all real property owned by Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary (" Pozen Owned Real Property "). Each Pozen Real Property Lease is a valid leasehold, sublease interest or comparable right, and Pozen or one of the Pozen Subsidiaries holds good, valid and marketable beneficial and legal title to the Pozen Owned Real Property. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened condemnation or expropriation proceedings with respect to any Pozen Owned Real Property. There are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to purchase any Pozen Owned Real Property (or any portion thereof or interest therein). Except for Permitted Liens, there are no Liens registered against any Pozen Owned Real Property.

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            (n)     Contracts .    

                (i)  Except as set forth in Section 3.1(n) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, none of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any of the following types of Contract (other than a Pozen Employment Agreement or Pozen Plan) (each of the following types of Contracts, an " Pozen Material Contract "):

                (A)  any Contract entered into outside of the ordinary course of business which is both (i) reasonably expected to involve the payment or receipt in 2015 or any subsequent year of an amount in excess of $500,000, and (ii) not terminable by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries on three (3) months' notice or less;

                (B)  any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, note, mortgage, security agreement, loan commitment or other Contract relating to the indebtedness of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary in an amount in excess of $500,000;

                (C)  any Contract granting to any Person a right of first refusal or option to purchase or acquire any assets of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary valued at an amount in excess of $500,000;

                (D)  any real property lease, rental or occupancy agreement under which Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary continues to have obligations or rights;

                (E)  any Contract pursuant to which Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary (i) is granted or obtains or agrees to obtain any right or license to use any material Intellectual Property (excluding commercially available software where the failure to obtain or hold such license would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen), (ii) is restricted in its right to use or register any material Intellectual Property owned by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, or (iii) grants, or agrees to grant, to any other Person any right or license to use, obtain, enforce or register any material Intellectual Property owned by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, including any license agreements, option agreements and covenants not to sue;

                (F)  except for any non-solicit obligations, any Contract that obligates Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary or its Affiliates not to compete with another Person, requires Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary to acquire or sell any product, asset or service exclusively from or to any other Person, or otherwise contractually restricts Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary or its Affiliates from acquiring any material product, asset or service from any other Person, or providing products, assets or services to any other Person, or developing or distributing any product to any Person or in any geographic location;

                (G)  any Contract entered into since December 31, 2012: (i) relating to the merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or any similar extraordinary transaction with respect to Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary, (ii) relating to a material acquisition or disposition by Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary, (iii) relating to the acquisition, issuance or transfer of any securities of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary, or (iv) relating to any partnership, strategic alliance or joint venture agreement; and

                (H)  except for Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business with any employee, director or officer of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary, any Contract with any stockholder of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary entered into since December 31, 2012.

               (ii)  True, correct and complete copies of each Pozen Material Contract in effect on the date hereof that has not been part of the Pozen Public Disclosure Record have been provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Tribute.

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              (iii)  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen, none of Pozen, the Pozen Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Pozen, any of the other parties thereto is in breach or violation of or in default under, or committed or failed to perform any act which would result in a default under (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both), any Pozen Material Contract in any material respect, and none of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has received or given any notice of default under any Pozen Material Contract which remains uncured. To the knowledge of Pozen, there exists no state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under or breach or violation of any Pozen Material Contract or the inability of a party to any Pozen Material Contract to perform its obligations thereunder where, in any such case, such default, breach, violation or non-performance has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement. To the knowledge of Pozen, no Person has challenged in writing the validity or enforceability of any Pozen Material Contract.

              (iv)  There are no shareholders or stockholders agreements, registration rights agreements, voting trusts, proxies or similar agreements, arrangements or commitments, to which Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is a party or, to the knowledge of Pozen, with respect to any shares or other equity interests of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or any other Contract relating to disposition, voting or dividends with respect to any shares or other equity securities of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries.

               (v)  As of the date of this Agreement, neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has received written notice of the termination of, or intent to terminate or otherwise fail to materially perform, any Pozen Material Contract.

            (o)     Taxes .    

                (i)  Pozen and each of its Subsidiaries has duly and timely made or prepared all material Tax Returns required to be made or prepared by it, has duly and timely filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it with the appropriate Governmental Authority and has completely and correctly reported all income and all other amounts or information required to be reported thereon. Pozen has provided Parent and Tribute copies of its U.S. federal income Tax Return and each other material income Tax Return for taxable years ending 2013, 2012 and 2011. The U.S. federal income Tax Return and each other material income Tax Return filed by Pozen and each of its Subsidiaries for the taxable year ending 2014 shall be made available to Tribute upon filing of such Tax Return with the appropriate Governmental Authority. All material Tax Returns provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Tribute are true, complete and correct copies of such Tax Returns.

               (ii)  Pozen and each of the Pozen Subsidiaries has: (A) duly and timely paid all material Taxes due and payable by it other than those that are being contested in good faith pursuant to applicable Laws and in respect of which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with U.S. GAAP in the Pozen Interim Financial Statements; (B) duly and timely withheld all material Taxes and other amounts required by applicable Laws to be withheld by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority such Taxes and other amounts required by applicable Laws to be remitted by it; and (C) duly and timely collected all material amounts on account of employment, sales or transfer taxes, including goods and services, harmonized, sales, value added and federal, provincial, state or territorial sales taxes, required by applicable Laws to be collected by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority any such amounts required by applicable Laws to be remitted by it.

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              (iii)  No audit, action, investigation, deficiency, litigation, proposed adjustment or other Proceeding exists or has been asserted or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened with respect to Taxes or Tax Returns of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Proceeding for assessment, reassessment, or collection of Taxes and no such Proceeding has been asserted or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened against Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, and there are no matters of dispute or matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes assessed by any Governmental Authority against Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to Tax Returns or any other matters which could result in claims for Taxes or additional Taxes. Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any use of an improper method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date.

              (iv)  There are no currently effective or pending material elections, agreements, or waivers extending the limitation period or providing for an extension of time with respect to the assessment or reassessment of any Taxes, the filing of any Tax Return, or the payment of any Taxes by Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries.

               (v)  Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries has made, prepared and/or filed any elections, designations, or similar filings relating to Taxes or entered into any agreement or other arrangement in respect of Taxes or Tax Returns that has effect for any period ending after the Closing Date.

              (vi)  To the knowledge of Pozen (including management employees knowledgeable about Tax matters), there are no Liens for Taxes on the property or assets of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted Liens.

             (vii)  All transactions between Pozen and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Pozen or another such Subsidiary, on the other hand, have been effected at the values and on the terms that would have been agreed by unrelated parties acting at arm's length.

            (viii)  Section 3.1(o) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter contains a list of all jurisdictions in which Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries has filed, or is required to file, a Tax Return.

              (ix)  Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) is subject to liability for Taxes of any other Person or (2) has entered into any agreement with, or provided any undertaking to, any Person pursuant to which it has assumed liability for the payment of income Taxes owing by such Person where the sole purpose of such agreements or undertakings is the assumption of such liability.

               (x)  Except as set forth on Section 3.1(o) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, no private letter rulings or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Governmental Authority with respect to Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries.

              (xi)  The charges, accruals, and reserves for Taxes reflected on the Pozen Interim Financial Statements (whether or not due and whether or not shown on any Tax Return, but excluding any provision for deferred income taxes) are adequate under U.S. GAAP to cover Taxes with respect to Pozen and each of its Subsidiaries accruing through the date hereof.

             (xii)  None of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries has been a "distributing corporation" or a "controlled corporation" in any distribution intended to be governed by Section 355(a)(1) of the Code.

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            (xiii)  Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been a party to any "listed transaction," as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Code and Reg. §1.6011-4(b)(2).

            (xiv)  The transactions contemplated under this Agreement will not accelerate the recognition of taxable income by Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries.

            (p)     Employment Agreements and Collective Agreements.     Except as set forth on Section 3.1(p) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, none of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is a party to or bound or governed by (or currently negotiating in connection with entering into), or subject to, or has any liability with respect to:

                (i)  any employment, retention or change of control agreement with, or any written or oral agreement, commitment, obligation, arrangement, plan or understanding providing for any retention, bonus, severance, change of control, retirement or termination payments to any current or, to the extent any liability remains outstanding, former director, officer or employee of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries (each, an " Pozen Employment Agreement ") in excess of $250,000;

               (ii)  any collective bargaining or union agreements or other Contract with a labor union, labor organization or employee association, or any actual or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened application for certification, recognition or bargaining rights in respect of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, or any Proceeding seeking to compel Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries to bargain with any labor organization as to wages or conditions of employment;

              (iii)  any organized labor dispute, work stoppage or slowdown, strike or lock-out relating to or involving any employees of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries; or

              (iv)  any actual or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened grievance, claim or other Proceeding arising out of or in connection with any labor or employment matter by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or the termination thereof except as would not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen.

            True, complete and correct copies of the agreements, arrangements, plans and understandings referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.1(p) have been provided or otherwise made available to Pozen. Except as would not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen, each of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable Laws (domestic and foreign), Orders, Contracts and Pozen material policies relating to employment, employment practices, wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment.

            (q)     Pension and Employee Benefits .    

                (i)  Section 3.1(q)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each Pozen Plan.

               (ii)  With respect to each Pozen Plan, Pozen has provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Tribute (A) a true and complete copy of each Pozen Plan, including any amendments thereto and all material supporting documents; (B) latest annual report, if any; (C) copies of all material communications received in the last three (3) years with applicable Governmental Authorities; (D) each trust or other funding arrangement; (E) each summary plan description (if applicable); and (F) where applicable, the most recent financial statements and actuarial or other valuation reports prepared with respect thereto.

              (iii)  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (A) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of Pozen or any

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      Pozen Subsidiary to termination or severance pay (or a material increase thereof), (B) accelerate the time of funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise), payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation or benefit due any such employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary, or (C) cause amounts payable under the Pozen Plans or Pozen Employment Agreements to fail to be deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes by virtue of Section 280G of the Code. No employee or individual consultant or independent contractor has a contractual entitlement to a gross-up or additional payment by reason of the tax, penalties or interest required by Section 409A or 4999 of the Code being imposed upon such person.

              (iv)  Each Pozen Plan has been established, registered, qualified, funded, invested, maintained, operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and applicable Law (including Section 409A of the Code). There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened actions, suits, disputes or claims by or on behalf of any Pozen Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any such Pozen Plan, as applicable, or otherwise involving any such Pozen Plan (other than routine claims for benefits).

               (v)  No Pozen Plan provides welfare or post-retirement benefits, including, without limitation, death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), beyond retirement or termination of service to employees or former employees or to the beneficiaries or dependents of such employees, other than coverage mandated solely by applicable Law or at the expense of the participant or the participant's beneficiary.

              (vi)  Neither Pozen, any Pozen Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates, contributes to or has any liability under, or in the past six (6) years sponsored, contributed to or had liability under (A) a plan subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA, (B) any "multiemployer plan" as defined in Sections 3(37)(A) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, (C) any plan that is subject to Section 413(c) of the Code or Sections 4063, 4064 or 4066 of ERISA or (D) any multiple employer welfare arrangement within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA.

             (vii)  Each Pozen Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has obtained a current favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) as to its qualified status under the Code, and, to the knowledge of Pozen, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the qualified status of any such Pozen Plan.

            (viii)  All contributions, premiums or Taxes required to be made or paid by Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, under or in connection with the Pozen Plans have been made in a timely fashion in accordance with Laws and the terms of the applicable Pozen Plan.

              (ix)  Pozen and each Pozen Subsidiary has, for purposes of each Pozen Plan, correctly classified all individuals performing services for either or both of them as common law employees, independent contractors or agents, as applicable.

               (x)  None of Pozen, any of its Subsidiaries or any other persons with respect to whom Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary would have an obligation to indemnify has engaged in a prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) that could result in a material liability to Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary.

            (r)     Intellectual Property .    

                (i)  Section 3.1(r)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all (A) Patents, and (B) Trademark registrations and applications and material unregistered

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      Trademarks (C) Copyright registrations and applications, and (D) material Software, in each case which is owned by, or exclusively licensed to, Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction in the world (collectively, the " Pozen Intellectual Property "), indicating, for each item of Pozen Intellectual Property, the owner, registration or application number (as applicable) and the applicable filing jurisdiction. Pozen or one of the Pozen Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive beneficial and, with respect to applications and registrations (including Patents), record owner or exclusive licensee of the record owner of each item of the Pozen Intellectual Property set forth in Section 3.1(r)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, and, except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen, to the knowledge of Pozen, all such Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid, and enforceable.

               (ii)  To the knowledge of Pozen and except as set forth in Section 3.1(r)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, Pozen or one of the Pozen Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), or has a valid right to use, all Intellectual Property (A) that covers the products or product candidates presently sold or under development in the conduct of the business of Pozen or one of the Pozen Subsidiaries and (B) used or held for use in, or necessary to conduct, the business and operations of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries as presently conducted.

              (iii)  Except as set forth in Section 3.1(r)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, there are no Orders, writs, injunctions or decrees to which Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is subject with respect to any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of the business of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries as presently conducted that is owned by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of Pozen, any such Orders, writs, injunctions or decrees with respect to such Intellectual Property used or held for use by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries.

              (iv)  To the knowledge of Pozen, there is no valid basis for a claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation of material Intellectual Property rights against Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries in respect of the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted.

               (v)  Except as set forth in Section 3.1(r)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Pozen, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any material Intellectual Property owned, used or held for use by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries in the conduct of the business of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries as presently conducted, and no such claims have been asserted or threatened against any Person by Pozen or the Pozen Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Pozen, any other Person, in the past six (6) years.

              (vi)  Except as set forth in Section 3.1(r)(i) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Pozen, there has been no claim asserted or threatened, or Proceedings of any kind pending or in progress, challenging the scope, validity or enforceability of any material Pozen Intellectual Property applications or registrations (including Patents) owned by or licensed to Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries.

            (s)     Regulatory Matters .    

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      importation, exportation and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs, including without limitation, to the extent applicable, (A) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. (the " FDCA "); (B) the Public Health Service Act of 1944; (C) Canada's Food and Drugs Act R.S.C. , 1985, c. F-27 as am. (the " CFDA "); the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C. c. 870 as am.); the Canadian Medical Device Regulations (SOR/98-282 as am.); (D) United States federal Medicare and Medicaid statutes and related state or local statutes or regulations; (E) United States federal or state criminal or civil Laws (including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7(b))), Stark Law (42 U.S.C. §1395nn), False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §3729, et seq.), the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, and any comparable state, provincial or local Laws (" HIPAA "); (F) the Canadian Patent Act (R.S.C. 1985 c. P-4 as am.) and Patented Medicine (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (SOR/93-133 as am.), the Patented Medicine Regulations, 1994 (SOR/94-688) and the guidelines of the Patent Medicines Pricing Review Board (the " PMPRB "); (G) the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, 96 Stat. 2049; (H) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; (I) state or provincial licensing, disclosure, billing, labeling, storage, testing, distribution, sales, marketing and reporting requirements for pharmaceutical products and medical devices; (J) any applicable privacy laws including, without limitation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) (" PIPEDA ") and the Personal Health Information Protection Act (Ontario) (" PHIPA "); (K) all Laws similar to the foregoing in all other jurisdictions; and (L) all binding rules and regulations issued under such Laws.

               (ii)  Each of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries holds all material Regulatory Authorizations necessary for the lawful operation of their businesses and the import, testing, manufacturing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution, marketing, promotion, or export, as applicable, of each of their products, including without limitation notices of compliance, drug establishment licenses, medical device establishment licenses and medical device licenses. All such material Regulatory Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect or in the process of being obtained in the ordinary course of business. Since December 31, 2012, there has not occurred any violation of, default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or event giving to others any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, any Regulatory Authorization, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen. Pozen and each of the Pozen Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the terms of all Regulatory Authorizations, and no event has occurred that, to the knowledge of Pozen, would reasonably be expected to result in the suspension, revocation, cancellation, non-renewal or adverse modification of any Regulatory Authorization.

              (iii)  All pre-clinical and clinical investigations conducted or sponsored by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries have been, since December 31, 2012, and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Regulatory Guidelines administered or issued by the applicable Regulatory Authorities, including where applicable (A) FDA standards for conducting non-clinical laboratory studies contained in Title 21 part 58 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (B) FDA standards for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analysis, reporting of serious adverse reactions, and reporting of clinical trials contained in Title 21 parts 50, 54, 56, 312, 314 and 320 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (C) Division 5 of the Food and Drug Regulations regarding Drugs for Clinical Trials Involving Human Subjects, Part 3 of the Medical Device Regulations (SOR/98-282as am.) and (D) the federal, state and provincial Laws and Regulatory Guidelines restricting the

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      collection, use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information and personal information, including without limitation PHIPA and PIPEDA. Neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has received any written notice, correspondence or other communication from any Regulatory Authority, including the FDA, Health Canada, any Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board or any other Regulatory Authority since December 31, 2012, initiating or requiring, and are not aware of any facts which are reasonably likely to cause, the termination, suspension or materially adverse modification of any pre-clinical or clinical trial conducted or sponsored by Pozen or the Pozen Subsidiaries.

              (iv)  All material reports, documents, claims, permits, applications, accreditations and notices required to be filed, maintained or furnished to the FDA, Health Canada, PMPRB or any other Regulatory Authority by Pozen and its Subsidiaries have been so filed, maintained or furnished. All such reports, documents, claims, permits, applications, and notices were complete and accurate in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing) such that no liability exists with respect to such filing. Neither Pozen nor any Pozen Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of Pozen, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries, has made an untrue statement of a material fact or a fraudulent statement to the FDA, Health Canada, PMPRB or any other Regulatory Authority, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA, Health Canada, PMPRB or any other Regulatory Authority, or, to the knowledge of Pozen, committed an act, made a statement or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made, would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting "Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities," set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any other Regulatory Authority to invoke any similar policy. Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of any pending or threatened investigation by the FDA, Health Canada, or any other Regulatory Authority pursuant to such policies.

               (v)  Neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has received any written information from the FDA, Health Canada or any other Regulatory Authority that would reasonably be expected to lead to the denial of any application for marketing approval currently pending before the FDA, Health Canada or such other Regulatory Authority.

              (vi)  Neither Pozen nor any of Pozen Subsidiaries has received any warning letters from the FDA, Health Canada, or any other Regulatory Authority regarding inappropriate advertising or marketing of any of its products or any written notice of any actual or potential violation of Laws with respect to the advertising or marketing of any of its products. Each product of Pozen or its Subsidiaries is labeled, packaged, advertised and marketed as necessary to enable its sale to be lawful in the United States including compliance with FDA and Federal Drug Regulations.

             (vii)  Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries (A) are not a party to and do not have any obligations under any settlement agreement entered into with any Regulatory Authority and (B) since December 31, 2012, have not been the subject of any Regulatory Authority or medical reimbursement investigation other than routine audits and reviews, in any case that would, individually or in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen.

            (viii)  Neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of Pozen, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(a) or any similar Law or authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(b) or any similar Law, nor has any such person been so disbarred. Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to

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      the knowledge of Pozen, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries, has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which such Person could be excluded from participating in the United States federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, or any similar Law or program or has been excluded from participation in such programs. Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to its knowledge, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries is subject to an investigation or proceeding by any Regulatory Authority that could result in suspension, exclusion, or debarment, and there are no facts that could give rise to such suspension, exclusion or debarment.

              (ix)  Each product or product candidate currently under development or being sold by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries and which is subject to the CFDA, FDCA or any Law or Regulatory Guidelines in any foreign jurisdiction that is or has been developed, manufactured, tested, distributed and/or marketed by or on behalf of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries (each a " Pozen Product ") is being or has been developed, imported, tested, manufactured, handled, stored, transported, sold, distributed, marketed, promoted or exported in material compliance with all applicable requirements under the CFDA, FDCA or any other applicable state, provincial and similar Laws, Regulations and Regulatory Guidelines, including those relating to investigational use, special access, pre-market clearance or marketing approval, good manufacturing practices, good clinical practices, good laboratory practices, labeling, advertising, record keeping, filing of reports, protection of human subjects, humane care and use of laboratory animals, Law or Regulatory Guidelines governing the practice of pharmacy, data integrity and security, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen. To Pozen's knowledge, no employee of Pozen or a Pozen Subsidiary responsible for management of the import, testing, manufacturing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution, marketing, promotion or export of the Pozen Products has been sanctioned by a Governmental Authority for non-compliance with applicable Laws or Regulatory Guidelines.

               (x)  (A) Neither Pozen, nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries nor, to Pozen's knowledge to the extent it relates to any Pozen Products, any subcontractors, contract manufacturers or other parties has, except as disclosed in the Pozen Disclosure Letter, since December 31, 2012, received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, notice of violation, untitled letter, warning letter, data integrity review or other similar correspondence or notice from the FDA, Health Canada, state, provincial or any other Regulatory Authority, and (B) there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened, in the case of either (A) or (B): (I) contesting the pre-market clearance or approval of, the uses of, the reimbursement of or the labeling or promotion of any Pozen Product (II) contesting the compliance with Law or Regulatory Guidelines of any facility where a Pozen Product is developed, tested, manufactured, handled, stored, distributed or transported or (C) otherwise alleging any violation applicable to any Pozen Product or manufacturing process of any Law or Regulatory Guidelines by Pozen or Pozen's Subsidiaries.

              (xi)  Since December 31, 2012, Pozen and Pozen's Subsidiaries have not either voluntarily or involuntarily initiated, conducted or issued, or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, field notification, field correction, market withdrawal or replacement, warning, "dear doctor" letter, investigator notice, safety alert or other notice or action relating to an alleged lack of safety, lack of efficacy, adulteration, misbranding or lack of regulatory compliance of any Pozen Product. Pozen and Pozen's Subsidiaries are not aware of any facts which are reasonably likely to cause, and neither Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has received any written notice that the FDA, Health Canada or any other Regulatory Authority or Governmental Authority has commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to cause

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      (A) the seizure, recall, market withdrawal or replacement of any Pozen Product, (B) a change in the marketing classification or a material change in the labeling or advertising of any Pozen Product, or (C) a termination, suspension or injunction of the manufacture, marketing, storage or distribution of any Pozen Products. Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all recalls, market withdrawals or other corrective actions and have no obligation or liability with respect to any recall, market withdrawal or corrective action.

             (xii)  Pozen and its Subsidiaries have made available to Tribute complete and accurate copies of all: (a) serious adverse event reports, periodic adverse event reports and other pharmacovigilance reports and data, (b) material communications with Regulatory Authorities, and (c) material documents and other information submitted to or received by or on behalf of Pozen or any of Pozen's Subsidiaries with or from any Regulatory Authority, including inspection reports, warning letters and similar documents which are in Pozen's possession or to which Pozen has contractual access rights.

            (t)     Books and Records.     The corporate records and minute books of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries have been maintained in accordance with all applicable Laws in all material respects, and such corporate records and minute books are complete and accurate in all material respects, including, but not limited to, the fact that the minute books contain the minutes of all meetings of the boards of directors, committees of the board and stockholders and all resolutions passed by the boards of directors, committees of the boards and the stockholders, except that minutes of certain recent meetings of the Pozen Board of Directors or committees thereof have not been finalized as of the date hereof. All such corporate records and minute books of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries have been provided or otherwise made available to Tribute.

            (u)     Fairness Opinions.     The Pozen Board of Directors has received the Pozen Fairness Opinions to the effect that, subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions set forth therein, as of the date of each such opinion, the Merger Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Pozen Stockholders (excluding Parent and Tribute and each of their respective Affiliates). The true, correct and complete copies of the Pozen Fairness Opinions will be provided by Pozen to Parent and Tribute solely for informational purposes not later than two Business Days after the date hereof.

            (v)     Board of Directors Approval.     The Pozen Board of Directors has unanimously determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to Pozen Stockholders and are in the best interests of Pozen, has unanimously approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, subject to Section 6.2, has unanimously resolved to recommend that Pozen Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, each director and executive officer of Pozen intends, to the knowledge of Pozen, to vote all of the Pozen Common Shares held by him or her in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and has agreed that, unless there has been a Pozen Change of Recommendation, references to such intention may be made in the Tribute Circular and other documents relating to the Arrangement.

            (w)     Environmental Matters.     Except for such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries are now and have been in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of Pozen, threatened against Pozen, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Pozen, against any Person whose liability for such Environmental Claims Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, and, to the knowledge of Pozen, there are no actions, activities, circumstances, facts, conditions, events or incidents that would reasonably be expected to give rise to such Environmental Claims; (iii) no property currently or formerly owned,

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    leased or operated by Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings or other structures), or any other location, is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance in a manner that would reasonably be expected to require remedial, investigation or clean-up activities by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or by any Person whose liability for such Environmental Claims Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries has or may have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; (iv) neither Pozen nor any Pozen Subsidiary is subject to any order, decree, injunction or agreement with any Governmental Authority, or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party, concerning liabilities or obligations relating to any Environmental Law or otherwise relating to any Hazardous Substance; (v) each of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries has all of the environmental Permits necessary for the conduct and operation of its business as now being conducted, and all such environmental Permits are in good standing; and (vi) Pozen has delivered or otherwise made available copies of any Phase I or II environmental site assessments (or similar reports), or material documents relating to any alleged or actual non-compliance with applicable Environmental Laws by Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries, in each case received or commissioned by Pozen since December 31, 2008.

            (x)     Insurance.     Section 3.1(x) of the Pozen Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of all policies of fire, liability, workmen's compensation and other forms of insurance owned by Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary. All current insurance policies and contracts of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. None of Pozen nor any of the Pozen Subsidiaries has received written notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any material insurance policies or contracts (other than in connection with normal renewals of any such insurance policies or contracts) nor, to the knowledge of Pozen, have any claims been denied under any current insurance policies, and, to the knowledge of Pozen, no threat has been made to cancel any insurance policy or contract of Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement, or to deny any claim under current insurance policies or contract.

            (y)     Stockholder Approval.     The only vote of the stockholders of Pozen required to adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger is the Pozen Stockholder Approval. No other vote of the stockholders of Pozen is required by Law, the constituent documents of Pozen or otherwise to adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger.

            (z)     Brokers and Finders.     Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries has used any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except that Pozen has engaged the Pozen Financial Advisors as its financial advisors, and no other broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any fee or commission from Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and no other Person is or may become entitled to receive any fee or other amount from Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. A true and correct copy of the engagement letter with each of Pozen's Financial Advisors in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby has been provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Tribute and has not been subsequently amended, waived or supplemented.

            (aa)     United States Investment Company Act of 1940.     Neither Pozen nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or will be as of the closing date of the Merger, an "investment company," as such term is defined under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, registered or required to be registered under such Act.

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            (bb)     Relevant Competition Laws.     Pozen is a "WTO investor" as defined in the Investment Canada Act (Canada).

            (cc)     No Other Representations and Warranties.     Except for the representations and warranties made by Pozen in this Section 3.1, neither Pozen nor any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, operations, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and Pozen hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, except for the representations and warranties made by Pozen in this Section 3.1, neither Pozen nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to Parent, Tribute or any of their respective Representatives with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospective information relating to Pozen, any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or operations or (ii) any oral or written information furnished or made available to Parent, Tribute or any of their respective Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of Pozen, the negotiation of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the accuracy, completeness or currency thereof, and neither Pozen nor any other Person will have any liability to Parent, Tribute or any other Person in respect of such information, including any subsequent use of such information, except in the case of fraud. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Pozen acknowledges and agrees that none of Parent, Tribute or any other Person has made or is making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly made by Tribute and Parent in Sections 3.2 and 3.3, respectively, including any implied representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding Parent or Tribute furnished or made available to Pozen, or any of its Representatives.

3.2   Representations and Warranties of Tribute

        Except as disclosed in the applicable section or subsection of the Tribute Disclosure Letter (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Tribute Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection of the Tribute Disclosure Letter only to the extent the relevance of such item to such other section or subsection is reasonably apparent on its face) or the Tribute Public Disclosure Record (other than any disclosure contained under the captions "Risk Factors" or "Forward Looking Statements" or similar captions and any other disclosure contained therein that is predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature), Tribute represents and warrants to and in favor of Parent and Pozen as follows and acknowledges that Parent and Pozen are relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement:

            (a)     Organization and Qualification.     Tribute has been duly amalgamated, validly exists and is in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has the requisite corporate and legal power and capacity to own its assets as now owned and to carry on its business as it is now being carried on. Each of the Tribute Subsidiaries is a corporation or other entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and has the requisite corporate, legal or other power and authority to own its assets as now owned and to carry on its business as it is now being carried on. Tribute and each of the Tribute Subsidiaries is duly qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or character of the respective properties and assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of its business or activities, makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute. Tribute has provided to Parent and Pozen true, complete and correct copies of the constituent documents of each of Tribute and Tribute's Subsidiaries, in each case as amended.

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            (b)     Authority Relative to this Agreement.     Tribute has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and (subject to obtaining the Tribute Shareholder Approval and the Required Regulatory Approvals, all as contemplated in this Agreement) to perform its obligations hereunder and to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the completion by Tribute of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Tribute Board of Directors and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Tribute are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or, subject to obtaining the Tribute Shareholder Approval as contemplated in this Agreement, the completion by Tribute of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Tribute and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Tribute enforceable against Tribute in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium and other Laws relating to limitations of actions or affecting the availability of equitable remedies and the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity.

            (c)     Required Approvals.     No authorization, license, Permit, certificate, registration, consent or approval of, or filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery by Tribute of this Agreement, the performance by Tribute of its obligations hereunder and the completion by Tribute of the Merger or the Arrangement, other than:

                (i)  the Interim Order and any filings required in order to obtain, and approvals required under, the Interim Order;

               (ii)  the Final Order, and any filings required in order to obtain the Final Order;

              (iii)  such filings and other actions required under applicable U.S. Securities Laws and Canadian Securities Laws and the rules and policies of NASDAQ, the TSXV and the TSX (if applicable), in each case, as are contemplated by this Agreement;

              (iv)  the Required Regulatory Approvals relating to Tribute; and

               (v)  any other authorizations, licenses, Permits, certificates, registrations, consents, approvals and filings and notifications with respect to which the failure to obtain or make the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute, or could not reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement.

            (d)     No Violation.     Subject to obtaining the authorizations, consents and approvals and making the filings referred to in Section 3.2(c) and the consents referred to in Section 3.2(d) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter and complying with applicable Laws and Orders, the execution and delivery by Tribute of this Agreement, the performance by Tribute of its obligations hereunder and the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement do not and will not (nor will they with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both):

                (i)  result in a contravention, breach, violation or default under any Law or Order applicable to Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective properties or assets;

               (ii)  result in a contravention, conflict, violation, breach or default under the constituent documents of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries;

              (iii)  result in a contravention, breach or default under or termination of, or acceleration or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or loss of any material benefit under, any Tribute Material Contract or material Permit to which it or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries is bound or to which

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      any of its or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries' properties or assets is subject or give to any Person any interest, benefit or right, including any right of purchase or sale, termination, payment, modification, reimbursement, penalty, cancellation or acceleration, under any such Tribute Material Contract or material Permit; or

              (iv)  result in the suspension or alteration in the terms of any material Permit held by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or in the creation of any Lien upon any of their properties or assets;

    except, in the case of each of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement.

            (e)     Capitalization of Tribute.     The authorized capital of Tribute consists of an unlimited number of Tribute Common Shares and unlimited number of preferred shares. As at the close of business on June 5, 2015, there are (i) 116,145,575 Tribute Common Shares issued and outstanding, all of which have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and no preferred shares outstanding, and (ii) 8,470,956 Tribute Options outstanding under the Tribute Stock Option Plan providing for the issuance of 8,470,956 Tribute Common Shares upon the exercise thereof and (iii) 32,273,441 Tribute Common Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options. None of such Tribute Common Shares, Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants or Tribute Compensation Options is owned by Tribute or any Subsidiary of Tribute. There is no outstanding contractual obligation of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Tribute Common Shares. Except for the Tribute Options, the Tribute Warrants and the Tribute Compensation Options, Tribute has no outstanding agreement, subscription, warrant, option, conversion or exchange privilege right, arrangement or commitment (nor has it granted any right or privilege (contingent or otherwise) capable of becoming an agreement, subscription, warrant, option, conversion or exchange privilege, right, arrangement or commitment) obligating it to issue or sell any Tribute Common Shares or other securities of Tribute, including any security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Tribute Common Shares or other security of Tribute. Except for the Tribute Options, the Tribute Warrants and the Tribute Compensation Options, neither Tribute nor any of Tribute's Subsidiaries has outstanding any stock appreciation right, phantom equity, restricted share unit, deferred share unit or similar right, agreement, arrangement or commitment based on the book value, Tribute Common Share price, income or any other attribute of or related to Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries. The Tribute Common Shares are listed on the TSXV and the OTCQX International and, except for such listings, no securities of Tribute or any of Tribute's Subsidiaries are listed on any other stock or securities exchange or market or registered under any securities Laws. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness of Tribute or any of Tribute's Subsidiaries having the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the holders of Tribute Common Shares on any matter. Section 3.2(e) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter sets out a true, complete and correct list of all Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options, the names of the holders of Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options, whether each such holder is a current director of Tribute or current employee of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries and the grant date and the exercise price for such Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options. A true, correct and complete copy of the Tribute Stock Option Plan has been provided or otherwise made available to Pozen.

            (f)     Tribute Subsidiaries.     Section 3.2(f) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each of the Tribute Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction and form of organization. Tribute or a Tribute Subsidiary is the sole registered and beneficial owner of all of

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    the outstanding shares in the capital of or outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership, equity or voting interests of the Tribute Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), all such shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and no other Person has any option, right, entitlement, understanding or commitment (contingent or otherwise) regarding the right to acquire any such share or interest in any of the Tribute Subsidiaries and no Tribute Subsidiary has any outstanding option, warrant, conversion or exchange privilege or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment obligating any such entity to issue or sell any share or ownership, equity or voting interest of such entity or security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares or ownership, equity or voting interests of any such entity. Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries own any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any other Person, other than a Tribute Subsidiary, which interest or investment is material to Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

            (g)     Securities Laws Matters.     

                (i)  Tribute is a "reporting issuer" within the meaning of applicable Canadian Securities Laws in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and not on the list of reporting issuers in default under applicable Canadian Securities Laws in any such jurisdiction. No securities commission or similar regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending trading of any securities of Tribute.

               (ii)  Tribute is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. Securities Law and the requirements of TSXV and the OTCQX International for continued listing of the Tribute Common Shares thereon. Except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Tribute has not taken any action designed to terminate, or likely to have the effect of causing Tribute to cease to be a reporting issuer or which could lead to the de-listing of such shares from the facilities of the TSXV or the OTCQX International.

              (iii)  Trading in the Tribute Common Shares on the TSXV is not currently halted or suspended. No delisting, suspension of trading or cease trading order with respect to any securities of Tribute is pending or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened. To the knowledge of Tribute, as of the date of this Agreement, no inquiry, review or investigation (formal or informal) of Tribute by any securities commission, the TSXV or any similar regulatory authority under applicable Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. Securities Laws or the policies of the TSXV is in effect or ongoing or expected to be implemented or undertaken.

              (iv)  Except as set forth above in this Section 3.2(g), neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to continuous disclosure or other public reporting requirements under any securities Laws.

               (v)  Since December 31, 2012, Tribute has timely filed all forms, reports, statements and documents, including financial statements and management's discussion and analysis required to be filed by Tribute under applicable Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. Securities Law and the rules and policies of TSXV and the OTCQX International. The documents in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record, as at the respective dates filed, were in compliance in all material respects with applicable Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. Securities Law and, where applicable, the rules and policies of TSXV and the OTCQX International.

              (vi)  None of the documents in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record, as of their respective dates (and, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date hereof, then on the date of such filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in

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      light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Tribute has not filed any confidential material change reports which remain confidential as at the date hereof.

            (h)     Financial Statements.     

                (i)  The Tribute Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a basis consistent with those of previous periods and in accordance with applicable Laws, except as otherwise stated in the notes to such statements or in the auditor's report thereon and subject, in the case of the Tribute Interim Financial Statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments, which are not material to Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, individually or in the aggregate, and may omit notes which are not material and are not required by applicable Laws or U.S. GAAP. The Tribute Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of stockholders' equity and consolidated statements of cash flows of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods set forth therein. There are no outstanding loans made by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries to any director or officer of Tribute. All of such documents in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record (including any financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein), as of their respective dates (and as of the date of any amendment to the respective document in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws, as applicable.

               (ii)  Tribute has designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused them to be designed under the supervision of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to Tribute is made known to its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer by others within Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries.

              (iii)  Tribute has designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused them to be designed under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Tribute, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and applicable Canadian Securities Laws. To the knowledge of Tribute, since December 31, 2012: (A) except as set forth on Section 3.2(h)(iii) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, there have been no significant deficiencies in the design or operation of, or material weaknesses in, the internal controls over financial reporting of Tribute that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Tribute's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and (B) there is and has been no fraud, whether or not material, involving management or any other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of Tribute. To the knowledge of Tribute, since December 31, 2012, Tribute has received no (x) written complaints from any source regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters or (y) written reports from employees of Tribute regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

            (i)     No Undisclosed Liabilities.     Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries have no liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet (or the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, other than (i) liabilities and obligations disclosed in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record, (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than those specifically disclosed in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record) that would not reasonably be expected to be material to Tribute and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than those disclosed in the Tribute Public Disclosure Record), (iii) liabilities under Contracts (other than any

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    such liability resulting from a breach or default thereunder) and (iv) liabilities and obligations incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting anything set forth herein, the Tribute Financial Statements reflected and continued to reflect, in each case as of the date filed, appropriate reserves under U.S. GAAP for contingent liabilities relating to pending or anticipated litigation and other contingent obligations of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries.

            (j)     Absence of Certain Changes.     From the date of the most recent Tribute Annual Financial Statements to the date of this Agreement, (i) no result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or arisen which has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute and (ii) Tribute and each of the Tribute Subsidiaries has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

            (k)     Compliance with Laws.     Since December 31, 2012, the business of Tribute and of each of the Tribute Subsidiaries has been and is currently being conducted in material compliance with all applicable Laws, Orders, Regulatory Guidelines and policies and neither Tribute nor any Tribute Subsidiary has received any written notice of any alleged material non-compliance or violation of any such Laws, Orders or Regulatory Guidelines. Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has taken or committed to take any action which would cause Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries to be in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) or any applicable Laws of similar effect, and, to the knowledge of Tribute, no such action has been taken by any Person acting on behalf of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries.

            (l)     Litigation.     Section 3.2(l) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Proceedings to which Tribute is a party. Except as set forth on Section 3.2(l) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, there is no Proceeding against or involving Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries (whether in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened) that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute or would prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and Arrangement and, to the knowledge of Tribute, no event or circumstance has occurred which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Proceeding. Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any outstanding Order that would reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement or have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute.

            (m)     Real Property.     Section 3.2(m) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter contains (a) a list of all leases and subleases pursuant to which Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary currently leases real property as tenant (the " Tribute Real Property Leases ") and (b) a list of all real property owned by Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary (" Tribute Owned Real Property "). Each Tribute Real Property Lease is a valid leasehold, sublease interest or comparable right, and Tribute or one of the Tribute Subsidiaries holds good, valid and marketable beneficial and legal title to the Tribute Owned Real Property. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened condemnation or expropriation proceedings with respect to any Tribute Owned Real Property. There are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to purchase any Tribute Owned Real Property (or any portion thereof or interest therein). Except for Permitted Liens, there are no Liens registered against any Tribute Owned Real Property.

            (n)     Contracts.     

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      any of the following types of Contract (other than a Tribute Employment Agreement or a Tribute Plan) (each of the following types of Contracts, a " Tribute Material Contract "):

                (A)  any Contract entered into outside of the ordinary course of business which is both (i) reasonably expected to involve the payment or receipt in 2015 or any subsequent year of an amount in excess of $500,000, and (ii) not terminable by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries on three (3) months' notice or less;

                (B)  any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, note, mortgage, security agreement, loan commitment or other Contract relating to the indebtedness of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary in an amount in excess of $500,000;

                (C)  any Contract granting to any Person a right of first refusal or option to purchase or acquire any assets of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary valued at an amount in excess of $500,000;

                (D)  any real property lease, rental or occupancy agreement under which Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary continues to have obligations or rights;

                (E)  any Contract pursuant to which Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary (i) is granted or obtains or agrees to obtain any right or license to use any material Intellectual Property (excluding commercially available software where the failure to obtain or hold such license would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute), (ii) is restricted in its right to use or register any material Intellectual Property owned by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries, or (iii) grants, or agrees to grant, to any other Person any right or license to use, obtain, enforce or register any material Intellectual Property owned by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries, including any license agreements, option agreements and covenants not to sue;

                (F)  except for any non-solicit obligations, any Contract that obligates Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary or its Affiliates not to compete with another Person, requires Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary to acquire or sell any product, asset or service exclusively from or to any other Person, or otherwise contractually restricts Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary or its Affiliates from acquiring any material product, asset or service from any other Person, or providing products, assets or services to any other Person, or developing or distributing any product to any Person or in any geographic location;

                (G)  any Contract entered into since December 31, 2012: (i) relating to the merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or any similar extraordinary transaction with respect to Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary, (ii) relating to a material acquisition or disposition by Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary, (iii) relating to the acquisition, issuance or transfer of any securities (other than employment agreements and the Tribute Stock Option Plan) of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary, or (iv) relating to any partnership, strategic alliance or joint venture agreement; and

                (H)  except for any Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business with any employee, director or officer of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary or any Contract with any stockholder of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary entered into since December 31, 2012.

               (ii)  True, correct and complete copies of each Tribute Material Contract in effect on the date hereof that has not been part of the Tribute Public Disclosure Record have been provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Pozen.

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      other parties thereto is in breach or violation of or in default under, or committed or failed to perform any act which would result in a default under (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both), any Tribute Material Contract in any material respect, and none of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has received or given any notice of default under any Tribute Material Contract which remains uncured. To the knowledge of Tribute, there exists no state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under or breach or violation of any Tribute Material Contract or the inability of a party to any Tribute Material Contract to perform its obligations thereunder where, in any such case, such default, breach, violation or non-performance has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement. To the knowledge of Tribute, no Person has challenged in writing the validity or enforceability of any Tribute Material Contract.

              (iv)  There are no shareholders or stockholders agreements, registration rights agreements (other than the Form F-3 Resale Registration Statement filed with the SEC via EDGAR on August 1, 2014), voting trusts, proxies or similar agreements, arrangements or commitments, to which Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries is a party or, to the knowledge of Tribute, with respect to any shares or other equity interests of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or any other Contract relating to disposition, voting or dividends with respect to any shares or other equity securities of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries.

               (v)  As of the date of this Agreement, neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has received written notice of the termination of, or intent to terminate or otherwise fail to materially perform, any Tribute Material Contract.

            (o)     Taxes.     

                (i)  Tribute and each of its Subsidiaries has duly and timely made or prepared all material Tax Returns required to be made or prepared by it, has duly and timely filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it with the appropriate Governmental Authority and has completely and correctly reported all income and all other amounts or information required to be reported thereon. Tribute has provided Parent and Pozen copies of its Canadian federal income Tax Return and each other material income Tax Return for taxable years ending 2013, 2012 and 2011. The Canadian federal income Tax Return and each other material income Tax Return filed by Tribute and each of its Subsidiaries for the taxable year ending 2014 shall be made available to Parent and Pozen upon filing of such Tax Return with the appropriate Governmental Authority. All material Tax Returns provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Pozen are true, complete and correct copies of such Tax Returns.

               (ii)  Tribute and each of the Tribute Subsidiaries has: (A) duly and timely paid all material Taxes due and payable by it other than those that are being contested in good faith pursuant to applicable Laws and in respect of which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with U.S. GAAP in the Tribute Interim Financial Statements; (B) duly and timely withheld all material Taxes and other amounts required by applicable Laws to be withheld by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority such Taxes and other amounts required by applicable Laws to be remitted by it; and (C) duly and timely collected all material amounts on account of employment, sales or transfer taxes, including goods and services, harmonized, sales, value added and federal, provincial, state or territorial sales taxes, required by applicable Laws to be collected by it and has duly and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority any such amounts required by applicable Laws to be remitted by it.

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              (iii)  No audit, action, investigation, deficiency, litigation, proposed adjustment or other Proceeding exists or has been asserted or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened with respect to Taxes or Tax Returns of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Proceeding for assessment, reassessment, or collection of Taxes and no such Proceeding has been asserted or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened against Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, and there are no matters of dispute or matters under discussion with any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes assessed by any Governmental Authority against Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to Tax Returns or any other matters which could result in claims for Taxes or additional Taxes. Neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any use of an improper method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date.

              (iv)  There are no currently effective or pending material elections, agreements, or waivers extending the limitation period or providing for an extension of time with respect to the assessment or reassessment of any Taxes, the filing of any Tax Return, or the payment of any Taxes by Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries.

               (v)  Neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries has made, prepared and/or filed any elections, designations, or similar filings relating to Taxes or entered into any agreement or other arrangement in respect of Taxes or Tax Returns that has effect for any period ending after the Closing Date.

              (vi)  To the knowledge of Tribute (including management employees knowledgeable about Tribute Tax matters), there are no Liens for Taxes on the property or assets of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted Liens.

             (vii)  All transactions between Tribute and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Tribute or another such Subsidiary, on the other hand, have been effected at the values and on the terms that would have been agreed by unrelated parties acting at arm's length.

            (viii)  Section 3.2(o) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter contains a list of all jurisdictions in which Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries has filed, or is required to file, a Tax Return.

              (ix)  Except as set forth on Section 3.2(o) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) is subject to liability for Taxes of any other Person or (2) has entered into any agreement with, or provided any undertaking to, any Person pursuant to which it has assumed liability for the payment of income Taxes owing by such Person where the sole purpose of such agreements or undertakings is the assumption of such liability.

               (x)  No private letter rulings or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Governmental Authority with respect to Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries pertaining to Taxes.

              (xi)  The charges, accruals, and reserves for Taxes reflected on the Tribute Interim Financial Statements (whether or not due and whether or not shown on any Tax Return, but excluding any provision for deferred income Taxes) are adequate under U.S. GAAP to cover Taxes with respect to Tribute and each of its Subsidiaries accruing through the date hereof.

             (xii)  The transactions contemplated under this Agreement will not accelerate the recognition of taxable income by Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries.

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            (p)     Employment Agreements and Collective Agreements.     Except as set forth on Section 3.2(p) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, none of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries is a party to or bound or governed by (or currently negotiating in connection with entering into), or subject to, or has any liability with respect to:

                (i)  any employment, retention or change of control agreement with, or any written or oral agreement, commitment, obligation, arrangement, plan or understanding providing for any retention, bonus, severance, change of control, retirement or termination payments to any current or, to the extent any liability remains outstanding, former director, officer or employee of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries (each, a " Tribute Employment Agreement ") in excess of $250,000;

               (ii)  any collective bargaining or union agreements or other Contract with a labor union, labor organization or employee association, or any actual or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened application for certification, recognition or bargaining rights in respect of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries, or any Proceeding seeking to compel Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries to bargain with any labor organization as to wages or conditions of employment;

              (iii)  any organized labor dispute, work stoppage or slowdown, strike or lock-out relating to or involving any employees of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries; or

              (iv)  any actual or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened grievance, claim or other Proceeding arising out of or in connection with any labor or employment matter by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or the termination thereof except as would not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute.

            True, complete and correct copies of the agreements, arrangements, plans and understandings referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.2(p) have been provided or otherwise made available to Pozen. Except as would not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute, each of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable Laws (domestic and foreign), Orders, Contracts and Tribute material policies relating to employment, employment practices, wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment.

            (q)     Pension and Employee Benefits .    

                (i)  Section 3.2(q)(i) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each Tribute Plan.

               (ii)  With respect to each Tribute Plan, Tribute has provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Pozen (A) a true and complete copy of each Tribute Plan, including any amendments thereto and all material supporting documents; (B) latest annual report, if any; (C) copies of all material communications received in the last three (3) years with applicable Governmental Authorities; (D) each trust or other funding arrangement; (E) each summary plan description (if applicable); and (F) where applicable, the most recent financial statements and actuarial or other valuation reports prepared with respect thereto.

              (iii)  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(q)(iii) of the Disclosure Letter or as contemplated herein, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (A) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary to termination or severance pay (or a material increase thereof), or (B) accelerate the time of funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise), payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation or benefit due any such employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary.

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              (iv)  There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened actions, suits, disputes or claims by or on behalf of any Tribute Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any such Tribute Plan, as applicable, or otherwise involving any such Tribute Plan (other than routine claims for benefits).

               (v)  No Tribute Plan provides welfare or post-retirement benefits, including, without limitation, death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), beyond retirement or termination of service to employees or former employees or to the beneficiaries or dependents of such employees, other than coverage mandated solely by applicable Law or at the expense of the participant or the participant's beneficiary.

              (vi)  None of Tribute, any Tribute Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates sponsors, contributes to or has any liability under, or in the past six (6) years sponsored, contributed to or had liability under (A) a plan subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA, (B) any "multiemployer plan" as defined in Sections 3(37)(A) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, (C) any plan that is subject to Sections 4063, 4064 or 4066 of ERISA or (D) any multiple employer welfare arrangement within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA.

             (vii)  All contributions, premiums or Taxes required to be made or paid by Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, under or in connection with the Tribute Plans have been made in a timely fashion in accordance with Laws and the terms of the applicable Tribute Plan.

            (viii)  Tribute and each Tribute Subsidiary has, for purposes of each Tribute Plan, correctly classified all individuals performing services for either or both of them as common law employees, independent contractors or agents, as applicable.

              (ix)  None of Tribute, any of its Subsidiaries or to the knowledge of Tribute, any other persons with respect to whom Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary would have an obligation to indemnify has engaged in a prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA) that could result in a material liability to Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary.

            (r)     Intellectual Property .    

                (i)  Section 3.2(r)(i) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all (A) Patents, (B) Trademark registrations and applications and material unregistered Trademarks, (C) Copyright registrations and applications, and (D) material Software, in each case which is owned by, or exclusively licensed to, Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction in the world (collectively, the " Tribute Intellectual Property "), indicating, for each item of Tribute Intellectual Property, the owner, registration or application number (as applicable) and the applicable filing jurisdiction. Tribute or one of the Tribute Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive beneficial and, with respect to applications and registrations (including Patents), record owner or exclusive licensee of the record owner of each item of the Tribute Intellectual Property set forth in Section 3.2(r)(i) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, and, except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute, to the knowledge of Tribute, all such Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid, and enforceable.

               (ii)  To the knowledge of Tribute and except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(ii) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, Tribute or one of the Tribute Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), or has a valid right to use, all Intellectual Property (A) related to the products or product candidates presently sold or under development in the conduct of the business of Tribute or one of the Tribute Subsidiaries and (B) used or held for use in, or necessary to conduct, the business and operations of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries as presently conducted.

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              (iii)  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(iii) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, there are no Orders, writs, injunctions or decrees to which Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries is subject with respect to any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of the business of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries as presently conducted that is owned by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of Tribute, any such Orders, writs, injunctions or decrees with respect to such Intellectual Property used or held for use by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries.

              (iv)  To the knowledge of Tribute, there is no valid basis for a claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation of material Intellectual Property rights against Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries in respect of the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted.

               (v)  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(v) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Tribute, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any material Intellectual Property owned, used or held for use by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries in the conduct of the business of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries as presently conducted, and no such claims have been asserted or threatened against any Person by Tribute or the Tribute Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Tribute, any other Person, in the past six (6) years.

              (vi)  Except as set forth in Section 3.2(r)(vi) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Tribute, there has been no claim asserted or threatened, or Proceedings of any kind pending or in progress, challenging the scope, validity or enforceability of any material Tribute Intellectual Property applications or registrations (including Patents) owned by or licensed to Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries.

            (s)     Regulatory Matters .    

                (i)  Since December 31, 2012, the businesses of each of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries and to the knowledge of Tribute, its third party suppliers and contractors, have been and are being conducted in material compliance with all Laws governing the quality, identity, strength, purity, safety, efficacy, investigation, development, record keeping, reporting, testing, development, manufacturing, processing, packaging, labeling, storage, transportation, importation, exportation and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs, including without limitation, to the extent applicable, (A) the FDCA; (B) the Public Health Service Act of 1944; (C) the CFDA; the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C. c. 870 as am.); the Canadian Medical Device Regulations (SOR/98-282 as am.); (D) United States federal Medicare and Medicaid statutes and related state or local statutes or regulations; (E) United States federal or state criminal or civil Laws (including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7(b))), Stark Law (42 U.S.C. §1395nn), False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §3729, et seq.), the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, HIPAA; (F) the Canadian Patent Act (R.S.C. 1985 c. P-4 as am.) and Patented Medicine (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (SOR/93-133 as am.), the Patented Medicine Regulations, 1994 (SOR/94-688) and the guidelines of the PMPRB; (G) the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, 96 Stat. 2049; (H) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; (I) state or provincial licensing, disclosure, billing, labeling, storage, testing, distribution, sales, marketing and reporting requirements for pharmaceutical products and medical devices; (J) any applicable privacy laws including, without limitation, PIPEDA and PHIPA; (K) all Laws similar to the foregoing in all other jurisdictions; and (L) all binding rules and regulations issued under such Laws.

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      each of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries holds all material Regulatory Authorizations necessary for the lawful operation of their businesses and the import, testing, manufacturing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution, marketing, promotion, or export, as applicable, of each of their products, including without limitation notices of compliance, drug establishment licenses, medical device establishment licenses and medical device licenses. All such material Regulatory Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect or in the process of being obtained in the ordinary course of business. Since December 31, 2012, there has not occurred any violation of, default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or event giving to others any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, any Regulatory Authorization, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute. Tribute and each of the Tribute Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the terms of all Regulatory Authorizations, and no event has occurred that, to the knowledge of Tribute, would reasonably be expected to result in the suspension, revocation, cancellation, non-renewal or adverse modification of any Regulatory Authorization.

              (iii)  All pre-clinical and clinical investigations conducted or sponsored by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries have been, since December 31, 2012, and are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Regulatory Guidelines administered or issued by the applicable Regulatory Authorities, including where applicable (A) FDA standards for conducting non-clinical laboratory studies contained in Title 21 part 58 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (B) FDA standards for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analysis, reporting of serious adverse reactions, and reporting of clinical trials contained in Title 21 parts 50, 54, 56, 312, 314 and 320 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (C) Division 5 of the Food and Drug Regulations regarding Drugs for Clinical Trials Involving Human Subjects, Part 3 of the Medical Device Regulations (SOR/98-282 as am.), and (D) the federal, state and provincial Laws and Regulatory Guidelines restricting the collection, use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information and personal information, including without limitation PHIPA and PIPEDA. Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has received any written notice, correspondence or other communication from any Regulatory Authority, including the FDA, Health Canada, any Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board or any other Regulatory Authority since December 31, 2012, initiating or requiring, and are not aware of any facts which are reasonably likely to cause, the termination, suspension or materially adverse modification of any pre-clinical or clinical trial conducted or sponsored by Tribute or the Tribute Subsidiaries.

              (iv)  All material reports, documents, claims, permits, applications, accreditations and notices required to be filed, maintained or furnished to the FDA, Health Canada, PMPRB or any other Regulatory Authority by Tribute and its Subsidiaries have been so filed, maintained or furnished. All such reports, documents, claims, permits, applications, and notices were complete and accurate in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing) such that no liability exists with respect to such filing. Neither Tribute nor any Tribute Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of Tribute, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, has made an untrue statement of a material fact or a fraudulent statement to the FDA, Health Canada, PMPRB or any other Regulatory Authority, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA, Health Canada, PMPRB or any other Regulatory Authority, or, to the knowledge of Tribute, committed an act, made a statement or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made, would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting "Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities," set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any other Regulatory Authority to invoke any similar policy. Neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries is

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      to the knowledge of Tribute the subject of any pending or threatened investigation by the FDA, Health Canada, or any other Regulatory Authority pursuant to such policies.

               (v)  Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has received any written information from the FDA, Health Canada or any other Regulatory Authority that would reasonably be expected to lead to the denial of any application for marketing approval currently pending before the FDA, Health Canada or such other Regulatory Authority.

              (vi)  Neither Tribute nor any of Tribute Subsidiaries has received any warning letters from the FDA, Health Canada, or any other Regulatory Authority regarding inappropriate advertising or marketing of any of its products or any written notice of any actual or potential violation of Laws with respect to the advertising or marketing of any of its products. Each product of Tribute or its Subsidiaries is labeled, packaged, advertised and marketed as necessary to enable its sale to be lawful in Canada including compliance with FDA and Federal Drug Regulations.

             (vii)  Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries (A) are not a party to and do not have any obligations under any settlement agreement entered into with any Regulatory Authority and (B) since December 31, 2012, have not been the subject of any Regulatory Authority or medical reimbursement investigation other than routine audits and reviews, in any case that would, individually or in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute.

            (viii)  Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of Tribute, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries, has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(a) or any similar Law or authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(b) or any similar Law, nor has any such person been so disbarred. Neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of Tribute, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which such Person could be excluded from participating in the United States federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, or any similar Law or program or has been excluded from participation in such programs. Neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to its knowledge, any officer, employee, agent or distributor of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries is subject to an investigation or proceeding by any Regulatory Authority that could result in suspension, exclusion, or debarment, and there are no facts that could give rise to such suspension, exclusion or debarment.

              (ix)  Each product or product candidate currently under development or being sold by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries and which is subject to the CFDA, FDCA or any Law or Regulatory Guidelines in any foreign jurisdiction that is or has been developed, manufactured, tested, distributed and/or marketed by or on behalf of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries (each a " Tribute Product ") is being or has been developed, imported, tested, manufactured, handled, stored, transported, sold, distributed, marketed, promoted or exported in material compliance with all applicable requirements under the CFDA, FDCA or any other applicable state, provincial and similar Laws, Regulations and Regulatory Guidelines, including those relating to investigational use, special access, pre-market clearance or marketing approval, good manufacturing practices, good clinical practices, good laboratory practices, labeling, advertising, record keeping, filing of reports, protection of human subjects, humane care and use of laboratory animals, Law or Regulatory Guidelines governing the practice of pharmacy, data integrity and security, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute. To Tribute's knowledge, no employee of Tribute or a Tribute Subsidiary responsible for management of the import, testing, manufacturing, handling, storage, transportation, sale,

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      distribution, marketing, promotion or export of the Tribute Products has been sanctioned by a Governmental Authority for non-compliance with applicable Laws or Regulatory Guidelines.

               (x)  (A) Neither Tribute, nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries nor, to Tribute's knowledge to the extent it relates to any Tribute Products, any subcontractors, contract manufacturers or other parties has, since December 31, 2012, received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, notice of violation, untitled letter, warning letter, data integrity review or other similar correspondence or notice from the FDA, Health Canada, state, provincial or any other Regulatory Authority, and (B) there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened, in the case of either (A) or (B): (I) contesting the pre-market clearance or approval of, the uses of, the reimbursement of or the labeling or promotion of any Tribute Product (II) contesting the compliance with Law or Regulatory Guidelines of any facility where a Tribute Product is developed, tested, manufactured, handled, stored, distributed or transported or (C) otherwise alleging any violation applicable to any Tribute Product or manufacturing process of any Law or Regulatory Guidelines by Tribute or Tribute's Subsidiaries.

              (xi)  Since December 31, 2012, Tribute and Tribute's Subsidiaries have not either voluntarily or involuntarily initiated, conducted or issued, or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, field notification, field correction, market withdrawal or replacement, warning, "dear doctor" letter, investigator notice, safety alert or other notice or action relating to an alleged lack of safety, lack of efficacy, adulteration, misbranding or lack of regulatory compliance of any Tribute Product. Tribute and Tribute's Subsidiaries are not aware of any facts which are reasonably likely to cause, and neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has received any written notice that the FDA, Health Canada or any other Regulatory Authority or Governmental Authority has commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to cause (A) the seizure, recall, market withdrawal or replacement of any Tribute Product, (B) a change in the marketing classification or a material change in the labeling or advertising of any Tribute Product, or (C) a termination, suspension or injunction of the manufacture, marketing, storage or distribution of any Tribute Products. Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all recalls, market withdrawals or other corrective actions and have no obligation or liability with respect to any recall, market withdrawal or corrective action.

             (xii)  Tribute and its Subsidiaries have made available to Pozen complete and accurate copies of all: (a) serious adverse event reports, periodic adverse event reports and other pharmacovigilance reports and data, (b) material communications with Regulatory Authorities, and (c) material documents and other information submitted to or received by or on behalf of Tribute or any of Tribute's Subsidiaries with or from any Regulatory Authority, including inspection reports, warning letters and similar documents which are in Tribute's possession or to which Tribute has contractual access rights.

            (t)     Books and Records.     The corporate records and minute books of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries have been maintained in accordance with all applicable Laws in all material respects, and such corporate records and minute books are complete and accurate in all material respects, including, but not limited to, the fact that the minute books contain the minutes of all meetings of the boards of directors, committees of the board and stockholders and all resolutions passed by the boards of directors, committees of the boards and the stockholders, except that minutes of certain recent meetings of the Tribute Board of Directors or committees thereof have not been finalized as of the date hereof. All such corporate records and minute books of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries have been provided or otherwise made available to Pozen.

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    forth therein, as of the date of such opinion, the Arrangement Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Tribute Shareholders (excluding Parent, Pozen and their respective Affiliates). A true, correct and complete copy of the Tribute Fairness Opinion will be provided by Tribute to Parent and Pozen solely for informational purposes not later than two Business Days after the date hereof.

            (v)     Board of Directors Approval.     The Tribute Board of Directors has unanimously determined that this Agreement and the Arrangement are fair to Tribute Shareholders and are in the best interests of Tribute, has unanimously approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, subject to Section 6.4, has unanimously resolved to recommend that Tribute Shareholders vote in favor of the Tribute Shareholder Resolution. As of the date of this Agreement, each director and executive officer of Tribute intends, to the knowledge of Tribute, to vote all of the Tribute Common Shares held by him or her in favor of the Tribute Shareholder Resolution and has agreed that, unless there has been a Tribute Change of Recommendation, references to such intention may be made in the Pozen Proxy Statement and other documents relating to the Merger.

            (w)     Environmental Matters.     Except for such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries are now and have been in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of Tribute, threatened against Tribute, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Tribute, against any Person whose liability for such Environmental Claims Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, and, to the knowledge of Tribute, there are no actions, activities, circumstances, facts, conditions, events or incidents that would reasonably be expected to give rise to such Environmental Claims; (iii) to the knowledge of Tribute, no property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings or other structures), or any other location, is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance in a manner that would reasonably be expected to require remedial, investigation or clean-up activities by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or by any Person whose liability for such Environmental Claims Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries has or may have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; (iv) neither Tribute nor any Tribute Subsidiary is subject to any order, decree, injunction or agreement with any Governmental Authority, or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party, concerning liabilities or obligations relating to any Environmental Law or otherwise relating to any Hazardous Substance; (v) each of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries has all of the environmental Permits necessary for the conduct and operation of its business as now being conducted, and all such environmental Permits are in good standing; and (vi) Tribute has delivered or otherwise made available copies of any Phase I or II environmental site assessments (or similar reports), or material documents relating to any alleged or actual non-compliance with applicable Environmental Laws by Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries, in each case received or commissioned by Tribute since December 31, 2008.

            (x)     Insurance.     Section 3.2(x) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of all policies of fire, liability, workmen's compensation and other forms of insurance owned by Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary. All current insurance policies and contracts of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. None of Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has received written notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any material insurance policies or contracts (other than in connection with normal renewals of any such insurance policies or contracts) nor, to the knowledge of Tribute, have any claims been denied under any current insurance policies, and, to the knowledge of Tribute, no threat has been made to cancel any insurance policy or contract of Tribute or any

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    Tribute Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement, or to deny any claim under current insurance policies or contract.

            (y)     Tribute Shareholder Approval.     The only vote of the Tribute Shareholders required to approve the Arrangement is the Tribute Shareholder Resolution. No other vote of the Tribute Shareholders is required by Law, the constituent documents of Tribute or otherwise to adopt this Agreement and approve the Arrangement.

            (z)     Brokers and Finders.     Neither Tribute nor any of the Tribute Subsidiaries has used any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except that Tribute has engaged the Tribute Financial Advisors as its financial advisors, and no other broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any fee or commission from Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and no other Person is or may become entitled to receive any fee or other amount from Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. A true and correct copy of the engagement letter with the Tribute Financial Advisors in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby has been provided or otherwise made available to Parent and Pozen and has not been subsequently amended, waived or supplemented.

            (aa)     United States Investment Company Act of 1940.     Neither Tribute nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or will be as of the closing date of the Arrangement, an "investment company," as such term is defined under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, registered or required to be registered under such Act.

            (bb)     No Other Representations and Warranties.     Except for the representations and warranties made by Tribute in this Section 3.2, neither Tribute nor any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, operations, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and Tribute hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, except for the representations and warranties made by Tribute in this Section 3.2, neither Tribute nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to Parent, Pozen or any of their respective Representatives with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospective information relating to Tribute, any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or operations or (ii) any oral or written information furnished or made available to Parent, Pozen or any of their respective Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of Tribute, the negotiation of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the accuracy, completeness or currency thereof, and neither Tribute nor any other Person will have any liability to Parent, Pozen or any other Person in respect of such information, including any subsequent use of such information, except in the case of fraud. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Tribute acknowledges and agrees that none of Parent, Pozen or any other Person has made or is making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly made by Pozen and Parent in Sections 3.1 and 3.3, respectively, including any implied representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding Parent or Pozen furnished or made available to Tribute, or any of its Representatives.

3.3   Representations and Warranties of Parent

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acknowledges that Pozen and Tribute are relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement:

            (a)     Organization and Qualification.     Parent has been duly incorporated and validly exists under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the requisite corporate and legal power and capacity to own its assets as now owned and to carry on its business as it is now being carried on. Each of the Parent Material Subsidiaries is a corporation or other entity duly organized, validly existing and, where relevant, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and has the requisite corporate, legal or other power and authority to own its assets as now owned and to carry on its business as it is now being carried on. Parent and each of the Parent Material Subsidiaries is duly qualified to carry on business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or character of the respective properties and assets, owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of its business or activities, makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and the Parent Material Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Parent has provided or otherwise made available to Pozen and Tribute true, complete and correct copies of the memorandum and articles of association or other constituent documents of each of Parent, Can Merger Sub and US Merger Sub, in each case, as amended.

            (b)     Authority Relative to this Agreement.     Each Parent Party has the requisite corporate power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and (subject to obtaining the Required Regulatory Approvals, all as contemplated in this Agreement) to perform its obligations hereunder and to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the completion by each Parent Party of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by its respective board of directors and no other corporate proceedings on the part of any Parent Party are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or the completion by any Parent Party of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Parent Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Parent Party enforceable against such Parent Party in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium and other Laws relating to limitations of actions or affecting the availability of equitable remedies and the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity.

            (c)     Required Approvals.     No authorization, license, Permit, certificate, registration, consent or approval of, or filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery by the Parent Parties of this Agreement, the performance by any Parent Party of its obligations hereunder and the completion by the Parent Parties of the Merger and the Arrangement, other than:

                (i)  the Interim Order and any filings required in order to obtain, and approvals required under, the Interim Order;

               (ii)  the Final Order, and any filings required in order to obtain the Final Order;

              (iii)  such filings and other actions required under applicable Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. Securities Laws or other applicable Laws, and the rules and policies of the TSXV, the TSX and NASDAQ, in each case, as are contemplated by this Agreement;

              (iv)  the Required Regulatory Approvals relating to the Parent Parties; and

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      not reasonably be expected to prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement.

            (d)     No Violation.     Subject to obtaining the authorizations, consents and approvals and making the filings referred to in Section 3.3(c) and complying with applicable Laws and Orders, the execution and delivery by each Parent Party of this Agreement, the performance by such Parent Party of its obligations hereunder and the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement do not and will not (nor will they with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both):

                (i)  result in a contravention, breach, violation or default under any Law or Order applicable to Parent or any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective properties or assets;

               (ii)  result in a contravention, conflict, violation, breach or default under the memorandum and articles of association or other constituent documents of Parent or any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries;

              (iii)  result in a contravention, breach or default under or termination of, or acceleration or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or loss of any benefit under, any material Contract or material Permit to which it or any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of the Parent Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of its or any of the Parent Subsidiaries' properties or assets is subject or give to any Person any interest, benefit or right, including any right of purchase or sale, termination, payment, modification, reimbursement, penalty, cancellation or acceleration, under any such material Contract or material Permit; or

              (iv)  result in the suspension or alteration in the terms of any material Permit held by Parent or any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries or in the creation of any Lien upon any of their properties or assets;

    except, in the case of each of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.

            (e)     Capitalization of Parent.     As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital of Parent consists of 1,000,000,000 Parent Shares. All of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Parent have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as contemplated by the Merger, the Arrangement and this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding agreements, subscriptions, warrants, options, rights or commitments (nor has Parent granted any other right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, subscription, warrant, option, right or commitment) obligating Parent to issue or sell any ordinary shares or other securities of Parent, including any security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any ordinary shares or other security of Parent.

            (f)     Capitalization of US Merger Sub.     As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital of US Merger Sub consists of one hundred (100) shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share. All of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of US Merger Sub have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except contemplated by the Merger, the Arrangement and this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement there are no outstanding agreements, subscriptions, warrants, options, rights or commitments (nor has US Merger Sub granted any other right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, subscription, warrant, option, right or commitment) obligating US Merger Sub to issue or sell any ordinary shares or other securities of US Merger Sub, including any security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any ordinary shares or other security of US Merger Sub.

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            (g)     Capitalization of Can Merger Sub.     As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital of Can Merger Sub consists of an unlimited of common shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares issuable in series. All of the issued and outstanding common shares of Can Merger Sub have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. As of the date of this Agreement, other than as contemplated by this Agreement there are no outstanding agreements, subscriptions, warrants, options, rights or commitments (nor has Can Merger Sub granted any other right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, subscription, warrant, option, right or commitment) obligating Can Merger Sub to issue or sell any ordinary shares or other securities of Can Merger Sub, including any security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares or other security of Can Merger Sub.

            (h)     Parent Material Subsidiaries.     Parent or a wholly owned Parent Subsidiary is the sole registered and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding shares in the capital of or outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership, equity or voting interests of the Parent Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and no other Person has any option, right, entitlement, understanding or commitment (contingent or otherwise) regarding the right to acquire any such share or interest in any of the Parent Subsidiaries and no outstanding option, warrant, conversion or exchange privilege or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment obligating any such entity to issue or sell any share or ownership, equity or voting interest of such entity or security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares or ownership, equity or voting interests of any such entity. Neither Parent nor any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries own any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any other Person, other than a Parent Material Subsidiary, which interest or investment is material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

            (i)     No Undisclosed Liabilities.     Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries have no liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet (or the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, other than (i) liabilities and obligations disclosed in the Parent Public Disclosure Record, (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than those specifically disclosed in the Parent Public Disclosure Record) that would not reasonably be expected to be material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than those disclosed in the Parent Public Disclosure Record), (iii) liabilities under Contracts (other than any such liability resulting from a breach or default thereunder) and (iv) liabilities and obligations incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

            (j)     Absence of Certain Changes.     From the date of formation to the date of this Agreement, (i) no result, fact, change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or arisen which has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and (ii) Parent and each of the Parent Material Subsidiaries has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business.

            (k)     Compliance with Laws.     Since inception, the business of Parent and of each of the Parent Material Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Parent, each other Parent Subsidiary, has been and is currently being conducted in material compliance with all applicable Laws, Orders and Regulatory Guidelines and neither Parent nor any Parent Material Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any other Parent Subsidiary, has received any written notice of any alleged material non-compliance or violation of any such Laws, Orders or Regulatory Guidelines, except where any failure of compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.

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            (l)     Litigation.     There is no Proceeding against or involving Parent or any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries (whether in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened) that, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or would prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement and, to the knowledge of Parent, no event or circumstance has occurred which would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Proceeding. Neither Parent nor any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any outstanding Order that would reasonably be expected to (i) prevent or significantly impede or materially delay the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement or (ii) have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.

            (m)     Board of Directors Approval.     The Parent, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub Boards of Directors have unanimously determined that the Merger and the Arrangement are in the best interests of Parent, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub, respectively, and have unanimously approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the entering into of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

            (n)     Required Vote.     The only vote of Parent, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub required to adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the Arrangement is the approval of the Boards of Directors of Parent, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub, respectively. No other vote of the stockholders of Parent is required by Law, the constituent documents of Parent or otherwise to adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger or the Arrangement.

            (o)     Brokers and Finders.     Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has used any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and no other broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any fee or commission from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and no other Person is or may become entitled to receive any fee or other amount from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

            (p)     Parent Shares Fully Paid and Non-assessable.     Upon their due issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Merger or Arrangement, as applicable, the Parent Shares issued as Merger Consideration and Arrangement Consideration shall be fully paid and non-assessable ordinary shares in the capital of Parent.

            (q)     Relevant Competition Laws.     Parent is a "WTO investor" as defined in the Investment Canada Act (Canada).

            (r)     No Other Representations and Warranties.     Except for the representations and warranties made by Parent in this Section 3.3, neither Parent nor any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Parent or any Parent Material Subsidiary or their respective businesses, assets, operations, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, and Parent hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, except for the representations and warranties made by Parent in this Section 3.3, neither Parent nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to Pozen, Tribute or any of their respective Representatives, with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospective information relating to Parent, any Parent Material Subsidiary or their respective businesses or operations or (ii) any oral or written information furnished or made available to Pozen, Tribute or any of their respective Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of Parent, the negotiation of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the accuracy, completeness or currency thereof, and neither Parent nor any other Person will have any liability to Pozen, Tribute or any other Person in respect of such information, including any subsequent use of such information, except in the case of fraud. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent acknowledges and agrees that none of Pozen, Tribute or any other Person has made or is making any representations or warranties whatsoever,

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    express or implied, beyond those expressly made by Pozen and Tribute in Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, including any implied representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding Pozen and Tribute furnished or made available to Parent or US Merger Sub, or any of their respective Representatives.

3.4   Survival of Representations and Warranties

        The representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement will not survive the completion of the Merger or the Arrangement and will expire and be terminated on the earlier of (i) the time that both the Merger Effective Time and the Arrangement Effective Time have occurred and, (ii) subject to the obligation to make any payment hereunder pursuant to Section 7.2, the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. This Section 3.4 will not limit any covenant or agreement of any of the Parties, which, by its terms, contemplates performance after the Closing or the date on which this Agreement is terminated, as the case may be.


ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

4.1   Covenants of Pozen

        Except as disclosed in Section 4.1 of the Pozen Disclosure Letter, Pozen covenants to and agrees with Tribute that, until the earlier of the Closing and the time that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, unless Tribute otherwise consents in writing (to the extent that such consent is permitted by applicable Law), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (except in the case of clauses (c)(i) and (xix) below, for which Tribute's consent may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in its sole discretion), or expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Arrangement or as is required by applicable Law or Order:

            (a)   the respective businesses of Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries will be conducted, their respective facilities will be maintained and Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries will continue to operate their respective businesses only in the ordinary course of business in an effort to preserve the value thereof;

            (b)   Pozen will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact its and the Pozen Subsidiaries' respective business organizations, taken as a whole, material assets, material Permits, material properties, material rights, goodwill and material business relationships and keep available the services of its and the Pozen Subsidiaries' respective officers and employees as a group;

            (c)   Pozen will not, and will cause the Pozen Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly:

                (i)  alter or amend its charter, by-laws or other constituent documents;

               (ii)  declare, set aside or pay any dividend on or make any distribution or payment or return of capital in respect of the Pozen Common Shares (whether in cash or property);

              (iii)  split, divide, consolidate, combine or reclassify the Pozen Common Shares or any other securities of Pozen;

              (iv)  issue, grant, sell or pledge or authorize or agree to issue, grant, sell or pledge any Pozen Common Shares or other securities of Pozen or the Pozen Subsidiaries (including options or any equity-based or equity-linked awards such as restricted or deferred share units or phantom share plans) which are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise evidencing a right to acquire, Pozen Common Shares, other than the issuance or sale of Pozen Common Shares pursuant to (A) the exercise of Pozen Options outstanding on the date hereof, or (B) the terms of employee or director equity awards, including any awards issued under the Pozen Share Plan and outstanding on the date hereof;

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               (v)  except as contemplated by this Agreement or as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Pozen Plan in effect as of the date hereof (A) grant any increases in the compensation or benefits of any of its directors, individual independent contractors, executive officers, employees or consultants, except for increases in the compensation of employees in the ordinary course of business whose annual base salary is less than $250,000; or (B) grant or increase any severance, change in control, termination or similar compensation or benefits payable to any director, individual independent contractor, officer or employee, (C) promote any employee who is an officer to a position more senior than such employee's position as of the date of this Agreement, or promote a non-officer employee to an officer position, (D) accelerate the time of payment or vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, any compensation (including bonuses) or benefits under any Pozen Plan or Pozen Employment Agreement; (E) enter into, terminate or materially amend any Pozen Plan, any plan, program, agreement, or arrangement that would constitute a Pozen Plan if in effect on the date hereof); (F) hire any person to be employed by or a consultant of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries other than the hiring of employees or consultants in the ordinary course of business, where such employee or consultant has total annual compensation (base salary and target cash incentive opportunity) not in excess of $250,000; (G) terminate any person in connection with any mass reduction, reduction in force or corporate restructuring and (H) loan or advance any money to any employee, director or individual independent contractor of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries (other than advances in the ordinary course of business) or forgive any loans to any such employee, director or individual independent contractor;

              (vi)  redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any outstanding Pozen Common Shares or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Pozen Common Shares, other than (A) in transactions between two or more wholly owned Pozen Subsidiaries or between Pozen and a wholly owned Pozen Subsidiary, or (B) pursuant to the terms of employee or director equity awards, including any awards issued under the Pozen Share Plan;

             (vii)  amend the terms of any securities of Pozen or the Pozen Subsidiaries;

            (viii)  adopt a plan of liquidation or resolution providing for the liquidation or dissolution of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries;

              (ix)  subject to the terms of Section 6.1 and Section 6.2, reorganize, consolidate or merge with any other Person;

               (x)  make any changes to any of its material accounting policies, principles, methods, practices or procedures (including by adopting any material new accounting policies, principles, methods, practices or procedures), except as required by applicable Laws or U.S. GAAP;

              (xi)  except for sales, leases or licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business or as contemplated hereby or in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby, and except for Permitted Liens, sell, lease or license, voluntarily pledge or otherwise dispose of any assets or properties of Pozen (including the shares or other equity securities of any Pozen Subsidiary) or of any of the Pozen Subsidiaries having a value greater than $500,000 in the aggregate;

             (xii)  abandon, allow to lapse or fail to maintain any Intellectual Property that is owned by or exclusively licensed to Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary and that is material to Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

            (xiii)  (A) acquire (by merger, consolidation, arrangement or acquisition of shares or other equity securities or interests or assets or otherwise) any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof or any property or asset constituting a business (but excluding properties or assets acquired in the ordinary course of business), or

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      (B) make any investment in any Person that is not Pozen or a Pozen Subsidiary, by the purchase of securities or contribution of capital or otherwise, that has a value (in the case of clauses (A) and (B)) greater than $500,000 in the aggregate;

            (xiv)  incur any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate;

             (xv)  enter into any hedging, derivative or swap transaction or Contract in respect thereof, except for any such transaction or Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

            (xvi)  assume, guarantee or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person (other than Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary);

           (xvii)  make any loans or advances to any other Person (other than Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary), except for extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business;

          (xviii)  voluntarily waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any material claim or Proceeding where such waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises exceed $500,000 individually or in any case would entail the imposition of any material non-monetary damages against Pozen or any Pozen Subsidiary;

            (xix)  negotiate or enter into any collective bargaining agreement, collective agreement or other contract with any labor organization or union or other employee association;

             (xx)  settle or compromise any action, claim or other Proceeding brought by any present, former or purported holder of its securities in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

            (xxi)  enter into any material new line of business, enterprise or other activity, which excludes, for the avoidance of doubt, the development or acquisition (subject to the terms hereof) of pharmaceutical or similar products or product candidates (including the expansion of the usage or potential usage of any existing pharmaceutical or similar products or product candidates);

           (xxii)  expend or commit to expend any amounts that would constitute capital expenditures pursuant to U.S. GAAP as applied by Pozen, where such expenditures or commitments exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;

          (xxiii)  other than in the ordinary course of business, (A) enter into any Contract that would, if entered into prior to the date hereof, be a Pozen Material Contract, or (B) materially modify, materially amend or terminate any Pozen Material Contract or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder;

          (xxiv)  except as required by applicable Law or U.S. GAAP, make, change, revoke or rescind any material election relating to Taxes; make or change any material method of Tax accounting; make any material amendment with respect to any Tax Return; or settle or otherwise finally resolve any controversy relating to a material amount of Taxes; and

            (xxv)  agree to do any of the foregoing.

            (d)   Pozen will promptly notify Tribute in writing of the occurrence of any event which would have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Pozen.

            (e)   Pozen will cooperate with Tribute and Parent to facilitate the preparation and filing of the Tribute Circular in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws on a timely basis.

Nothing in this Section 4.1 shall give Parent, Tribute or any of their respective Subsidiaries the right to control, directly or indirectly, the operations or the business of Pozen or any of its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Closing.

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4.2   Covenants of Tribute

        Except as disclosed in Section 4.2 of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, Tribute covenants to and agrees with Pozen that, until the earlier of the Closing and the time that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, unless Pozen otherwise consents in writing (to the extent that such consent is permitted by applicable Law), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (except in the case of clauses (c)(i) and (xix) below, for which Pozen's consent may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in its sole discretion), or expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by this Agreement or as is required by applicable Law or Order:

            (a)   the respective businesses of Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries will be conducted, their respective facilities will be maintained and Tribute and its Subsidiaries will continue to operate their respective businesses only in the ordinary course of business in an effort to preserve the value thereof;

            (b)   Tribute will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact its and the Tribute Subsidiaries' respective business organizations, taken as a whole, material assets, material Permits, material properties, material rights, goodwill and material business relationships and keep available the services of its and the Tribute Subsidiaries' respective officers and employees as a group;

            (c)   Tribute will not, and will cause the Tribute Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly:

                (i)  alter or amend its charter, by-laws or other constituent documents;

               (ii)  declare, set aside or pay any dividend on or make any distribution or payment or return of capital in respect of the Tribute Common Shares (whether in cash or property);

              (iii)  split, divide, consolidate, combine or reclassify the Tribute Common Shares or any other securities of Tribute;

              (iv)  except as set forth in Section 4.2(c)(iv) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, issue, grant, sell or pledge or authorize or agree to issue, grant, sell or pledge any Tribute Common Shares or other securities of Tribute or the Tribute Subsidiaries (including options or any equity-based or equity-linked awards such as restricted or deferred share units or phantom share plans) which are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise evidencing a right to acquire, Tribute Common Shares, other than the issuance or sale of Tribute Common Shares pursuant to (A) the exercise of Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants or Tribute Compensation Options outstanding on the date hereof, or issuable pursuant to such securities outstanding on the date hereof, or (B) the terms of employee or director equity awards, including any awards issued under the Tribute Stock Option Plan and outstanding on the date hereof;

               (v)  except as contemplated by this Agreement or as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Tribute Plan in effect as of the date hereof (A) grant any increases in the compensation or benefits of any of its directors, individual independent contractors, executive officers, employees or consultants, except for increases in the compensation of employees in the ordinary course of business whose annual base salary is less than $250,000; or (B) grant or increase any severance, change in control, termination or similar compensation or benefits payable to any director, individual independent contractor, officer or employee, (C) promote any employee who is an officer to a position more senior than such employee's position as of the date of this Agreement, or promote a non-officer employee to an officer position, (D) accelerate the time of payment or vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, any compensation (including bonuses) or benefits under any Tribute Plan or Tribute Employment Agreement; (E) enter into, terminate or materially amend any Tribute Plan, any plan, program, agreement, or arrangement that would constitute a Tribute Plan if in effect on the date hereof); (F) hire any person to be employed by or a consultant of Tribute or any of

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      the Tribute Subsidiaries other than the hiring of employees or consultants in the ordinary course of business, where such employee or consultant has total annual compensation (base salary and target cash incentive opportunity) not in excess of $250,000; (G) terminate any person in connection with any mass reduction, reduction in force or corporate restructuring and (H) loan or advance any money to any employee, director or individual independent contractor of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries (other than advances in the ordinary course of business) or forgive any loans to any such employee, director or individual independent contractor;

              (vi)  redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any outstanding Tribute Common Shares or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Tribute Common Shares, other than (A) in transactions between two or more wholly owned Tribute Subsidiaries or between Tribute and a wholly owned Tribute Subsidiary, or (B) pursuant to the terms of employee or director equity awards, including any awards issued under the Tribute Stock Option Plan;

             (vii)  amend the terms of any securities of Tribute or the Tribute Subsidiaries;

            (viii)  adopt a plan of liquidation or resolution providing for the liquidation or dissolution of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries;

              (ix)  except as set forth in Section 4.2(c)(ix) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, reorganize, amalgamate, consolidate or merge with any other Person;

               (x)  make any changes to any of its material accounting policies, principles, methods, practices or procedures (including by adopting any material new accounting policies, principles, methods, practices or procedures), except as required by applicable Laws or U.S. GAAP;

              (xi)  except for sales, leases or licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business or as contemplated hereby or in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby, and except for Permitted Liens, sell, lease or license, voluntarily pledge or otherwise dispose of any assets or properties of Tribute (including the shares or other equity securities of any Tribute Subsidiary) or of any of the Tribute Subsidiaries having a value greater than $500,000 in the aggregate;

             (xii)  abandon, allow to lapse or fail to maintain any Intellectual Property that is owned by or exclusively licensed to Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary and that is material to Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

            (xiii)  except as set forth in Section 4.2(c)(xiii) of the Tribute Disclosure Letter, (A) acquire (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, arrangement or acquisition of shares or other equity securities or interests or assets or otherwise) any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof or any property or asset constituting a business (but excluding properties or assets acquired in the ordinary course of business), or (B) make any investment in any Person that is not Tribute or a Tribute Subsidiary, by the purchase of securities or contribution of capital or otherwise, that has a value (in the case of clauses (A) and (B)) greater than $500,000 in the aggregate;

            (xiv)  incur any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate;

             (xv)  enter into any hedging, derivative or swap transaction or Contract in respect thereof, except for any such transaction or Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

            (xvi)  assume, guarantee or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person (other than Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary);

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           (xvii)  make any loans or advances to any other Person (other than Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary), except for extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business;

          (xviii)  voluntarily waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any material claim or Proceeding where such waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises exceed $500,000 individually or in any case would entail the imposition of any material non-monetary damages against Tribute or any Tribute Subsidiary;

            (xix)  negotiate or enter into any collective bargaining agreement, collective agreement or other contract with any labor organization or union or other employee association;

             (xx)  settle or compromise any action, claim or other Proceeding brought by any present, former or purported holder of its securities in connection with the Arrangement or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than in respect of Tribute Dissenting Shareholders;

            (xxi)  enter into any material new line of business, enterprise or other activity, which excludes, for the avoidance of doubt, the development or acquisition (subject to the terms hereof) of pharmaceutical or similar products or product candidates (including the expansion of the usage or potential usage of any existing pharmaceutical or similar products or product candidates);

           (xxii)  expend or commit to expend any amounts that would constitute capital expenditures pursuant to U.S. GAAP as applied by Tribute, where such expenditures or commitments exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;

          (xxiii)  other than in the ordinary course of business, (A) enter into any Contract that would, if entered into prior to the date hereof, be a Tribute Material Contract, or (B) materially modify, materially amend or terminate any Tribute Material Contract or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder;

          (xxiv)  except as required by applicable Law or U.S. GAAP, make, change, revoke or rescind any material election relating to Taxes; make or change any material method of Tax accounting; make any material amendment with respect to any Tax Return; or settle or otherwise finally resolve any controversy relating to a material amount of Taxes;

            (xxv)  other than in the ordinary course of business, submit any material information to or enter into any material discussions with or respond to any enquiry from any Regulatory Authority with respect to any product offered by Tribute or its Subsidiaries; and

          (xxvi)  agree to do any of the foregoing.

            (d)   Tribute will promptly notify Pozen in writing of the occurrence of any event which would have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Tribute.

            (e)   Tribute will cooperate with Parent and Pozen to facilitate the preparation and filing of the Form S-4 with the SEC and the Pozen Proxy Statement on a timely basis.

            (f)    Tribute shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain an Optionholder Election Form (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement) from each holder of Tribute Options prior to the application by Tribute for the Final Order.

        Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall give Parent, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries the right to control, directly or indirectly, the operations or the business of Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Closing.

4.3   Covenants of Parent

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withheld, conditioned or delayed, or as is otherwise disclosed in Section 4.3 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, or expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by this Agreement or as is otherwise required by applicable Law or Order:

            (a)   the respective businesses of Parent and the Parent Material Subsidiaries will be conducted, their respective facilities will be maintained and Parent and the Parent Material Subsidiaries will continue to operate their respective businesses only in the ordinary course of business;

            (b)   Parent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact its and its Subsidiaries' respective business organizations, taken as a whole, material assets, material Permits, material properties, material rights, goodwill and material business relationships and keep available the services of its and its Subsidiaries' respective officers and material employees as a group;

            (c)   Parent will not and will not permit the Parent Material Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

                (i)  alter or amend its memorandum and articles of association or other constituent documents in a manner adverse to the Pozen Stockholders or Tribute Shareholders or inconsistent with this Agreement;

               (ii)  declare, set aside or pay any dividend on or make any distribution or payment or return of capital in respect of any of its equity securities, except, in the case of wholly owned Parent Subsidiaries, for dividends payable to Parent or among wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent;

              (iii)  split, divide, consolidate, combine or reclassify the Parent Shares;

              (iv)  amend the material terms of any equity securities of Parent;

               (v)  adopt a plan of liquidation or resolution providing for the liquidation or dissolution of Parent; or

              (vi)  agree to do any of the foregoing.

            (d)   Parent will promptly notify Pozen and Tribute in writing of the occurrence of any event which would have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent or Parent Material Subsidiaries.

            (e)   Parent will register the Parent Shares pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Exchange Act.

            (f)    Parent will cooperate with Pozen to prepare and file the Form S-4 with the SEC and with Tribute to prepare and file the Tribute Circular.

        Nothing in this Section 4.3 shall give Pozen, Tribute or any of their respective Subsidiaries the right to control, directly or indirectly, the operations or the business of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Closing.


ARTICLE 5

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

5.1   Access to Information; Cooperation

        (a)   Subject to compliance with applicable Laws and Orders and the terms of any existing Contracts, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective wholly owned Subsidiaries to, afford to the other Parties and their respective Representatives, until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, continuing access to the other parties' virtual data rooms, and reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to its businesses, properties, books and records and such other data and information as a Party may reasonably request,

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as well as to the other Party's and its Subsidiaries' personnel, subject, however, to such access not unreasonably interfering with the ordinary conduct of its businesses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the terms of any Law, Order or Contract shall limit a Party's right to access the information pursuant to this Section 5.1, the other Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) obtain any consents from a third party to provide such access or information or (ii) develop an alternative to providing such access or information to a Party so as to address such lack of access or information in a manner reasonably acceptable to the receiving Party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not require any disclosure that would reasonably be expected, as a result of such disclosure, to have the effect of causing the waiver of any privilege (including the attorney-client and work product privileges). Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, each of the Parties acknowledges that all information provided to it under this Section 5.1, or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is subject to the Non-Disclosure Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any termination of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement otherwise conflicts or is inconsistent with any provision of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement will supersede those of the Non-Disclosure Agreement but only to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and all other provisions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

        (b)   Prior to Closing, each Party shall provide reasonable cooperation and shall cause its respective wholly owned Subsidiaries and its and their representatives, including management, officers, employees, directors, legal, non-legal and accounting advisors and auditors to provide reasonable cooperation to Parent in consummating the Parent Financing, including:

              (i)  promptly furnishing Parent and the financing sources with the Required Information, which shall be Compliant, and with such other information and documentation required under applicable "know your customer" and anti-money laundering rules and regulations;

             (ii)  promptly furnishing Parent with financial and other pertinent information regarding each Party and each of their respective Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested in writing by Parent and that is reasonably available to each Party, as applicable, including all financial statements and financial and other data of the type required by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the 1933 Securities Act for registered offerings of debt securities, and of the type and form customarily included in offering documents used in private placements under Rule 144A of the 1933 Securities Act (including pro forma financial information), and other documents required to satisfy any customary negative assurance opinion to consummate the Parent Financing at Closing, including all information and data necessary to satisfy any conditions set forth in any commitment letter in respect of the Parent Financing;

            (iii)  using reasonable best efforts to obtain accountants' comfort letters and legal opinions at the expense of and as reasonably requested by Parent;

            (iv)  reasonably cooperating with Parent's legal counsel in connection with any legal opinion that such legal counsel may be required to deliver in connection with the Parent Financing; and

             (v)  taking all corporate or other actions, subject to the occurrence of the Closing, reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Parent Financing and to permit the proceeds thereof to be made available to Parent, including assisting in the preparation of and executing one or more credit agreements (or amendments thereto), pledge and security documents (or amendments thereto), guarantees, indentures, purchase agreements, currency or interest hedging agreements and other definitive documentation, certificates, representation letters, authorization letters and related deliverables relating to the Parent Financing, arranging for payoff letters and lien and guarantee releases with respect to existing indebtedness and reasonably facilitating the provision of guarantees, the grant (and perfection) of a security interest in collateral and the provision of related lender protections.

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5.2   Consents and Approvals

        (a)   Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Section 5.2(e)), each Party shall, and shall cause its wholly owned Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Party in doing, all things required or reasonably necessary to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable, including:

              (i)  as promptly as practicable, obtain from any Governmental Authority all waivers, consents, clearances and approvals, including the Required Regulatory Approvals, required or reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

             (ii)  as promptly as practicable, make all filings and submissions that are required or reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and thereafter make any other required or appropriate submissions including, without limiting the foregoing, all filings and submissions required in connection with the Required Regulatory Approvals; and

            (iii)  as promptly as practicable, take reasonable actions to provide notice to any third party, or obtain from any third party any waivers, consents and approvals, required or reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall Tribute and Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries be required to pay, prior to the Closing, any fee, penalty or other consideration to any third party for any waiver, consent or approval required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In no event shall the receipt of any such third party waiver, consent or approval (other than the Required Regulatory Approvals) be a condition to any Party's obligations hereunder.

        (b)   Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, including Section 5.2(e), each of the Parties agrees, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries, to cooperate and to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) provide such notices and obtain such waivers, consents, clearances and approvals as are required or reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the HSR Act, the Competition Act and any other federal, provincial, state or foreign Law designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions relating to monopolization or restraint of trade or foreign investment (collectively, " Relevant Competition Laws "), and (ii) respond to any requests of any Governmental Authority for information or documentary material under any Relevant Competition Law, and to contest and resist any action, including any legislative, administrative or judicial action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that restricts, prevents or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any Relevant Competition Law. Pozen, Parent and Tribute shall consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, regarding the form and content of any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions or proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any Party in connection with proceedings under or relating to any Relevant Competition Law prior to their submission.

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correspondence, filings and written communications between them and their Subsidiaries and Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that materials may be redacted as necessary to address reasonable privilege, competitively sensitive information or confidentiality concerns.

        (d)   Each Party will provide as promptly as practicable such information and documentary material as may reasonably be requested by a Governmental Authority following any such filing or notification.

        (e)   In furtherance and not in limitation of the other covenants contained in this Section 5.2, but subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.2(e), each of Tribute and Pozen agrees to take, or cause to be taken (including by its respective Subsidiaries), any and all steps and to make, or cause to be made (including by its respective Subsidiaries), any and all undertakings necessary to resolve any objections that a Governmental Authority may assert under any Relevant Competition Law with respect to the Arrangement or the Merger, and to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any Relevant Competition Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Arrangement and the Merger, in each case, so as to enable the Arrangement Effective Time and the Merger Effective Time to occur as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than the Outside Date, including (i) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of any businesses, assets, equity interests, product lines or properties of Tribute or Pozen (or any of their respective Subsidiaries) or any equity interest in any Joint Venture held by Tribute or Pozen (or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (ii) creating, terminating, or divesting relationships, ventures, contractual rights or obligations of Tribute or Pozen or their respective Subsidiaries and (iii) otherwise taking or committing to take any action that would limit Pozen's or Tribute's freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain or hold, directly or indirectly, any businesses, assets, equity interests, product lines or properties of Tribute or Pozen (including any of their respective Subsidiaries), in each case as may be required in order to obtain all waivers, consents, clearances or approvals required directly or indirectly under any Relevant Competition Law or to avoid the commencement of any action by a Governmental Authority to prohibit the Arrangement or the Merger under any Relevant Competition Law, or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any Order in any Proceeding seeking to prohibit the Arrangement or the Merger or delay the Arrangement Effective Time or the Merger Effective Time beyond the Outside Date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be deemed to require, Tribute or Pozen (or any of their Subsidiaries) to take any action, agree to take any action or consent to the taking of any action (including with respect to selling, holding separate or otherwise disposing of any business or assets or conducting its (or their Subsidiaries) business in any specified manner) if doing so would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on either Tribute or Pozen, as applicable, (any such action that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a " Restraint ").

5.3   Covenants of Pozen Regarding the Arrangement and the Merger

        Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Section 5.2), Pozen shall and shall cause each of the Pozen Subsidiaries to, perform all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement, cooperate with Parent and Tribute in connection therewith, and use commercially reasonable efforts to do such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable in order to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including:

            (a)   subject to Section 9.5 and Section 6.2, publicly announcing the entering into of this Agreement, the support of the Pozen Board of Directors of the Merger and the Arrangement and the Pozen Recommendation;

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            (b)   using commercially reasonable efforts to defend all lawsuits or other legal, regulatory or other Proceedings against or relating to Pozen or the Pozen Subsidiaries challenging or affecting this Agreement or the completion of the Arrangement and the Merger; and

            (c)   subject to Section 6.2, taking all necessary actions to give effect to the Arrangement and the Merger.

5.4   Covenants of Tribute Regarding the Arrangement and the Merger

        Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Section 5.2), Tribute shall and shall cause each of the Tribute Subsidiaries to, perform all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement, cooperate with Parent and Pozen in connection therewith, and use commercially reasonable efforts to do such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable in order to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including:

            (a)   subject to Section 9.5 and the terms of Section 6.4, publicly announcing the entering into of this Agreement, the support of the Tribute Board of Directors of the Arrangement and the Merger and the Tribute Recommendation;

            (b)   using commercially reasonable efforts to defend all lawsuits or other legal, regulatory or other Proceedings against or relating to Tribute or its Subsidiaries challenging or affecting this Agreement or the completion of the Arrangement or the Merger; and

            (c)   subject to Section 6.4, forthwith carrying out the terms of the Interim Order and Final Order, taking all necessary actions to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Arrangement and the Merger.

5.5   Covenants of Parent Regarding the Arrangement and the Merger

        Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Section 5.2), Parent shall, and shall cause each of the Parent Subsidiaries to, perform all obligations required to be performed by Parent under this Agreement, cooperate with Pozen and Tribute in connection therewith, and use commercially reasonable efforts to do such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable in order to complete the Arrangement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement including:

            (a)   subject to Section 9.5, publicly announcing the entering into of this Agreement and the support of the Parent Board of Directors of the Arrangement and the Merger;

            (b)   using commercially reasonable efforts to defend all lawsuits or other legal, regulatory or other Proceedings against Parent or its Subsidiaries challenging or affecting this Agreement or the completion of the Arrangement or the Merger; and

            (c)   taking all necessary actions and causing its Subsidiaries to take all necessary actions to give effect to the Arrangement and the Merger, including providing the Merger Exchange Agent and the Arrangement Exchange Agent with sufficient consideration to complete the Arrangement and the Merger as provided herein, including without limitation procuring that the Parent Shares issued pursuant to the Merger and Arrangement are fully paid and non-assessable.

5.6   Indemnification and Insurance

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documents of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Contract by which Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries is bound and which is in effect as of the date hereof, will survive the completion of the Merger and the Arrangement and continue in full force and effect and without modification, with respect to actions or omissions of the Indemnified Parties occurring prior to the Closing.

        (b)   Without limiting the foregoing, from and after the Merger Effective Time for not less than six (6) years from the Closing Date, each of Parent, US Surviving Company and Tribute shall, jointly and severally, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnified Party against any costs or expenses (including advancing reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, subject to the indemnifying or advancing party's receipt of an unsecured undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party to repay such funds if it is ultimately determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any Proceeding arising out of, relating to or in connection with any action or omission occurring or alleged to have occurred on or prior to the Closing Date, whether asserted or claimed before or after the Merger Effective Time, in connection with or as a result of such Indemnified Party serving as an officer or director of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

        (c)   Parent shall, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain in effect, without any reduction in scope or coverage for six (6) years from the Closing Date, customary policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance providing protection no less favorable to the protection provided by the policies maintained by Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries that are in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date and providing protection in respect of claims arising from facts or events which occurred on or prior to the Closing Date; provided , however , that Parent may, prior to the Closing Date, purchase pre-paid non-cancellable run-off directors' and officers' liability insurance on terms substantially similar to the directors' and officers' liability policies currently maintained by Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries, but providing coverage for a period of six (6) years from the Closing Date with respect to claims arising from or related to facts or events which occurred on or prior to the Closing Date; provided , further , however , that in no event shall Parent be required to spend premiums for any of the insurance referenced in this Section 5.6(c) to the extent it would exceed three hundred percent (300%) of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries' current annual premium for directors' and officers' liability insurance, in which case Parent shall purchase the maximum amount of insurance available up to the foregoing premium limit.

        (d)   If Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, Parent shall ensure that any such successor or assign assumes all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.6.

        (e)   The obligations of Parent and its Subsidiaries under this Section 5.6 shall survive the consummation of the Arrangement and the Merger and shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Party to whom this Section 5.6 applies, without the written consent of such affected Indemnified Party (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnified Parties to whom this Section 5.6 applies and their respective heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.6, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 5.6). Parent shall pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that may be incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with their enforcement of their rights provided in this Section 5.6; provided that such Indemnified Party prevails in such enforcement action.

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        (f)    The provisions of this Section 5.6 are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise available to the current and former officers and directors of Tribute, Pozen or any of their respective Subsidiaries by law, charter, statute, by-law or agreement.

5.7   Rule 16b-3 Actions

        Prior to the Closing, Tribute, Parent and Pozen shall take all such steps as may be required to cause (a) any dispositions of Pozen Common Shares (including derivative securities with respect to Pozen Common Shares) resulting from the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement by each individual who will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the 1934 Exchange Act with respect to Pozen immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Exchange Act and (b) any acquisitions of Parent Shares (including derivative securities with respect to Parent Shares) resulting from the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, by each individual who may become or is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the 1934 Exchange Act with respect to Parent, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Exchange Act.

5.8   Stock Exchange Listings

        (a)   Parent, Pozen and Tribute shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Parent Shares issued as Merger Consideration or Arrangement Consideration to be (i) approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to official notice of issuance and (ii) conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX, prior to the Arrangement Effective Time and the Merger Effective Time.

        (b)   Each of the Parties agrees to cooperate with each other in taking, or causing to be taken, all actions necessary to delist the Pozen Common Shares from the NASDAQ and the Tribute Common Shares from the TSXV and OTCQX International and to cause Tribute to cease to be a reporting issuer in each jurisdiction in Canada in which it is a reporting issuer and terminate the registration of the Pozen Common Shares under the 1934 Exchange Act; provided , that such delisting and termination shall not be effective until after the Merger Effective Time.

5.9   Takeover Statutes

        If any anti-takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or may become applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the Parties and its respective Affiliates shall (i) grant such approvals and take all such actions as are legally permissible so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and (ii) otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of any such statute or regulation on the Merger, the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.10 Employee Matters

        (a)   At or prior to Closing, Parent shall approve an omnibus equity incentive plan for officers, directors, employees and consultants of Parent.

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shall be entitled to the severance benefits under the Pozen Severance Plan or the Tribute Severance Plan, as applicable.

5.11 Insurance

        From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Pozen and Tribute shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to procure that any renewal of the current insurance policies and contracts of Pozen, Tribute and their respective Subsidiaries in effect on the date hereof shall permit cancellation thereof at any time without penalty, including by requesting its insurers to include such a provision in any such renewed policies and contracts. At Tribute's request, Pozen shall reasonably cooperate with Tribute in good faith and take such actions as Tribute may reasonably request to purchase, at Tribute's cost and expense and effective as of the Closing, "tail" insurance coverage to the product liabilities insurance of Pozen and its Subsidiaries, for the period specified by Tribute and on such other terms and conditions as Tribute may direct. At Pozen's request, Tribute shall reasonably cooperate with Pozen in good faith and take such actions as Pozen may reasonably request to purchase, at Pozen's cost and expense and effective as of the Closing, "tail" insurance coverage to the product liabilities insurance of Tribute and its Subsidiaries, for the period specified by Pozen and on such other terms and conditions as Pozen may direct. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the binding or otherwise obtaining of any such "tail" insurance coverage shall not be a condition to Closing.

5.12 Creation of Distributable Reserves

        (a)   Unless Pozen and Tribute otherwise agree,

              (i)  Pozen shall use all reasonable efforts to submit to the vote of the Pozen Stockholders at the Pozen Meeting a resolution (the " Pozen Distributable Reserves Resolution ") to approve the creation of distributable reserves of Parent by (A) the reduction of the share premium of Parent to allow the creation of distributable reserves of Parent resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (B) by any other means; and

             (ii)  Tribute shall use all reasonable efforts to submit to the vote of the Tribute Shareholders at the Tribute Meeting a resolution (the " Tribute Distributable Reserves Resolution ") to approve the creation of distributable reserves of Parent by (A) the reduction of share premium of Parent to allow the creation of distributable reserves of Parent resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (B) by any other means;

(the creation of distributable reserves in Parent by any of the means described in this Section 5.12(a) is referred to as the " Parent Distributable Reserves Proposals ").

        (b)   The Parties agree that none of the approval of the Pozen Distributable Reserves Resolution, the approval of the Tribute Distributable Reserves Resolution or the implementation of the Parent Distributable Reserves Proposals shall be a condition to the Parties' obligation to effect the Arrangement or the Merger.

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             (ii)  Pozen and Parent shall as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Closing, prepare and file an application to the Irish High Court for an order pursuant to the Irish Companies Act 2014, as applicable, approving the Parent Distributable Reserves Proposals.

5.13 Certain Parent Shareholder Resolutions

        Prior to Closing, Pozen and Parent shall procure the passing of resolutions of the shareholders of Parent providing for:

            (a)   the re-registration of Parent as a public limited company under Irish law;

            (b)   the adoption of revised memorandum and articles of association of Parent, which shall as far as is practicable be consistent with Pozen's existing organizational documents;

            (c)   to the extent necessary or possible, the acquisition of the ordinary shares of Parent denominated in euro;

            (d)   to the extent required, the ability to purchase its own shares and reissue of treasury shares; and

            (e)   the approval of any other matters as are deemed necessary or expedient in connection with giving effect to the transactions contemplated by, or ancillary to, this Agreement.

5.14 Parent Board of Directors

        The Parties hereby intend that the Board of Directors of Parent at the Closing and at the closing of the Financing shall be comprised of nine (9) members, consisting of the Chief Executive Officer of Parent, five (5) directors appointed by Pozen, two (2) directors appointed by Tribute (one of which must be qualify as an independent director under applicable SEC and stock exchange rules and regulations) and one (1) director appointed in accordance with the terms of the Financing.


ARTICLE 6

ACQUISITION PROPOSALS

6.1   Pozen Non-Solicitation

        (a)   Subject to Section 6.2, until the earlier of the Closing or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, Pozen shall not, and Pozen shall cause its Subsidiaries and direct each of its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly through any other Person:

              (i)  initiate, solicit, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing or affording access to information), or take any other action that would be reasonably expected to promote, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal or potential Pozen Acquisition Proposal;

             (ii)  participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or provide any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate, any effort or attempt by any other Person (other than Tribute and its Affiliates) to make or complete a Pozen Acquisition Proposal;

            (iii)  effect any Pozen Change of Recommendation;

            (iv)  approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to, or publicly propose to approve, recommend or remain neutral with respect to any Pozen Acquisition Proposal (it being understood that publicly taking no position or a neutral position with respect to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal

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    until the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after such Pozen Acquisition Proposal has been publicly announced shall not constitute a violation of this Section 6.1(a)); or

             (v)  accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any Pozen Acquisition Agreement.

        (b)   Pozen shall, and shall cause the Pozen Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective Representatives to, immediately upon execution of this Agreement cease and cause to be terminated any solicitation, encouragement, discussion or negotiation with or involving any Person (other than Tribute and its Affiliates) conducted heretofore by Pozen or the Pozen Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives, with respect to any Pozen Acquisition Proposal or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal and, in connection therewith, Pozen will immediately discontinue access by any Person (other than Tribute and its Affiliates) to any data room (virtual or otherwise) established by Pozen or its Representatives for such purpose. Except to the extent that the Pozen Board of Directors determines, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to release the relevant third party would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Pozen Board of Directors under applicable Law, Pozen agrees not to release any third party (other than Tribute and its Affiliates) from any "standstill" agreement to which it is a party (it being acknowledged and agreed that the automatic termination of any "standstill" or similar provision of any agreement as the result of the entering into or an announcement of this Agreement pursuant to the express terms of any such agreement shall not itself be a violation of this Section 6.1(b)). Within ten Business Days from the date hereof, Pozen shall request the return or destruction of all confidential non-public information provided to any third parties who have entered into a confidentiality agreement with Pozen since December 31, 2013 relating to any potential Pozen Acquisition Proposal and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such requests are honored in accordance with the terms of such confidentiality agreements.

        (c)   Pozen shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt) notify Tribute, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request relating to or constituting a Pozen Acquisition Proposal, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal, in each case, received on or after the date hereof, of which Pozen, any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives is or becomes aware, or any request received by Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives for non-public information relating to Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Pozen Acquisition Proposal or for access to the properties, books and records or a list of securityholders of Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Pozen Acquisition Proposal. Such notice shall include the identity of the Person making such Pozen Acquisition Proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of the material terms and conditions of such Pozen Acquisition Proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request, including a copy of any written materials submitted to Pozen, any of the Pozen Subsidiaries or their Representatives. Following the initial notification by Pozen to Tribute in respect of any Pozen Acquisition Proposal (or proposal, inquiry, offer or request in respect thereof) pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding sentence, Pozen will keep Tribute promptly and fully informed of the status, including any change to the material terms and conditions, of any such Pozen Acquisition Proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request (for the avoidance of doubt, following such initial notification pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the terms of this sentence shall control in respect of such Pozen Acquisition Proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request).

        (d)   Notwithstanding Section 6.1(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, following receipt by Pozen of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request (or any amendment thereto) that is not a Pozen Acquisition Proposal but which Pozen reasonably believes could lead to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal, Pozen may respond to the proponent to advise it that Pozen can only enter into discussions or negotiations with a party in accordance with this Agreement.

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        (e)   Notwithstanding Section 6.1(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if after the date hereof and before the receipt of the Pozen Stockholder Approval, Pozen or any of the Pozen Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives, receives a written Pozen Acquisition Proposal (including, an amendment, change or modification to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal made prior to the date hereof) that was not solicited after the date hereof in contravention of this Section 6.1, Pozen and its Representatives may:

              (i)  contact the Person making such Pozen Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives solely for the purpose of clarifying the terms and conditions of such Pozen Acquisition Proposal and the likelihood of its consummation, so as to determine whether such Pozen Acquisition Proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Pozen Superior Proposal; and

             (ii)  if the Pozen Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that such Pozen Acquisition Proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Pozen Superior Proposal and that the failure to take relevant action would conflict with its fiduciary duties:

              (A)  furnish information with respect to Pozen and the Pozen Subsidiaries to the Person making such Pozen Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives; provided that (I) Pozen first enters into a confidentiality agreement with such Person that is no less favorable (including with respect to any "standstill" and similar provisions) to Pozen than the Non-Disclosure Agreement, and sends a copy of such agreement to Tribute promptly following its execution, and (II) Pozen contemporaneously provides to Tribute any non-public information concerning Pozen and its Subsidiaries that is provided to such Person which was not previously provided to Tribute or its Representatives; and

              (B)  engage in discussions and negotiations with respect to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal with the Person making such Pozen Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives.

6.2   Pozen Change of Recommendation

        (a)   Notwithstanding Section 6.1(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Pozen Board of Directors may, at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the receipt of the Pozen Stockholder Approval, (1) effect a Pozen Change of Recommendation due to the occurrence of a Pozen Intervening Event, or (2) following receipt of a bona fide, unsolicited, written Pozen Acquisition Proposal that the Pozen Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with Pozen's outside legal and financial advisors, is a Pozen Superior Proposal, (A) effect a Pozen Change of Recommendation, and/or (B) accept, approve or enter into any Pozen Acquisition Agreement, in each case with respect to clauses (1) and (2), if and only if:

              (i)  with respect to Section 6.2(a)(2) above, such Pozen Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of Section 6.1 and Pozen has complied with the other terms of this Section 6.2;

             (ii)  the Pozen Board of Directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that the failure to take the action specified in Section 6.2(a)(1) or Section 6.2(a)(2), as applicable, would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Pozen Stockholders under applicable Laws;

            (iii)  Pozen has (A) delivered a Pozen Change of Recommendation Notice to Tribute and (B) in the case of Section 6.2(a)(2) and provided Tribute with a copy of the document(s) containing such Pozen Acquisition Proposal; and

            (iv)  solely in the case of the taking of the actions referred to in Section 6.2(a), Pozen has previously or concurrently will have terminated this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.1(c)(i).

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        (b)   The Pozen Board of Directors shall reaffirm the Pozen Recommendation by news release as soon as reasonably practicable after (i) the Pozen Board of Directors determines that a Pozen Acquisition Proposal which has been publicly announced or made is not a Pozen Superior Proposal; or (ii) the Pozen Board of Directors determines that a Pozen Acquisition Proposal which previously constituted a Pozen Superior Proposal would cease to be a Pozen Superior Proposal when assessed against this Agreement and the Merger and the Arrangement. Tribute shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the form and content of any such news release. Such news release shall state that the Pozen Board of Directors has determined that the applicable Pozen Acquisition Proposal is not a Pozen Superior Proposal.

        (c)   Nothing contained in this Section 6.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit Pozen or the Pozen Board of Directors from:

              (i)  (A) disclosing to the Pozen Stockholders a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or (B) making any disclosure to the Pozen Stockholders, if the Pozen Board of Directors has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with Pozen's outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Pozen Stockholders under applicable Law; provided that this Section 6.2(c)(i) shall not permit the Pozen Board of Directors to make a Pozen Change of Recommendation, except to the extent permitted by this Section 6.2 (other than this Section 6.2(c)(i)); or

             (ii)  calling and/or holding a meeting of the Pozen Stockholders requisitioned by the Pozen Stockholders in accordance with the DGCL or taking any other action with respect to a Pozen Acquisition Proposal to the extent ordered or otherwise mandated by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with applicable Laws; provided that, subject to the other terms set forth in this Section 6.2, any proxy statement or other document required in connection with such meeting recommends that the Pozen Stockholders vote against any proposed resolution in favor of or necessary to complete such Pozen Acquisition Proposal.

        (d)   Pozen shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries, and each of its and their respective Representatives, is aware of the provisions of Section 6.1 and this Section 6.2 and Pozen shall be responsible for any breach of Section 6.1 or this Section 6.2 by such Persons.

6.3   Tribute Non-Solicitation

        (a)   Subject to Section 6.4, until the earlier of the Closing or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, Tribute shall not, and Tribute shall cause its Subsidiaries and direct each of its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly through any other Person:

              (i)  initiate, solicit, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing or affording access to information), or take any other action that would be reasonably expected to promote, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal or potential Tribute Acquisition Proposal;

             (ii)  participate or engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or provide any information with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate, any effort or attempt by any other Person (other than Pozen and its Affiliates) to make or complete a Tribute Acquisition Proposal;

            (iii)  effect any Tribute Change of Recommendation;

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    understood that publicly taking no position or a neutral position with respect to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal until the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after such Tribute Acquisition Proposal has been publicly announced shall not constitute a violation of this Section 6.3(a)); or

             (v)  accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any Tribute Acquisition Agreement.

        (b)   Tribute shall, and shall cause the Tribute Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective Representatives to, immediately upon execution of this Agreement cease and cause to be terminated any solicitation, encouragement, discussion or negotiation with or involving any Person (other than Pozen and its Affiliates) conducted heretofore by Tribute or the Tribute Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives, with respect to any Tribute Acquisition Proposal or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal and, in connection therewith, Tribute will immediately discontinue access by any Person (other than Pozen and its Affiliates) to any data room (virtual or otherwise) established by Tribute or its Representatives for such purpose. Except to the extent that the Tribute Board of Directors determines, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to release the relevant third party would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Tribute Board of Directors under applicable Law, Tribute agrees not to release any third party (other than Pozen and its Affiliates) from any "standstill" agreement to which it is a party (it being acknowledged and agreed that the automatic termination of any "standstill" or similar provision of any agreement as the result of the entering into or an announcement of this Agreement pursuant to the express terms of any such agreement shall not itself be a violation of this Section 6.3(b)). Within ten Business Days from the date hereof, Tribute shall request the return or destruction of all confidential non-public information provided to any third parties who have entered into a confidentiality agreement with Tribute since December 31, 2013 relating to any potential Tribute Acquisition Proposal and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such requests are honored in accordance with the terms of such confidentiality agreements.

        (c)   Tribute shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt) notify Pozen, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request relating to or constituting a Tribute Acquisition Proposal, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal, in each case, received on or after the date hereof, of which Tribute, any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives is or becomes aware, or any request received by Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives for non-public information relating to Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Tribute Acquisition Proposal or for access to the properties, books and records or a list of security holders of Tribute or any of the Tribute Subsidiaries in connection with a potential or actual Tribute Acquisition Proposal. Such notice shall include the identity of the Person making such Tribute Acquisition Proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of the material terms and conditions of such Tribute Acquisition Proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request including a copy of any written materials submitted to Tribute, any of the Tribute Subsidiaries or their Representatives. Following the initial notification by Tribute to Pozen in respect of any Tribute Acquisition Proposal (or proposal, inquiry, offer or request in respect thereof) pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding sentence, Tribute will keep Pozen promptly and fully informed of the status, including any change to the material terms and conditions, of any such Tribute Acquisition Proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request (for the avoidance of doubt, following such initial notification pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the terms of this sentence shall control in respect of such Tribute Acquisition Proposal, proposal, inquiry, offer or request).

        (d)   Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, following receipt by Tribute of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request (or any amendment thereto) that is not a Tribute Acquisition Proposal but which Tribute reasonably believes could lead to a Tribute

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Acquisition Proposal, Tribute may respond to the proponent to advise it that Tribute can only enter into discussions or negotiations with a party in accordance with this Agreement.

        (e)   Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if after the date hereof and before the receipt of the Tribute Shareholder Approval, Tribute or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective Representatives, receives a written Tribute Acquisition Proposal (including, an amendment, change or modification to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal made prior to the date hereof) that was not solicited after the date hereof in contravention of this Section 6.3, Tribute and its Representatives may:

              (i)  contact the Person making such Tribute Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives solely for the purpose of clarifying the terms and conditions of such Tribute Acquisition Proposal and the likelihood of its consummation, so as to determine whether such Tribute Acquisition Proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Tribute Superior Proposal; and

             (ii)  if the Tribute Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that such Tribute Acquisition Proposal is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Tribute Superior Proposal and that the failure to take relevant action would conflict with its fiduciary duties:

              (A)  furnish information with respect to Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries to the Person making such Tribute Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives; provided that (I) Tribute first enters into a confidentiality agreement with such Person that is no less favorable (including with respect to any "standstill" and similar provisions) to Tribute than the Non-Disclosure Agreement, and sends a copy of such agreement to Pozen promptly following its execution, and (II) Tribute contemporaneously provides to Pozen any non-public information concerning Tribute and the Tribute Subsidiaries that is provided to such Person which was not previously provided to Pozen or its Representatives; and

              (B)  engage in discussions and negotiations with respect to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal with the Person making such Tribute Acquisition Proposal and its Representatives.

6.4   Tribute Change of Recommendation

        (a)   Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Tribute Board of Directors may, at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the receipt of the Tribute Shareholder Approval, (1) effect a Tribute Change of Recommendation due to the occurrence of a Tribute Intervening Event, or (2) following receipt of a bona fide, unsolicited, written Tribute Acquisition Proposal that the Tribute Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with Tribute's outside legal and financial advisors, is a Tribute Superior Proposal, (A) effect a Tribute Change of Recommendation, and/or (B) accept, approve or enter into any Tribute Acquisition Agreement, in each case with respect to clauses (1) and (2), if and only if:

              (i)  with respect to Section 6.4(a)(2) above, such Tribute Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of Section 6.3 and Tribute has complied with the other terms of this Section 6.4;

             (ii)  the Tribute Board of Directors has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that the failure to take the action specified in Section 6.4(a)(1) or Section 6.4(a)(2), as applicable, would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to Tribute under applicable Laws;

            (iii)  Tribute has (A) delivered a Tribute Change of Recommendation Notice to Pozen and (B) in the case of Section 6.4(a)(2) provided Pozen with a copy of the document(s) containing such Tribute Acquisition Proposal; and

            (iv)  solely in the case of the taking of the actions referred to in Section 6.4(a), Tribute has previously or concurrently will have terminated this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.1(d)(i).

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        (b)   The Tribute Board of Directors shall reaffirm the Tribute Recommendation by news release as soon as reasonably practicable after (i) the Tribute Board of Directors determines that a Tribute Acquisition Proposal which has been publicly announced or made is not a Tribute Superior Proposal; or (ii) the Tribute Board of Directors determines that a Tribute Acquisition Proposal which previously constituted a Tribute Superior Proposal would cease to be a Tribute Superior Proposal when assessed against this Agreement and the Merger and the Arrangement. Pozen shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the form and content of such news release. Such news release shall state that the Tribute Board of Directors has determined that the applicable Tribute Acquisition Proposal is not a Tribute Superior Proposal.

        (c)   Nothing contained in this Section 6.4 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit Tribute or the Tribute Board of Directors from:

              (i)  (A) disclosing to the Tribute Shareholders a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or (B) making any disclosure to the Tribute Shareholders, if the Tribute Board of Directors has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with Tribute's outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Tribute Shareholders under applicable Law; provided that this Section 6.4(c)(i) shall not permit the Tribute Board of Directors to make a Tribute Change of Recommendation, except to the extent permitted by this Section 6.4 (other than this Section 6.4(c)(i)); or

             (ii)  calling and/or holding a meeting of the Tribute Shareholders requisitioned by the Tribute Shareholders in accordance with applicable law or taking any other action with respect to a Tribute Acquisition Proposal to the extent ordered or otherwise mandated by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with applicable Laws; provided that, subject to the other terms set forth in this Section 6.4, any proxy statement or other document required in connection with such meeting recommends that the Tribute Shareholders vote against any proposed resolution in favor of or necessary to complete such Tribute Acquisition Proposal.

        (d)   Tribute shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries, and each of its and their respective Representatives, is aware of the provisions of Section 6.3 and this Section 6.4 and Tribute shall be responsible for any breach of Section 6.1 or this Section 6.4 by such Persons.


ARTICLE 7

TERMINATION

7.1   Termination

        (a)   This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by mutual written consent of Pozen and Tribute.

        (b)   This Agreement may be terminated by either Tribute or Pozen at any time prior to the Closing:

              (i)  if the Closing does not occur on or before the Outside Date; provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b)(i) shall not be available to a Party if the failure of that Party or its Affiliate to fulfill any of its obligations or breach of any of its agreements or covenants under this Agreement has been a principal cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur by the Outside Date;

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             (ii)  if the Pozen Stockholder Approval is not obtained at the Pozen Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof;

            (iii)  if the Arrangement Resolution is not approved by the Tribute Shareholders in accordance with applicable Laws and the Interim Order at the Tribute Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof;

            (iv)  if the Financing has not been consummated prior to Closing; or

             (v)  if there shall be passed any Law that makes consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited or if any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order or taken any other action enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger or Arrangement, and such Order or other action is or shall have become final and non-appealable.

        (c)   This Agreement may be terminated by Pozen at any time prior to the Closing if any of the following have occurred:

              (i)  Tribute shall have effected a Tribute Change of Recommendation;

             (ii)  subject to Pozen complying with the terms of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 and paying the Pozen Termination Fee to Tribute in accordance with Section 7.2, to concurrently enter into a Pozen Acquisition Agreement that constitutes a Pozen Superior Proposal;

            (iii)  Tribute breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 not to be satisfied and which breach is not cured on or prior to (or by its nature or timing cannot be cured by) the earlier of (A) thirty days following the delivery of written notice to Tribute from Pozen of such breach and (B) three Business Days prior to the Outside Date; provided , however , that, if Tribute does not effect the Closing when required pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 2.2, the cure period referred to in the immediately preceding clause (A) shall be three Business Days and not thirty days as referred to therein;

            (iv)  subject to Pozen paying the Reduced Pozen Termination Fee to Tribute in accordance with Section 7.3, there shall have occurred, after the date of this Agreement but on or before the Closing Date, a change in applicable U.S. federal Tax Law (whether or not such change in Law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than News Releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of "Material Adverse Effect" (without regard to the exclusion in clause (f) of the definition of "Material Adverse Effect"); or

             (v)  a Material Adverse Effect on Tribute shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement.

        (d)   This Agreement may be terminated by Tribute at any time prior to the Closing if any of the following shall have occurred:

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             (ii)  subject to Tribute complying with the terms of Sections 6.3 and 6.4 and paying the Tribute Termination Fee to Pozen in accordance with Section 7.2, to concurrently enter into a Tribute Acquisition Agreement that constitutes a Tribute Superior Proposal;

            (iii)  Pozen breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.3 not to be satisfied and which breach is not cured on or prior to (or by its nature or timing cannot be cured by) the earlier of (A) thirty days following the delivery of written notice to Pozen from Tribute of such breach and (B) three Business Days prior to the Outside Date; provided , however , that, if Pozen does not effect the Closing when required pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 2.2, the cure period referred to in the immediately preceding clause (A) shall be three Business Days and not thirty days as referred to therein;

            (iv)  there shall have occurred, after the date of this Agreement but on or before the Closing Date, a change in applicable U.S. federal Tax Law (whether or not such change in Law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than News Releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of "Material Adverse Effect" (without regard to the exclusion in clause (f) of the definition of "Material Adverse Effect");

             (v)  DLA Piper LLP (US), special tax advisor to Pozen, is unable to deliver the opinion contemplated in Section 8.1(l); solely for reasons other than (i) a change in applicable U.S. federal Tax Law (whether or not such change in Law is yet effective), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the U.S. Treasury Department or the IRS (other than News Releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), or the passing of a bill that would implement such a change by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in any such case, that, as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would have a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of "Material Adverse Effect" (without regard to the exclusion in clause (f) of the definition of "Material Adverse Effect"); or (ii) a misrepresentation contained in or breach of any representation or warranty of Tribute or a breach of any covenant of Tribute which affects the determination of compliance with Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. Tax law), existing regulations promulgated thereunder, and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance, such that following the Closing Date the Parent shall not be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or

            (vi)  a Material Adverse Effect on Pozen shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement.

7.2   Termination Fee

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specified in Section 7.2(b). The Tribute Termination Fee shall be payable at the time specified in Section 7.2(c).

        (b)   " Pozen Termination Fee Event " means:

              (i)  the termination of this Agreement by Pozen pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(ii), in which case the Pozen Termination Fee shall be paid by Pozen concurrent with the Pozen Termination Fee Event;

             (ii)  the termination of this Agreement by Tribute pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(i) or 7.1(d)(v), in which case the Pozen Termination Fee shall be paid by Pozen within two Business Days of the Pozen Termination Fee Event; or

            (iii)  the termination of this Agreement by either Tribute or Pozen pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(i) or Section 7.1(b)(ii) or by Tribute pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(iii) (solely as it relates to Section 6.1), if, in any of the foregoing cases, (x) prior to such termination, a Pozen Acquisition Proposal shall have been made public or proposed publicly to Pozen or Pozen Stockholders and has not been publicly withdrawn prior to the Pozen Meeting and (y) within twelve (12) months following such termination, Pozen or one or more of Pozen's Subsidiaries shall have executed a Pozen Acquisition Agreement and the transactions thereby are at any time subsequently consummated in respect of such Pozen Acquisition Proposal, in which cases the Pozen Termination Fee shall be paid by Pozen on the date of consummation of such transaction; provided that, for purposes of this Section 7.2(b)(iii), the term "Pozen Acquisition Proposal" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.1, except that all references to "twenty percent (20%)" therein shall be deemed to be references to "fifty percent (50%)."

        (c)   " Tribute Termination Fee Event " means:

              (i)  the termination of this Agreement by Tribute pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(ii), in which case the Tribute Termination Fee shall be paid by Tribute concurrent with the Tribute Termination Fee Event;

             (ii)  the termination of this Agreement by Pozen pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(i), in which case the Tribute Termination Fee shall be paid by Tribute within two Business Days of the Tribute Termination Fee Event; or

            (iii)  the termination of this Agreement by either Tribute or Pozen pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(i) or Section 7.1(b)(iii) or by Pozen pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(iii) (solely as it relates to Section 6.3), if, in any of the foregoing cases, (x) prior to such termination, a Tribute Acquisition Proposal shall have been made public or proposed publicly to Tribute or Tribute Shareholders and has not been publicly withdrawn prior to the Tribute Meeting and (y) within twelve (12) months following such termination, Tribute or one or more of Tribute's Subsidiaries shall have executed a Tribute Acquisition Agreement and the transactions thereby are at any time subsequently consummated in respect of such Tribute Acquisition Proposal, in which cases the Tribute Termination Fee shall be paid by Tribute on the date of consummation of such transaction; provided that, for purposes of this Section 7.2(c)(iii), the term "Tribute Acquisition Proposal" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.1, except that all references to "twenty percent (20%)" therein shall be deemed to be references to "fifty percent (50%)."

        (d)   Each Party acknowledges that the payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 7.2 represents a payment of liquidated damages which are a genuine pre-estimate of the damages which Tribute or Pozen, as applicable, will suffer or incur as a result of the event giving rise to such payment and are not penalties. Pozen and Tribute irrevocably waive any right that it may have to raise as a

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defense that any such liquidated damages are excessive or punitive. The Parties agree that the payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 7.2 in the manner provided herein is the sole and exclusive remedy of Tribute or Pozen, as applicable, in respect of the event giving rise to such payment; provided , however , that nothing contained in this Section 7.2, and no payment of the Termination Fee, shall relieve or have the effect of relieving a Party in any way from liability for damages incurred or suffered by the other Party as a result of an intentional or willful breach of this Agreement.

        (e)   Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in no event shall either Party be required to pay the Termination Fee more than once.

7.3   Reduced Termination Fee

        (a)   If a Reduced Pozen Termination Fee Event occurs, Pozen shall pay to Tribute a termination fee of $1,750,000 (the " Reduced Pozen Termination Fee ") by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account specified by Tribute. The Reduced Pozen Termination Fee shall be payable at the time specified in Section 7.3(b).

        (b)   " Reduced Pozen Termination Fee Event " means the termination of this Agreement by Pozen pursuant to Section 7.1(c)(iv), in which case the Reduced Pozen Termination Fee shall be paid by Pozen to Tribute within two Business Days of the Pozen Termination Fee Event.

        (c)   Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in no event shall either Party be required to pay the Reduced Termination Fee more than once.

7.4   Effect of Termination

        The Party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Article 7 (other than pursuant to Section 7.1(a)) shall deliver written notice of such termination to each other Party. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to and in accordance with this Article 7 (including payment of the Termination Fee, if applicable), it will become void and of no further force and effect, with no liability on the part of any Party to any other Party, except that (a) nothing shall relieve any Party of any liability or obligations arising from any intentional or willful breach by any Party of any of its covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and (b) the terms set forth in last paragraph of Section 7.2, Section 7.3, this Section 7.3 and Article 9 (and any related definitions contained in any such Sections or Article), as well as the Non-Disclosure Agreement, shall survive any termination of this Agreement.


ARTICLE 8

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

8.1   Mutual Conditions Precedent

        The respective obligations of the Parties to complete the Arrangement and the Merger are subject to the satisfaction, or mutual waiver by Pozen and Tribute, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, each of which is for the mutual benefit of the Parties and which may be waived, in whole or in part, by Pozen and Tribute at any time:

            (a)   the Arrangement Resolution shall have been approved by the Tribute Shareholders at the Tribute Meeting in accordance with the Interim Order and applicable Laws, including, if applicable, on a "majority of the minority" basis;

            (b)   the Pozen Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained at the Pozen Meeting in accordance with applicable Laws;

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            (c)   each of the Interim Order and Final Order shall have been obtained on terms consistent with this Agreement and in form and substance satisfactory to each of Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably, and shall not have been set aside or modified in any manner unacceptable to either Tribute or Pozen, each acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

            (d)   the Form S-4 shall have been declared effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-4 shall be in effect;

            (e)   the Parent Shares to be issued as Merger Consideration and the Arrangement Consideration shall have been approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to official notice of issuance and (ii) conditionally approved for listing on the TSX, subject only to the satisfaction of the customary listing conditions of the TSX;

            (f)    the conditions to closing shall have been met or waived with respect to the Financing;

            (g)   the only condition precedent to the respective obligations of the Parties to consummate the Merger which remains unsatisfied pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall be the filing of the Certificate of Merger. The only condition precedent to the respective obligations of the Parties to consummate the Arrangement which remains unsatisfied pursuant to the terms of the this Agreement, shall be the filing of the Articles of Arrangement;

            (h)   the Required Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained or concluded and shall be in full force and effect and any waiting or suspensory periods related to the Required Regulatory Approvals shall have expired or been terminated, in each case, without the imposition of any Restraint;

            (i)    (i) no Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case which is in effect and which prevents or prohibits consummation of the Merger and the Arrangement or any of the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement and (ii) no Governmental Authority shall have instituted any Proceeding (which remains outstanding at what would otherwise be the Closing Date) before any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction seeking to enjoin or otherwise prohibit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

            (j)    there has been no change in applicable Law (whether or not such change in Law is yet effective) with respect to Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. tax law), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the IRS (other than IRS News Releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), and no bill that would implement such a change has been passed in identical (or substantially identical such that a conference committee is not required prior to submission of such legislation for approval or veto by the President of the United States) form by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bill has not yet elapsed, in each case, that, once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would cause Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for United States federal income tax purposes;

            (k)   following the Merger and the Arrangement, Parent should not be taxed as a U.S. resident corporation;

            (l)    Pozen shall have received from DLA Piper LLP (US), special tax advisor to Pozen, an opinion addressed to Pozen and Parent dated as of the Closing Date to the effect that Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. Tax law), existing regulations promulgated thereunder,

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    and official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance should not apply so as to cause Parent to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes from and after the Closing Date, provided that such opinion shall only take into account the Law in effect as of the Closing Date and, there shall have been no change in applicable Law (whether or not such change in Law is yet effective) with respect to Section 7874 of the Code (or any other U.S. Tax Law), or official interpretation thereof as set forth in published guidance by the IRS (other than News Releases) (whether or not such change in official interpretation is yet effective), and there shall have been no bills that would implement such a change passed by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and for which the time period for the President of the United States to sign or veto such bills has not yet elapsed, in each case, that, once effective, in the opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel, would cause Parent to be treated as a United States domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In rendering such opinion, DLA Piper LLP (US) will be entitled to receive and rely upon certificates containing representations, warranties, and covenants of officers of Pozen, Tribute, and Parent, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel and reasonably necessary to the giving of such opinion; and

            (m)  the issuance of the Parent Shares to Tribute Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares and the issuance of Parent Options to Tribute Optionholders in exchange for their Tribute Options, all pursuant to the Arrangement, shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) thereof and shall be exempt or qualified under all applicable U.S. state securities laws, and such securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer under the 1933 Securities Act and applicable state securities laws except such as may be imposed by Rule 144 under the 1933 Securities Act with respect to certain "affiliates" (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Securities Act) of Can Merger Sub.

8.2   Additional Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Pozen

        The obligation of Pozen to complete the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Pozen, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, each of which is for the exclusive benefit of Pozen and which may be waived by Pozen at any time, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion and without prejudice to any other rights that Pozen may have:

            (a)   Tribute shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations, covenants and agreements in this Agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the Closing Date;

            (b)   (i) the representations and warranties of Tribute in the first and third sentences of Section 3.2(e) shall be true and correct in all respects, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made on such date (except for such representations and warranties which refer to or are made as of another specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of that date), except for breaches of representations and warranties which are de minimis in the aggregate; (ii) the representations and warranties of Tribute set forth in Sections 3.2(a), 3.2(b), the first sentence of 3.2(v), 3.2(y), 3.2(z) and 3.2(bb) shall be true and correct in all material respects, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made on such date (except for such representations and warranties which refer to or are made as of another specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of that date); and (iii) the representations and warranties of Tribute set forth in Section 3.2 (other than those referenced in clause (i) or (ii) above) shall be true and correct (disregarding for this purpose all materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained therein) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made on and as of such date (except for such representations and warranties which refer to or are

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    made as of another specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of that date), except for breaches of representations and warranties which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Tribute;

            (c)   since the date of this Agreement, no Material Adverse Effect with respect to Tribute shall have occurred and be continuing;

            (d)   Pozen shall have received a certificate of Tribute signed by a senior officer of Tribute for and on behalf of Tribute and dated the Closing Date certifying that the conditions set out in Section 8.1 and Section 8.3 have been satisfied;

            (e)   Tribute shall not have received duly exercised rights of dissent (which notices have not been withdrawn prior to the Closing Time) from Tribute Shareholders holding greater than one percent (1%) of the Tribute Common Shares; and

            (f)    Pozen shall have received the Pozen Fairness Opinions.

8.3   Additional Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Tribute

        The obligation of Tribute to complete the Arrangement shall be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Tribute, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, each of which is for the exclusive benefit of Tribute and which may be waived by Tribute at any time, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion and without prejudice to any other rights that Tribute may have:

            (a)   Pozen shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations, covenants and agreements in this Agreement to be performed and complied with on or before the Closing Date;

            (b)   (i) the representations and warranties of Pozen in the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sentences of Section 3.1(e) shall be true and correct in all respects, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made on such date (except for such representations and warranties which refer to or are made as of another specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of that date), except for breaches of representations and warranties which are de minimis in the aggregate; (ii) the representations and warranties of Pozen in Sections 3.1(a), 3.1(b), the first sentence of 3.1(v), 3.1(y), 3.1(z) and 3.1(bb) shall be true and correct in all material respects, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made on such date (except for such representations and warranties which refer to or are made as of another specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of that date); and (iii) the representations and warranties of Pozen set forth in Section 3.1 (other than those referenced in clause (i) or (ii) above) shall be true and correct (disregarding for this purpose all materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained therein) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made on and as of such date (except for such representations and warranties which refer to or are made as of another specified date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of that date), except for breaches of representations and warranties which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Pozen;

            (c)   since the date of this Agreement, no Material Adverse Effect with respect to Pozen or the Parent shall have occurred and be continuing;

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        (d)   Tribute shall have received a certificate of Pozen signed by a senior officer of Pozen for and on behalf of Pozen and dated the Closing Date certifying that the conditions set out in Section 8.1 and 8.2 have been satisfied;

        (e)   Tribute shall have received a certificate of Parent and Can Merger Sub signed by their respective senior officers for and on behalf of Parent and Can Merger Sub, as applicable dated the Arrangement Effective Date certifying that the conditions set out in Section 8.1 have been satisfied;

        (f)    Tribute shall have received the Tribute Fairness Opinion;

        (g)   Tribute shall have received certified copies of resolutions duly passed by the board of directors of the Parent (acting for itself and on behalf of Can Merger Sub) approving this Agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby; and

        (h)   Can Merger Sub or the Parent will have deposited, or caused to be deposited with the Arrangement Exchange Agent, sufficient funds (including share certificates) to effect payment in full of the aggregate consideration payable by Can Merger Sub under the Plan of Arrangement.

8.4   Notice Provisions

        Each Party will give prompt notice to the other of the occurrence, or failure to occur, at any time from the date hereof until the Merger Effective Time and the Arrangement Effective Time, of any event or state of facts which occurrence or failure would, or would be reasonably likely to:

            (a)   cause any of the representations or warranties of such Party contained herein to be untrue or inaccurate between the date hereof and the Merger Effective Time or the Arrangement Effective Time such that the condition set forth in Section 8.2(b) or Section 8.3(b) would fail to be satisfied; or

            (b)   result in the failure to comply with or satisfy any covenant or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by such Party hereunder prior to the Merger Effective Time or the Arrangement Effective Time such that the condition set forth in Section 8.2(a) or Section 8.3(a) would fail to be satisfied.


ARTICLE 9

GENERAL

9.1   Notices

        Any demand, notice or other communication to be given in connection with this Agreement must be given in writing and will be given by personal delivery or by facsimile or electronic transmission, addressed to the recipient as follows:

            (a)   if to Tribute:

      Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
      151 Steeles Avenue East
      Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 1Y1

Attention:   Robert Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.:   519 434-4382
E-mail:   rob.harris@tributepharma.com

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      with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

      Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
      77 King Street West, Suite 3000
      Toronto, Ontario M5K 1G8

Attention:   Eric R. Roblin
Facsimile No.:   +1.416.941.8852
E-mail:   eroblin@foglers.com

            (b)   if to Parent:

      Aguono Limited
      c/o POZEN Inc.
      1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
      Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Attention:   Adrian Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.:   (919) 490-5552
E-mail:   aadams@pozen.com

      with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

      DLA Piper LLP (US)
      51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
      Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2704

Attention:   Andrew Gilbert
Facsimile No.:   (973) 520-2573
E-mail:   andrew.gilbert@dlapiper.com

            (c)   if to Ltd2:

      Trafwell Limited
      c/o POZEN Inc.
      1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
      Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Attention:   Adrian Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.:   (919) 490-5552
E-mail:   aadams@pozen.com

      with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

      DLA Piper LLP (US)
      51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
      Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2704

Attention:   Andrew Gilbert
Facsimile No.:   (973) 520-2573
E-mail:   andrew.gilbert@dlapiper.com

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            (d)   if to US Merger Sub:

      ARLZ US Acquisition Corp.
      c/o POZEN Inc.
      1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
      Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Attention:   Adrian Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.:   (919) 490-5552
E-mail:   aadams@pozen.com

      with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

      DLA Piper LLP (US)
      51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
      Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2704

Attention:   Andrew Gilbert
Facsimile No.:   (973) 520-2573
E-mail:   andrew.gilbert@dlapiper.com

            (e)   if to Can Merger Sub:

      ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp.
      c/o POZEN Inc.
      1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
      Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Attention:   Adrian Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.:   (919) 490-5552
E-mail:   aadams@pozen.com

      with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

      DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
      Suite 6000, 1 First Canadian Place
      PO Box 367, 100 King St W
      Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E2

Attention:   Andrew Lord
Facsimile No.:   416-369-5207
E-mail:   andrew.lord@dlapiper.com

            (f)    if to Pozen:

      POZEN Inc.
      1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
      Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Attention:   Adrian Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.:   (919) 490-5552
E-mail:   aadams@pozen.com

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      with copies (which will not constitute notice) to:

      DLA Piper LLP (US)
      51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
      Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2704

Attention:   Andrew Gilbert
Facsimile No.:   (973) 520-2573
E-mail:   andrew.gilbert@dlapiper.com

or to such other street address, individual or electronic communication number or address as may be designated by written notice given by either Party to the other in any manner stated in this Section 9.1. Any demand, notice or other communication or facsimile, given by personal delivery will be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day of actual delivery thereof and, if given by electronic communication, on the day of transmittal thereof if given during the normal business hours of the recipient and on the Business Day during which such normal business hours next occur if not given during such hours on any day.

9.2   Expenses

        Except as otherwise specified herein and except in respect of any filing fees associated with any filings made pursuant to Relevant Competition Laws, which fees shall be split evenly between Pozen and Tribute, each Party will pay its respective legal and accounting costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and all documents and instruments executed pursuant to this Agreement and any other costs and expenses whatsoever and howsoever incurred, and will indemnify and save harmless the others from and against any claim for any broker's, finder's or placement fee or commission alleged to have been incurred as a result of any action by it in connection with the transactions hereunder.

9.3   No Assignment

        Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

9.4   Benefit of Agreement

        Subject to Section 9.8, this Agreement will inure solely to the benefit of and be binding upon each Party hereto.

9.5   Public Announcements

        (a)   Pozen and Tribute shall publicly announce the Arrangement and the Merger by way of joint press release promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the text and timing of such announcement to be approved by the other Party in advance, acting reasonably.

        (b)   No Party shall issue any press release or otherwise make any written public statement with respect to the Merger or this Agreement without the consent of the other Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

        (c)   Pozen shall not make any filing with any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without prior consultation with Tribute, and Tribute shall not make any filing with any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without prior consultation with Pozen.

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rules, and the Party making the disclosure shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give prior oral or written notice to the other Party and reasonable opportunity for the other Party to review or comment on the disclosure or filing (other than with respect to confidential information contained in such disclosure or filing) and, if such prior notice is not possible, to give notice immediately following the making of any such disclosure or filing. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, except as otherwise expressly required pursuant to this Agreement (other than this Section 9.5), neither Tribute nor Pozen shall have any obligation to obtain the consent of or consult with the other Party prior to any press release, public statement, disclosure or filing with regard to any Pozen Acquisition Proposal, Tribute Acquisition Proposal, Pozen Change of Recommendation or Tribute Change of Recommendation or in connection with any dispute (including initiation of litigation or similar proceedings) between the Parties.

9.6   Governing Law; Attornment; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury

        (a)   This Agreement, and any dispute arising out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware of any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, except that the approval and effectiveness of the Arrangement shall be governed by the OBCA. Each of the Parties (i) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the " Chancery Court ") or, if, but only if, the Chancery Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware with respect to any dispute arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, in any court other than any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the Chancery Court or, if, but only if, the Chancery Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, in any federal court located in the State of Delaware, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

        (b)   Each Party hereby agrees that any service of process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to such Person at its address set forth in Section 9.1 shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding relating to any dispute arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

        (c)   EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

9.7   Entire Agreement

        This Agreement, together with the Non-Disclosure Agreement, and any documents delivered hereunder, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties, with respect to the subject matter thereof.

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9.8   Third Party Beneficiaries

        Except as provided in Section 5.6, this Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

9.9   Amendment

        This Agreement may, at any time and from time to time but not later than the Closing, be amended by written agreement of the Parties hereto without, subject to applicable Laws, further notice to or authorization on the part of the Pozen Stockholders.

9.10 Waiver and Modifications

        Any Party may (a) waive, in whole or in part, any inaccuracy of, or consent to the modification of, any representation or warranty made to it hereunder or in any document to be delivered pursuant hereto, (b) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of the other Parties, (c) waive or consent to the modification of any of the covenants herein contained for its benefit or waive or consent to the modification of any of the obligations of the other Parties hereto or (d) waive the fulfillment of any condition to its own obligations contained herein. No waiver or consent to the modifications of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be effective or binding unless made in writing and signed by the Party or Parties purporting to give the same and, unless otherwise provided, will be limited to the specific breach or condition waived. The rights and remedies of the Parties hereunder are cumulative and are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights and remedies available at Law or in equity or otherwise. No single or partial exercise by a Party of any right or remedy precludes or otherwise affects any further exercise of such right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy to which that Party may be entitled. No waiver or partial waiver of any nature, in any one or more instances, will be deemed or construed a continued waiver of any condition or breach of any other term, representation or warranty in this Agreement.

9.11 Severability

        Upon such determination that any provision is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the Arrangement and Merger be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

9.12 Further Assurances

        Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Parties will, from time to time, do all acts and things and execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments, as the other Parties may, either before or after the Closing, reasonably require to effectively carry out or perfect the full intent and meaning of this Agreement.

9.13 Injunctive Relief

        (a)   Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy at Law or otherwise. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and this right shall include the right of the parties to cause the

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transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated on the terms set forth in this Agreement, in each case without posting a bond or undertaking, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity or pursuant to this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at Law would be adequate.

        (b)   Notwithstanding the parties' rights to specific performance or injunctive relief or both pursuant to Section 9.13(a), each party may pursue any other remedy available to it at Law or in equity, including monetary damages; provided that it is understood and agreed that claims for monetary damages following termination of this Agreement shall be limited to those arising from or relating to any intentional or willful breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.

9.14 No Recourse

        Without limiting any other provision in this Agreement, this Agreement may be enforced only against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, may be made only against the Parties hereto.

9.15 Counterparts

        This Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic transmission), each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, and each Party may enter into this Agreement by executing a counterpart and delivering it to the other Party (by personal delivery, facsimile, electronic transmission or otherwise).

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

    TRIBUTE PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ SCOTT LANGILLE

        Name:   Scott Langille
        Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

AGUONO LIMITED

 

 

By:

 

/s/ WILLIAM L. HODGES

        Name:   William L. Hodges
        Title:   Director

 

 

TRAFWELL LIMITED

 

 

By:

 

/s/ WILLIAM L. HODGES

        Name:   William L. Hodges
        Title:   Director

 

 

ARLZ US ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   President

 

 

ARLZ CA ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ANDREW KOVEN

        Name:   Andrew Koven
        Title:   President

 

 

POZEN INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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SCHEDULE I—REQUIRED REGULATORY APPROVALS

1.
The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger shall have expired or been terminated

2.
Competition Act (Canada)—Advanced Ruling Certificate (to the extent required under applicable Law in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Arrangement and the Merger))

3.
Investment Canada Act (Canada)—post-closing filing notice

4.
the Interim Order and the Final Order

5.
the conditional approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange

6.
the conditional acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange

7.
Nasdaq listing approval of Parent Shares including those issuable as Merger Consideration and Arrangement Consideration and underlying any of the Parent Options, Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options issued in connection with the Arrangement

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SCHEDULE II—PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

FORM OF PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT UNDER SECTION 182 OF THE BUSINESS
CORPORATIONS ACT (ONTARIO)

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SCHEDULE III—FORM OF ARRANGEMENT RESOLUTION

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SCHEDULE IV—FORM OF VOTING AGREEMENT

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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

        AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of August 19, 2015 (this "Amendment"), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario ("Tribute"), Aguono Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 561617 having its registered office at 56 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, 2, Ireland, and which has been renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited ("Parent"), Trafwell Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 561618 having its registered office at 25-28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (and which has been renamed Aralez Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited) ("Ltd2"), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Parent ("US Merger Sub"), ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Can Merger Sub") and POZEN Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company" and, together with Tribute, Parent, Ltd2, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub, the "Parties").


W I T N E S S E T H :

        WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Merger Agreement to reflect the addition of ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, as a party to the Merger Agreement and to remove ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. as a party to the Merger Agreement;

        WHEREAS, after giving effect to this Amendment all references to "US Merger Sub" shall mean ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, formed as a sister company to Parent; and

        WHEREAS, Section 9.9 of the Merger Agreement provides that the Merger Agreement may, at any time and from time to time but not later than the Closing, as defined in the Merger Agreement, be amended by written agreement of the Parties without, subject to applicable Laws, further notice to or authorization on the part of the Pozen stockholders.

        NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

1.
Amendments.

(a)
The initial recital to the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

      "THIS AGREEMENT is made as of June 8, 2015 among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario (" Tribute "), Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 561617 having its registered office at 25-28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (" Parent "), Trafwell Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland with registered number 561618 having its registered office at 25-28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (" Ltd2 "), ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, formed as a sister company to Parent (" US Merger Sub "), ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario

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      and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (" Can Merger Sub "), and POZEN Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (" Pozen ")."

    (b)
    The definition of US Merger Sub contained in Section 1.1 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

      "" US Merger Sub " shall mean ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, formed as a sister company to Parent."

    (c)
    Subsection 3.3(h) is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

" Parent Material Subsidiaries . Parent or a wholly owned Parent Subsidiary is, or will be prior to the Merger Effective Time, the sole registered and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding shares in the capital of or outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership, equity or voting interests of the Parent Subsidiaries and US Merger Sub free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and no other Person other than Parent has any option, right, entitlement, understanding or commitment (contingent or otherwise) regarding the right to acquire any such share or interest in any of the Parent Subsidiaries or US Merger Sub and no outstanding option, warrant, conversion or exchange privilege or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment obligating any such entity to issue or sell any share or ownership, equity or voting interest of such entity or security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares or ownership, equity or voting interests of any such entity. Neither Parent nor any of the Parent Material Subsidiaries own any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any other Person, other than a Parent Material Subsidiary, which interest or investment is material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole."

    (d)
    A new Subsection 8.1(g) is hereby added as follows:

"the representation and warranty of Parent in Subsection 3.3(h) shall be true and correct."

2.
Miscellaneous.

(a)
From and after the date hereof, all references in the Merger Agreement to "this Agreement" shall be deemed to mean the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment, but references to "the date of this Agreement," or "the date hereof" in the Merger Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, shall be deemed to be August 19, 2015.

(b)
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(c)
Each party to this Amendment hereby represents that it has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and deliver this Amendment, to perform its obligations under the Amendment, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Amendment; that the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment by such party, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such party and that this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

(d)
The section headings in this Amendment are intended solely for convenience and shall be given no effect in the construction and interpretation hereof.

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    (e)
    This Amendment and all actions, proceedings or counterclaims (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Amendment or the actions of Parent, Acquisition Sub or the Company in the negotiation, administration, performance and enforcement thereof, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

    (f)
    This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, which together shall constitute one and the same Amendment. The parties to this Amendment may execute more than one copy of this Amendment, each of which shall constitute an original.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tribute, Parent, Ltd2, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

    TRIBUTE PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ SCOTT LANGILLE

        Name:   Scott Langille
        Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED

 

 

By:

 

/s/ WILLIAM L. HODGES

        Name:   William L. Hodges
        Title:   Director

 

 

TRAFWELL LIMITED

 

 

By:

 

/s/ WILLIAM L. HODGES

        Name:   William L. Hodges
        Title:   Director

 

 

ARLZ US ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   President

 

 

ARLZ CA ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ANDREW KOVEN

        Name:   Andrew Koven
        Title:   President

 

 

POZEN INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

ARLZ US ACQUISITION II CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   President

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER AND ARRANGEMENT

         This AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this "Amendment") to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement is made as of December 7, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada ("Tribute"), Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of Ireland (formerly known as Aguono Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of Ireland, and subsequently renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited prior to its re-registration as a public limited company) ("Former Parent"), Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada ("New Parent"), Aralez Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of Ireland (formerly known as Trafwell Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of Ireland) ("Holdings"), ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware ("US Merger Sub"), ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada ("Can Merger Sub"), and POZEN Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Pozen" and, together with Tribute, Former Parent, New Parent, Holdings, US Merger Sub and Can Merger Sub, the "Parties").


W I T N E S S E T H :

         WHEREAS , on June 8, 2015, Tribute, Former Parent, Holdings, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Former US Merger Sub"), Can Merger Sub and Pozen entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement (the "Agreement"), pursuant to which (i) Tribute will combine with Can Merger Sub, (ii) Former US Merger Sub will merge with and into Pozen, with the separate corporate existence of Former US Merger Sub ceasing and Pozen continuing as the surviving corporation; and (iii) Former Parent would be the ultimate parent entity domiciled in Ireland;

         WHEREAS , on August 19, 2015, Tribute, Former Parent, Holdings, Former US Merger Sub, US Merger Sub, Can Merger Sub and Pozen entered into that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement ("Amendment No. 1," together with the Agreement, the "Merger Agreement"), whereby US Merger Sub was formed to replace Former US Merger Sub in order to optimize the corporate structure of Former Parent in the future;

         WHEREAS , Tribute, Former Parent, Holdings, US Merger Sub, Can Merger Sub and Pozen desire to amend the Merger Agreement to add New Parent as a party to the Merger Agreement and to remove Former Parent as a party to the Merger Agreement, whereby, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement, the ultimate parent company of the combined companies will be New Parent, a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada; and

         WHEREAS , Section 9.9 of the Merger Agreement provides that the Merger Agreement may, at any time and from time to time but not later than the Closing, as defined in the Merger Agreement, be amended by written agreement of the Parties without, subject to applicable Laws, further notice to or authorization on the part of the Pozen stockholders.

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         NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

3.
Amendments.

(a)
Preamble:

(i)
The preamble which reads "WHEREAS, prior to the Merger Effective Time, as defined in Section 1.1, Parent shall re-register as a public limited company incorporated in Ireland and be renamed as Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc." is hereby deleted in its entirety and all references thereto are hereby deleted in their entirety.

(b)
General Definitions:

(i)
All references to "Parent" in the Merger Agreement shall mean "Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.", a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

(ii)
All references to "Ltd2" or "Trafwell Limited" in the Merger Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety.

(iii)
All references to "ordinary shares" of Parent in the Merger Agreement shall be changed to "common shares" of Parent.

(iv)
All references to "Schedule II—Plan of Arrangement" shall be changed to "Schedule II—Amended and Restated Plan of Arrangement", attached as Schedule II to this Amendment.

(v)
All references to "Financing" in the Merger Agreement shall mean "Financing", as defined in this Amendment.

(c)
Section 1.1:

(i)
The definition of "Holdco" contained in the Merger Agreement and all references thereto are hereby deleted in their entirety.

(ii)
The definition of "Irish High Court Application" contained in the Merger Agreement and all references thereto are hereby deleted in their entirety.

(iii)
The definition of "MFI Note" shall be added to the Merger Agreement immediately after the definition of "Merger Exchange Agent" and immediately prior to the definition of "NASDAQ" and shall read in its entirety as follows:

"" MFI Note " means the unsecured convertible promissory note in the aggregate amount of C$5,000,000, dated June 16, 2015, issued by Tribute to Nidhi Nijhawan."

      (iv)
      The definition of "New Pozen Employees" contained in the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"" New Pozen Employees " means Adrian Adams, Jennifer Armstrong, Scott Charles, Andrew I. Koven, Mark Glickman, Eric L. Trachtenberg, James P. Tursi, M.D., and any other Pozen employee to whom Pozen Options or Pozen restricted stock units are granted subsequent to June 8, 2015."

      (v)
      The definition of "Outside Date" contained in the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"" Outside Date " means April 30, 2016 or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties."

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      (vi)
      The definition of "Parent Convertible Notes" shall be added to the Merger Agreement immediately after the definition of "Parent Board of Directors" and immediately prior to the definition of "Financing" and shall read in its entirety as follows:

" Parent Convertible Notes " means, following the Arrangement Effective Time, the "Convertible Notes" as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, by and among Parent, Pozen, Tribute and the lenders party thereto."

      (vii)
      The definition of "Parent Distributable Reserves Proposals" contained in the Merger Agreement and all references thereto are hereby deleted in their entirety.

      (viii)
      The definition of "Parent Distributable Reserves Resolution" contained in the Merger Agreement and all references thereto are hereby deleted in their entirety.

      (ix)
      The definition of "Financing" contained in the Merger Agreement shall be deleted and the definition of "Financing" shall be inserted immediately after the definition of "Final Order" and immediately prior to the definition of "Form S-4" and shall read in its entirety as follows:

"" Financing " shall mean, collectively, (i) the senior secured credit facility of up to $200,000,000 of Tribute which, upon the Arrangement Effective Time, will be assumed by Parent and secured by the assets of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries; (ii) the $75,000,000 convertible notes of Tribute, which, upon the Arrangement Effective Time, will be assigned to Parent by the Lenders, and the convertible notes of Parent issued to the Lenders in exchange thereof, which shall be secured by the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries; and (iii) the $75,000,000 equity financing of Tribute as contemplated by the Share Subscription Agreement between Parent, Pozen, Tribute and certain investors dated even date herewith."

      (x)
      The definition of "Parent Shares" contained in the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"" Parent Shares " means the common shares without par value in the capital of Parent."

      (xi)
      The definition of "Plan of Arrangement" contained in the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"" Plan of Arrangement " means the Amended and Restated Plan of Arrangement substantially in the form and content set out in Schedule II hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or varied from time to time in accordance with Article 7 of the Plan of Arrangement or at the direction of the Court in the Final Order with the prior written consent of Tribute and Pozen, each acting reasonably."

      (xii)
      The definition of "Tribute Convertible Notes" shall be added to the Merger Agreement immediately after the definition of "Tribute Compensation Optionholders" and immediately prior to the definition of "Tribute Disclosure Letter" and shall read in its entirety as follows:

"" Tribute Convertible Notes " means, prior to the Arrangement Effective Time, the "Convertible Notes" as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, by and among Parent, Pozen, Tribute and the lenders party thereto."

      (xiii)
      The definition of "Tribute Distributable Reserves Resolution" contained in the Merger Agreement and all references thereto are hereby deleted in their entirety.

    (d)
    Section 2.1(g) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(g) At the Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any of their respective shareholders, all shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share,

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of US Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, and all rights in respect thereof, shall be cancelled and US Surviving Company shall issue an equivalent number of fully paid shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, all of which shares shall be held by Holdings, and which shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of US Surviving Company."

    (e)
    A new Section 2.1(n) shall be added to the Merger Agreement and shall read in its entirety as follows:

"(n) All events that are to occur at the Arrangement Effective Time shall occur immediately prior to all events that are to occur at the Merger Effective Time and immediately prior to US Merger Sub's acquisition of Parent Shares."

The remainder of Section 2.1 shall be renumbered accordingly.

    (f)
    Section 2.2:

    (i)
    Section 2.2(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

        "(b) Registered Holders of Tribute Common Shares will be granted rights of dissent with respect to such shares in connection with the Arrangement pursuant to and in the manner set forth in Section 185 of the OBCA, as modified by the Plan of Arrangement (the " Tribute Dissent Rights "). Beneficial Holders of Tribute Common Shares and Holders of Tribute Convertible Notes, Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants, Tribute Compensation Options and the MFI Note will not have rights of dissent with respect to such securities in connection with the Arrangement. Tribute shall give Pozen (i) prompt notice of any written demands with respect to Tribute Dissent Rights, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to the OBCA and received by Tribute, and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such rights. Without the prior written consent of Pozen, except as required by applicable law, Tribute shall not make any payment with respect to any such rights or offer to settle or settle any such rights."

      (ii)
      Section 2.2(f) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(f) Tribute shall advise the Canadian Court that the Parties intend to rely on the exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Securities Act provided by Section 3(a)(10) thereof to issue Parent Shares to Tribute Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares, to exchange Tribute Convertible Notes for Parent Convertible Notes and to exchange Tribute Options for Parent Options, as applicable, all pursuant to the Arrangement, based on the Canadian Court's approval of the Arrangement."

      (iii)
      Section 2.2(j) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(j) The Tribute Convertible Notes, the MFI Note, the Tribute Options, the Tribute Warrants, the Tribute Compensation Options and the Tribute Stock Option Plan shall be treated as contemplated by, and in the manner set forth in, the Plan of Arrangement."

      (iv)
      Section 2.2(k) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(k) The Arrangement shall be structured and executed such that the issuance of the Parent Shares to Tribute Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares, the issuance of Parent Convertible Notes to holders of Tribute Convertible Notes in exchange for their Tribute Convertible Notes and the

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issuance of Parent Options to Tribute Optionholders in exchange for their Tribute Options, all pursuant to the Arrangement, will not require registration under the 1933 Securities Act in reliance upon Section 3(a)(10) thereof. Each of the Parties agrees to act in good faith, consistent with the intent of the Parties and the intended treatment of the Arrangement as set forth in this Section 2.2."

      (v)
      Section 2.2(m) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(m) Each of Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub and the Arrangement Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable to any holder of Tribute Common Shares, Tribute Convertible Notes, the MFI Note, Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants or Tribute Compensation Optionholder, such amounts as Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub or the Arrangement Exchange Agent are required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as having been paid to the holder of Tribute Common Shares, Tribute Convertible Notes, the MFI Note, Tribute Options, Tribute Warrants or Tribute Compensation Options in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that the amount so required or permitted to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a holder exceeds the cash component of the consideration payable to the holder, Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub and the Arrangement Exchange Agent are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration payable to the holder as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub or the Arrangement Exchange Agent, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Tribute, Pozen, Parent, Can Merger Sub or the Arrangement Exchange Agent shall notify the holder thereof and remit the applicable portion of the net proceeds of such sale to the appropriate taxing authority, and shall remit to such holder any unapplied balance of the proceeds of such sale."

    (g)
    Section 2.4(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(i) Parent covenants and agrees that, promptly following Closing, it shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the " Form S-8 ") registering Parent Shares issuable pursuant to the 2016 Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. Omnibus Equity Plan."

    (h)
    The introduction to Section 3.1 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

"3.1 Representations and Warranties of Pozen

        Except as disclosed in the applicable section or subsection of the Pozen Disclosure Letter (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Pozen Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection of the Pozen Disclosure Letter only to the extent the relevance of such item to such other section or subsection is reasonably apparent on its face), the Pozen Public Disclosure Record (other than any disclosure contained under the captions "Risk Factors" or "Forward Looking Statements" or similar captions and any other disclosure contained therein that is predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature), or as otherwise expressly disclosed to Tribute prior to the date of this Amendment in writing for the express purpose of qualifying the representations contained in this Section 3.1, Pozen represents and warrants to and in favor of Tribute and Parent as follows and acknowledges that Tribute and Parent are relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement:"

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    (i)
    The introduction to Section 3.2 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

"3.2 Representations and Warranties of Tribute

        Except as disclosed in the applicable section or subsection of the Tribute Disclosure Letter (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Tribute Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection of the Tribute Disclosure Letter only to the extent the relevance of such item to such other section or subsection is reasonably apparent on its face), the Tribute Public Disclosure Record (other than any disclosure contained under the captions "Risk Factors" or "Forward Looking Statements" or similar captions and any other disclosure contained therein that is predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature), or as otherwise expressly disclosed to Pozen prior to the date of this Amendment in writing for the express purpose of qualifying the representations contained in this Section 3.2, Tribute represents and warrants to and in favor of Parent and Pozen as follows and acknowledges that Parent and Pozen are relying upon such representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement:"

    (j)
    Section 3.3(e) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

"(e) Capitalization of Parent . As of the date of this Amendment, the authorized capital of Parent consists of an unlimited number of Parent Shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares, issuable in series, in the capital of Parent, of which there is one (1) Parent Share outstanding and nil preferred shares outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding common shares of Parent have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as contemplated by the Merger, the Arrangement and this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding agreements, subscriptions, warrants, options, rights or commitments (nor has Parent granted any other right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, subscription, warrant, option, right or commitment) obligating Parent to issue or sell any common shares or other securities of Parent, including any security or obligation of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any common shares or other security of Parent."

    (k)
    Section 3.3(p) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(p) Parent Shares Fully Paid and Non-assessable. Upon their due issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Parent Shares issued as Merger Consideration and Arrangement Consideration shall be fully paid and non-assessable common shares in the capital of Parent."

    (l)
    Section 5.1(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended to replace each instance "Parent" with "Tribute and Parent" and each instance of "Parent's" with "Tribute's and Parent's respective"."

    (m)
    Section 5.12 of the Merger Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the remainder of Article 5 shall be renumbered accordingly.

    (n)
    Section 5.13 of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to Section 1(m) above, Section 5.12) is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"5.12  Certain Parent Shareholder Resolutions

Prior to Closing, Pozen and Parent shall procure the passing of resolutions of the shareholders of Parent providing for:

(a)    the amendment of its Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, which shall as far as is practicable be consistent with Pozen's existing organizational documents;

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(b)    the approval of any other matters as are deemed necessary or expedient in connection with giving effect to the transactions contemplated by, or ancillary to, this Agreement."

    (o)
    Section 8.1(m) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"(m) the issuance of the Parent Shares to Tribute Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares, the issuance of Parent Convertible Notes to holders of Tribute Convertible Notes in exchange for their Tribute Convertible Notes and the issuance of Parent Options to Tribute Optionholders in exchange for their Tribute Options, all pursuant to the Arrangement, shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) thereof and shall be exempt or qualified under all applicable U.S. state securities laws, and such securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer under the 1933 Securities Act and applicable state securities laws except such as may be imposed contractually by the Parties or by Rule 144 under the 1933 Securities Act with respect to (i) any of such securities of Parent issued to certain persons who are "affiliates" (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Securities Act) of Parent or who have been affiliates of Parent within ninety days of the Arrangement Effective Date, and (ii) any of such securities of Parent issued and exchanged for securities issued by Tribute as part of the Financing."

    (p)
    Section 9.1(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

(b)
if to Parent:

      Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.
      c/o DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
      Suite 6000, 1 First Canadian Place
      PO Box 367, 100 King St. W
      Toronto, Ontario
      M5X 1E2
      Canada

      Attention:         Andrew Koven, President
      Facsimile No.: (919) 490-5552
      E-mail: akoven@pozen.com

    with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

      DLA Piper LLP (US)
      51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
      Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2704

      Attention:         Andrew Gilbert
      Facsimile No.: (973) 520-2573
      E-mail: andrew.gilbert@dlapiper.com

    (q)
    Section 7 of Schedule I ("Required Regulatory Approvals") of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

"7. Nasdaq listing approval of Parent Shares including those issuable as Merger Consideration and Arrangement Consideration and underlying any of the Parent Options, MFI Note, Tribute Convertible Notes, Tribute Warrants and Tribute Compensation Options issued in connection with the Arrangement"

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4.
Miscellaneous.

(a)
From and after the date hereof, all references in the Merger Agreement to "this Agreement" shall be deemed to mean the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(b)
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(c)
Each party to this Amendment hereby represents that it has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and deliver this Amendment, to perform its obligations under the Amendment, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Amendment; that the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment by such party, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such party and that this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

(d)
The section headings in this Amendment are intended solely for convenience and shall be given no effect in the construction and interpretation hereof.

(e)
This Amendment and all actions, proceedings or counterclaims (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Amendment or the actions of the Parties in the negotiation, administration, performance and enforcement thereof, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

(f)
This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, which together shall constitute one and the same Amendment. The parties to this Amendment may execute more than one copy of this Amendment, each of which shall constitute an original.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tribute, Former Parent, New Parent, Holdings, US Merger Sub, Can Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

    TRIBUTE PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ SCOTT LANGILLE

        Name:   Scott Langille
        Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ WILLIAM L. HODGES

        Name:   William L. Hodges
        Title:   Director

 

 

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ANDREW KOVEN

        Name:   Andrew Koven
        Title:   President

 

 

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

 

By:

 

/s/ WILLIAM L. HODGES

        Name:   William L. Hodges
        Title:   Director

 

 

ARLZ US ACQUISITION II CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   President

 

 

ARLZ CA ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ANDREW KOVEN

        Name:   Andrew Koven
        Title:   President

 

 

POZEN INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

        Name:   Adrian Adams
        Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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SCHEDULE II—AMENDED AND RESTATED PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

AMENDED AND RESTATED FORM OF PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT UNDER SECTION 182
OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT (ONTARIO)

ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION

1.1
In this Plan of Arrangement, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)
" Amalco " means Tribute as the successor of the amalgamation of Can Merger Sub and Tribute pursuant to Section 3.1(e).

(b)
" Amalco Shares " means the common shares in the capital of Amalco.

(c)
" Arrangement ", " herein ", " hereof ", " hereto ", " hereunder " and similar expressions mean and refer to the arrangement pursuant to Section 182 of the OBCA set forth in this Plan of Arrangement as supplemented, modified or amended, and not to any particular article, section or other portion hereof.

(d)
" Arrangement Agreement " means the agreement and plan of merger and arrangement dated as of June 8, 2015 as amended on each of August 19, 2015 and December 7, 2015 and all amendments thereto, among Parent, Tribute, Can Merger Sub, ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp. and POZEN Inc. with respect to the Arrangement.

(e)
" Arrangement Depositary " means Computershare Trust Company of Canada, or such other Person as may be designated by Parent and Tribute.

(f)
" Arrangement Resolution " means the special resolution to be considered and if thought fit, passed by the Tribute Shareholders at the Tribute Meeting to approve the Arrangement.

(g)
" Articles of Arrangement " means the articles of arrangement in respect of the Arrangement required under the OBCA to be filed with the Director after the Final Order has been granted giving effect to the Arrangement.

(h)
" Broker Warrants " means the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form expiring on May 21, 2017.

(i)
" Business Day " means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, when banks are generally open in the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, for the transaction of banking business.

(j)
" Can Merger Sub " means ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation formed under laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada.

(k)
" Certificate of Arrangement " means the certificate which may be issued by the Director pursuant to subsection 183(2) of the OBCA or, if no certificate is to be issued, the proof of filing in respect of the Arrangement.

(n)
" Continuing Optionholder " means a Tribute Optionholder who will, immediately subsequent to the Effective Time, be at least one of a director, officer, employee or consultant of Parent and/or an affiliate of Parent, as agreed by Parent.

(o)
" Court " means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) or other court with jurisdiction to consider and issue the Interim Order and the Final Order.

(p)
" Credit Facility " means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Facility dated as of December 7, 2015 among Parent, Pozen, Tribute and certain lenders thereto.

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    (q)
    " Director " means the Director appointed pursuant to section 278 of the OBCA.

    (r)
    " Dissent Rights " has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 5.1.

    (s)
    " Effective Date " means the date shown on the Certificate of Arrangement giving effect to the Arrangement.

    (t)
    " Effective Time " means the time at which the Articles of Arrangement are filed with the Director on the Effective Date.

    (u)
    " Exchange Ratio " means in respect of each Tribute Common Share, 0.1455 Parent Shares.

    (v)
    " Exchange Options " has the meaning provided in Subsection 3.1(c).

    (w)
    " Final Order " means the final order of the Court, in a form acceptable to Tribute and Parent, each acting reasonably, approving the Arrangement pursuant to subsection 182(5) of the OBCA to be applied for following the Tribute Meeting, as such order may be affirmed, amended or modified by the Court (with the consent of both Tribute and Parent, each acting reasonably) at any time prior to the Effective Date.

    (x)
    " Governmental Authority " means any international, multinational, federal, provincial, territorial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government or governmental body and any ministry, department, division, bureau, agent, official, agency, commission, board or authority of any government, governmental body, quasi-governmental or private body (including the TSXV, the TSX, the NASDAQ or any other applicable stock exchange), domestic or foreign, exercising any statutory, regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under the authority of any of the foregoing and any domestic, foreign or international judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative court, tribunal, commission, board, panel, arbitrator or arbitral body acting under the authority of any of the foregoing.

    (y)
    " Indenture Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants expiring on July 15, 2016 issued or, in the case of the Indenture Warrants to be issued on exercise of the Tribute Compensation Options, issuable, pursuant to the Tribute Warrant Indenture.

    (z)
    " Interim Order " means an interim order of the Court, in a form acceptable to Tribute and Parent, each acting reasonably, under subsection 182(5) of the OBCA containing declarations and directions with respect to the Arrangement, as such order may be affirmed, amended or modified by the Court (with the consent of both Tribute and the Parent, each acting reasonably).

    (aa)
    " Laws " means any and all laws, statutes, codes, ordinances (including zoning), approvals, rules, regulations, instruments, by-laws, notices, policies, protocols, guidelines, guidance, manuals, treaties or other requirements of any Governmental Authority having the force of law and any legal requirements arising under the common law or principles of law or equity.

    (bb)
    " MFI Note " means the unsecured convertible promissory note dated June 16, 2015 issued by Tribute to Nidhi Nijhawan.

    (cc)
    " OBCA " means the Business Corporations Act , (Ontario), as amended, including the regulations promulgated thereunder.

    (dd)
    " Optionholder Election Form " means the duly completed written election of an Optionholder, in form satisfactory to Parent, irrevocably electing that: (i) in the case of a Continuing Optionholder, certain of the Tribute Options held by such Continuing Optionholder are to be exchanged for Parent Options in accordance with the provisions of

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      Subsection 3.1(h); and/or (ii) certain of the Tribute Options held by such Optionholder are to be exchanged for Tribute Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 3.1(c).

    (ee)
    " Parent " means Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

    (ff)
    " Parent Convertible Notes " means the senior secured convertible notes of Parent issued pursuant to the Credit Facility and the terms of the Arrangement.

    (gg)
    " Parent Option " means an option to purchase Parent Shares granted pursuant to the Parent Option Plan.

    (hh)
    " Parent Option Plan " means the long term incentive plan of Parent, including all amendments thereto.

    (ii)
    " Parent Share " means a common share in the capital of Parent.

    (jj)
    " Person " means an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trust, unincorporated organization, government, regulatory authority, or other entity.

    (kk)
    " Pozen " means POZEN Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.

    (ll)
    " Rollover Options " has the meaning provided in Subsection 3.1(h).

    (mm)
    " Series B Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on February 27, 2018, March 5, 2018 and March 11, 2018, as applicable.

    (nn)
    " Series K Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on September 20, 2018.

    (oo)
    " Series M Warrants " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on May 11, 2017.

    (pp)
    " Series S Warrants " means collectively, the Tribute Common Share purchase warrants issued in certificated form and expiring on August 8, 2018, February 4, 2021 and October 1, 2021, as applicable.

    (qq)
    " Tax Act " means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as the same may be amended, including the regulations promulgated thereunder.

    (rr)
    " Tribute " means Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the OBCA.

    (ss)
    " Tribute Common Share " means a common share in the capital of Tribute.

    (tt)
    " Tribute Common Shareholders " means the holders from time to time of the Tribute Common Shares.

    (uu)
    " Tribute Compensation Options " means the compensation options of Tribute which expire on July 16, 2016, each of which is exercisable into one Tribute Common Share and one-half of one Indenture Warrant.

    (vv)
    " Tribute Compensation Optionholders " means the holders from time to time of the Tribute Compensation Options.

    (ww)
    " Tribute Convertible Notes " means the senior secured convertible notes of Tribute issued pursuant to the Credit Facility.

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    (xx)
    " Tribute Convertible Noteholders " means the holders from time to time of the Tribute Convertible Notes.

    (yy)
    " Tribute Dissenting Shareholder " means registered holders of Tribute Common Shares who validly exercise the Dissent Rights with respect to the Arrangement provided to them under the Interim Order and whose dissent rights remain valid immediately before the Effective Time.

    (zz)
    " Tribute Letter of Transmittal " means the letter of transmittal to be sent to the holders of Tribute Common Shares pursuant to which holders of Tribute Common Shares are required to deliver certificates representing their Tribute Common Shares to receive the Parent Shares, as applicable, issuable or payable to them pursuant to the Arrangement.

    (aaa)
    " Tribute Market Value " shall be equal to the closing price on the TSXV of a Tribute Common Share on the trading day immediately prior to the Effective Date.

    (bbb)
    " Tribute Meeting " means the special meeting of Tribute Common Shareholders to be held to consider, among other things, the Arrangement and related matters, and any adjournment thereof.

    (ccc)
    " Tribute Option Differential " means the amount by which the Tribute Market Value exceeds the exercise price of a particular Tribute Option.

    (ddd)
    " Tribute Optionholders " means the holders from time to time of the Tribute Options.

    (eee)
    " Tribute Option Plan " means the stock option plan of Tribute.

    (fff)
    " Tribute Options " means the options to purchase Tribute Common Shares granted pursuant to the Tribute Option Plan.

    (ggg)
    " Tribute Securities " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Shares, the Tribute Options, the Tribute Warrants, the Tribute Compensation Options, the Tribute Convertible Notes and the MFI Note.

    (hhh)
    " Tribute Securityholders " means, collectively, the Tribute Common Shareholders, the Tribute Optionholders, the Tribute Warrantholders, the Tribute Compensation Optionholders, the Tribute Convertible Noteholders and the holder of the MFI Note.

    (iii)
    " Tribute Warrant Indenture " means the warrant indenture dated July 15, 2014 between Tribute and Equity Financial Trust Company providing for the issuance of the Indenture Warrants.

    (jjj)
    " Tribute Warrantholders " means the holders from time to time of the Tribute Warrants.

    (kkk)
    " Tribute Warrants " means collectively, (i) the Indenture Warrants outstanding as of the Effective Time and those issuable pursuant to the Tribute Compensation Options; (ii) the Series B Warrants outstanding as of the Effective Time; (iii) the Series K Warrants outstanding as of the Effective Time; (iv) the Series M Warrants outstanding as of the Effective Time; (v) the Series S Warrants outstanding as of the Effective Time; and (vi) the Broker Warrants outstanding as of the Effective Time.

    (lll)
    " TSXV " means the TSX Venture Exchange.

    (mmm)
    " U.S. Securities Act " means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

    Any capitalized terms used but not herein defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Arrangement Agreement.

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1.2
The division of this Plan of Arrangement into articles and sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Plan of Arrangement.

1.3
Unless reference is specifically made to some other document or instrument, all references herein to articles and sections are to articles and sections of this Plan of Arrangement.

1.4
Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa ; and words importing any gender shall include all genders.

1.5
In the event that the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by any of the parties is not a Business Day in the place where the action is required to be taken, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day in such place.

1.6
References in this Plan of Arrangement to any statute or sections thereof shall include such statute as amended or substituted and any regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

1.7
All dollar amounts referred to in this Plan of Arrangement are in Canadian funds, unless otherwise indicated herein.

1.8
Time shall be of the essence in every matter or action contemplated hereunder. All times expressed herein or in the Tribute Letter of Transmittal are local time (Toronto, Ontario) unless otherwise stipulated herein or therein.


ARTICLE 2
ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

2.1
This Plan of Arrangement is made pursuant to and is subject to the provisions and forms part of the Arrangement Agreement except in respect of the sequence of steps comprising the Arrangement, which shall occur in the order set out herein.

2.2
This Plan of Arrangement, upon the filing of the Articles of Arrangement and the issue of the Certificate of Arrangement, if any, shall become effective on, and be binding on and after, the Effective Time on: (i) the Tribute Securityholders; (ii) Tribute; (iii) Can Merger Sub; (iv) Parent; and (v) the Arrangement Depositary.

2.3
The Articles of Arrangement and Certificate of Arrangement shall be filed and issued, respectively, with respect to this Arrangement in its entirety. The Certificate of Arrangement shall be conclusive evidence that the Arrangement has become effective and that each of the provisions of Article 3 has become effective in the sequence set out therein. If no Certificate of Arrangement is required to be issued by the Director pursuant to subsection 183(2) of the OBCA, the Arrangement shall become effective on the date the Articles of Arrangement are filed with the Director pursuant to subsection 183(1) of the OBCA.


ARTICLE 3
ARRANGEMENT

3.1
Commencing at the Effective Time, each of the events set out below shall occur by operation of law and shall be deemed to occur in the following order without any further act or formality except as otherwise provided herein:

    Tribute Dissenting Shareholders

    (a)
    the Tribute Common Shares held by Tribute Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to have been transferred to Can Merger Sub (free of any claims) and cancelled and as at the Effective

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      Time such Tribute Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to have any rights as Tribute Common Shareholders other than the right to be paid the fair value of their Tribute Common Shares in accordance with Article 5;

    Vesting of Tribute Options

    (b)
    each Tribute Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any contingent vesting provisions to which it might otherwise have been subject, shall be deemed to be fully vested;

    Exchange of Tribute Options (No Rollover Election)

    (c)
    if a Tribute Optionholder provides to Tribute, on or before the date which is three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, a duly completed and executed Optionholder Election Form and therein designates that certain Tribute Options held by such Tribute Optionholder are subject to an exchange election (" Exchange Options "), each such Exchange Option will be deemed to be surrendered to Tribute in exchange for such number of Tribute Common Shares as is equal to the quotient obtained when the Tribute Option Differential applicable to such Exchange Option is divided by the Tribute Market Value;

    (d)
    if a Tribute Optionholder does not deliver a duly completed and executed Optionholder Election Form in accordance with Subsection 3.1(c) or 3.1(h) or fails to make an election in respect of any Tribute Options held by such Tribute Optionholder, such Tribute Options not subject to an election shall be deemed to be (A) Exchange Options in the event the Tribute Option Differential applicable to such options is greater than zero and treated in the same manner as Subsection 3.1(c); or (B) surrendered to Tribute in exchange for a cash payment of $0.0001 from Tribute per applicable Tribute Option in the event the Tribute Option Differential applicable to such option is zero or less than zero;

    Amalgamation of Can Merger Sub and Tribute

    (e)
    Can Merger Sub and Tribute shall merge (the " Amalgamation ") to form one corporate entity with the same effect as if they were amalgamated under section 177 of the OBCA, except that the separate legal existence of Tribute will not cease and Tribute will survive the amalgamation, as more fully described in Section 3.3, and without limiting the foregoing, the separate legal existence of Can Merger Sub will cease without Can Merger Sub being liquidated or wound up, Can Merger Sub and Tribute will continue as one corporation, and the property of Can Merger Sub will become the property of Amalco. On the amalgamation of Can Merger Sub and Tribute to form Amalco pursuant to this Section 3.1(e):

    (i)
    (A) each Can Merger Sub Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be exchanged for one Amalco Share, (B) the holder of the Can Merger Sub Shares so exchanged shall be added to the register of holders of Amalco Shares and (C) the Can Merger Sub Shares so exchanged shall be cancelled without any repayment of capital;

    (ii)
    (A) each Tribute Common Share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Tribute Common Shares held by Tribute Dissenting Shareholders) shall be exchanged for 0.1455 of a Parent Share, (B) the holders of the Tribute Common Shares so exchanged shall be added to the register of holders of Parent Shares and (C) the Tribute Common Shares so exchanged shall be cancelled without any repayment of capital;

    (iii)
    in consideration for Parent issuing and delivering, on behalf of Amalco, Parent Shares directly to former holders of Tribute Common Shares pursuant to Section 3.1(e)(ii),

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        Amalco shall issue to Parent the number of Amalco Shares with an aggregate fair market value equal to the aggregate fair market value of the Parent Shares so issued and delivered and there shall be added to the stated capital account maintained by Parent for Parent Shares an amount equal to the aggregate "paid-up capital" (for the purposes of the Tax Act) of the Tribute Common Shares exchanged for Parent Shares pursuant to Section 3.1(e)(ii);

    Exercise of Tribute Warrants and MFI Note

    (f)
    after the Effective Time, on the due and proper exercise of the MFI Note by the holder thereof or the Tribute Warrants by a Tribute Warrantholder, such securities will entitle such holder to purchase or otherwise acquire, as the case may be, Parent Shares for no additional consideration beyond that set out in the MFI Note or the Tribute Indenture or the certificates evidencing such securities, as the case may be, subject to the application of the Exchange Ratio to the number of Parent Shares such holder is entitled to acquire and the exercise price of the Tribute Warrants and the MFI Note, all of which is in accordance with the provisions of the MFI Note, the Tribute Warrant Indenture and the certificates evidencing such securities, as the case may be;

    Exercise of Tribute Compensation Options

    (g)
    after the Effective Time, on the due and proper exercise of the Tribute Compensation Options by a Tribute Compensation Optionholder, such Tribute Compensation Options will entitle such Tribute Compensation Optionholder to purchase Parent Shares and Indenture Warrants for no additional consideration beyond that set out in the certificate evidencing such Tribute Compensation Options, subject to the application of the Exchange Ratio to the number of Parent Shares such holder is entitled to acquire and the exercise price of the Tribute Compensation Options, all of which is in accordance with the provisions of the certificates evidencing such Tribute Compensation Options;

    Conversion of Tribute Options by Continuing Optionholders pursuant to Rollover Elections

    (h)
    if a Continuing Optionholder provides to Parent and Tribute, on or before the date which is three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, a duly completed and executed Optionholder Election Form and therein designates that certain Tribute Options held by such Continuing Optionholder are subject to a rollover election (" Rollover Options "), all such Rollover Options will be assumed by Parent and, for no consideration received by Parent, will be converted into Parent Options entitling the holder to purchase that number of Parent Shares as is equal to the number of Tribute Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Rollover Options so converted multiplied by the Exchange Ratio; the exercise price for each Parent Share issuable pursuant to such Parent Option will be equal to the exercise price of the Rollover Option so cancelled multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing one (1) by the Exchange Ratio; and the expiry date of each such Parent Option will be the same as for each corresponding Rollover Option so converted;

    Assignment and Assumption of Credit Facility

    (i)
    the obligations of the Borrower (as defined in the Credit Facility) under the terms of the Credit Facility shall be assigned to and assumed by Parent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility;

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    Exchange of Tribute Convertible Notes

    (j)
    the Tribute Convertible Notes held by the Tribute Convertible Noteholders shall be sold, assigned and transferred to Parent in exchange for Parent Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Credit Facility having the same principal amount as the Tribute Convertible Notes so exchanged and a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium over the Pozen Purchase Price. For purposes of this Arrangement, the "Pozen Purchase Price" shall be equal to the lesser of (i) US$7.20, and (ii) a five percent (5%) discount off the five day volume weighted average price per share of Pozen common stock as reported on Bloomberg Financial Markets, calculated over the five trading days immediately preceding the date of Closing (as defined in the Arrangement Agreement), not to be less than US$6.25. In the event any of Pozen, Tribute or Parent announce a material event, whether by press release or the filing of a Form 8-K (other than results of any shareholder meeting) during the ten day period immediately preceding Closing, then clause (ii) above shall be revised to read: "(ii) a five percent (5%) discount off the two day volume weighted average price per share of Pozen common stock as reported on Bloomberg Financial Markets, calculated over the two trading days immediately preceding the date of Closing, not to be less than US$6.25."

3.2
With respect to each holder of Tribute Securities (other than Tribute Dissenting Shareholders), as the case may be, at the Effective Time:

(a)
upon the exchange of Tribute Options for Tribute Common Shares or cash, as applicable, pursuant to Subsection 3.1(c) or 3.1(d):

(i)
each such former Tribute Optionholder shall cease to be the holder of the Tribute Options so exchanged and the name of each such Tribute Optionholder shall be removed from the register of holders of Tribute Options;

(ii)
each such former Tribute Optionholder entitled to Tribute Common Shares shall become a holder of the Tribute Common Shares so exchanged and shall be added to the register of holders of Tribute Common Shares; and

(iii)
each such former Tribute Optionholder entitled to a cash payment from Tribute shall cease to have any rights in respect of such Tribute Options other than the right to receive the applicable cash payment in accordance with Subsection 3.1(d)(B);

(b)
upon the due and proper exercise of the Tribute Warrants and the MFI Note which entitle the holder to purchase or otherwise acquire, as the case may be, Parent Shares pursuant to Subsection 3.1(f):

(i)
each such Tribute Warrantholder and the holder of the MFI Note, as applicable, shall be added to the register of holders of Parent Shares (or book-entry register as applicable) in such a manner as to record the number of Parent Shares (or book entry interests in respect of Parent Shares, as applicable) (A) issuable on payment of the exercise price of such Tribute Warrants, subject to the application of the Exchange Ratio to such number of Parent Shares issuable and exercise price, in accordance with the terms of the Tribute Warrant Indenture and the certificates evidencing the Tribute Warrants, as applicable, and (B) issuable on the conversion of the MFI Note into Parent Shares subject to the application of the Exchange Ratio to such number of Parent Shares issuable and the conversion price, in accordance with the terms of the MFI Note;

(c)
upon the due and proper exercise of the Tribute Compensation Options which entitle the holder to purchase Parent Shares and Indenture Warrants pursuant to Subsection 3.1(g):

(i)
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        manner as to record the number of Parent Shares (or book entry interests in respect of Parent Shares) issuable on payment of the exercise price of such Tribute Compensation Options, subject to the application of the Exchange Ratio to such number of Parent Shares issuable in accordance with the terms of the provisions of the certificates evidencing the Tribute Compensation Options;

    (d)
    upon the exchange of Tribute Options into Parent Options pursuant to Subsection 3.1(h):

    (i)
    the name of each such former Tribute Optionholder shall be removed from the register of holders of Tribute Options; and

    (ii)
    each such former Tribute Optionholder shall become a holder of the Parent Options so converted and shall be added to the register of holders of Parent Options;

    (e)
    upon the exchange of Tribute Convertible Notes for Parent Convertible Notes pursuant to subsection 3.1(j):

    (i)
    the name of each such former holder of Tribute Convertible Notes shall be removed from the register of holders of Tribute Convertible Notes; and

    (ii)
    each such former holder of Tribute Convertible Notes shall become a holder of the Parent Convertible Notes issued in exchange thereof and shall be added to the register of holders of Parent Convertible Notes.

3.3
Pursuant to Section 3.1(e), Can Merger Sub and Tribute shall merge to form one corporate entity, with the effect described below, and, unless and until otherwise determined in the manner required by Law, the following shall, and shall be deemed to, apply to Amalco without any further act or formality:

(a)
the name of Amalco shall be Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.;

(a)
the articles of Amalco shall be substantially in the form of the articles of Can Merger Sub;

(b)
the by-laws of Amalco shall be the same as the by-laws of Can Merger Sub;

(c)
the registered office of Amalco shall be located at Suite 6000, 1 First Canadian Place PO Box 367, 100 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E2;

(d)
there shall be no restrictions on the business that Amalco may carry on or on the powers it may exercise;

(e)
Amalco shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares issuable in series with the same rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions as the shares of Can Merger Sub;

(f)
the transfer of Amalco Shares shall be restricted and no holder of Amalco Shares shall transfer any such Amalco Shares without either: (i) the express sanction of the holders of more than fifty percent of the voting shares of Amalco for the time being outstanding expressed by a resolution passed at a meeting of the shareholders or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the holders of more than fifty percent of such shares; or (ii) the express sanction of the directors of Amalco expressed by a resolution passed by the votes of a majority of the directors of Amalco at a meeting of the board of directors or signed by all of the directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of directors;

(g)
the initial directors of Amalco shall be Andrew Koven, Scott Charles and Rob Harris;

(h)
the first annual meeting of holders of Amalco Shares shall be held within 18 months of the Effective Date;

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    (i)
    the stated capital of the issued and outstanding Amalco Shares shall be equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate "paid-up capital" (for the purposes of the Tax Act) of the Can Merger Sub Shares immediately prior to the amalgamation and (ii) the aggregate fair market value of the Parent Shares issued in exchange for Tribute Common Shares pursuant to Section 3.1(e)(iii); and

    (j)
    upon the Amalgamation pursuant to Section 3.1(e):

    (i)
    the property of each of Can Merger Sub and Tribute shall continue to be the property of Amalco and for greater certainty, the Amalgamation shall not constitute a transfer or assignment of the property of Tribute;

    (ii)
    all rights, contracts, permits and interests of Tribute or Can Merger Sub shall continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Amalco and, for greater certainty, the Amalgamation shall not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of either of Tribute or Can Merger Sub under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;

    (iii)
    Amalco shall continue to be liable for the obligations of Can Merger Sub and Tribute;

    (iv)
    all existing causes of action, claims or liabilities to prosecution with respect to Can Merger Sub and Tribute shall be unaffected;

    (v)
    all civil, criminal or administrative actions or proceedings pending by or against Can Merger Sub and Tribute may be continued to be prosecuted by or against Amalco; and

    (vi)
    all convictions against, or rulings, orders or judgments in favour of or against Can Merger Sub and Tribute may be enforced by or against Amalco.


ARTICLE 4
U.S. SECURITIES ACT EXEMPTION

4.1
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Parties agree that this Plan of Arrangement will be carried out with the intention that all Parent Shares issued to Tribute Common Shareholders (including Tribute Common Shareholders that receive Tribute Common Shares in accordance with Subsection 3.1(c) or (d)) and Parent Options issued to Tribute Optionholders in accordance with Subsection 3.1(h), and Parent Convertible Notes issued to the Tribute Convertible Noteholders on completion of this Plan of Arrangement will be issued by the parties in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act as provided by Section 3(a)(10) thereof (the " Section 3(a)(10) Exemption "). In order to ensure the availability of the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption, the parties agree that the Arrangement will be carried out on the following basis:

(a)
the Arrangement will be subject to the approval of the Court;

(b)
prior to the hearing required to approve the Arrangement, the Court will be advised as to the intention of the parties to rely on the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption based on the Court's approval of the Arrangement;

(c)
the Court will be required to satisfy itself as to the fairness of the Arrangement to each of the Tribute Common Shareholders, Tribute Optionholders and the Tribute Convertible Noteholders;

(d)
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      attend the hearing of the Court to give approval of the Arrangement and providing them with sufficient information necessary for them to exercise that right;

    (e)
    the parties entitled to receive such securities will be advised that the Parent Shares, Parent Options and Parent Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Arrangement have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and will be issued in reliance on the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption and that the Parent Shares issuable upon exercise of the Parent Options or upon conversion of the Parent Convertible Notes will not be issued in reliance on the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption;

    (f)
    the Final Order approving the Arrangement that is obtained from the Court will expressly state that the Arrangement is approved by the Court as being fair to the Tribute Common Shareholders, Tribute Optionholders and the Tribute Convertible Noteholders;

    (g)
    the Interim Order approving the Tribute Meeting will specify that each Tribute Common Shareholder, Tribute Optionholder and Tribute Convertible Noteholder will have the right to appear before the Court at the hearing of the Court to give approval of the Arrangement so long as they enter an appearance within a reasonable time; and

    (h)
    the Final Order shall include a statement substantially to the following effect:

      "This Order will serve as a basis to claim the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), set forth in Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act for the issuance of Parent Shares to Tribute Common Shareholders in exchange for their Tribute Common Shares, the issuance of the Parent Options to Tribute Optionholders in exchange for their Tribute Options and the issuance of Parent Convertible Notes to the holders of Tribute Convertible Notes in exchange for their Tribute Convertible Notes, all pursuant to the Arrangement."


ARTICLE 5
DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS

5.1
Pursuant to the Interim Order, each registered Tribute Common Shareholder may exercise rights of dissent (" Dissent Rights ") pursuant to and in the manner set forth in section 185 of the OBCA, as modified by this Section 5.1 and the Interim Order; provided, however, that written objection to the Arrangement Resolution, in the manner contemplated by subsection 185(6) of the OBCA, must be sent to and received by Tribute by no later than 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the second Business Day immediately prior to the Tribute Meeting. Tribute Common Shareholders who duly exercise such rights of dissent and who:

(a)
are ultimately determined to be entitled to be paid fair value for the Tribute Common Shares in respect of which they have exercised Dissent Rights will be deemed to have irrevocably transferred such Tribute Common Shares to Can Merger Sub pursuant to Section 3.1(a) in consideration of such fair value; or

(b)
are ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for the Tribute Common Shares in respect of which they have exercised Dissent Rights will be deemed to have participated in the Arrangement on the same basis as a Tribute Common Shareholder who has not exercised Dissent Rights, as at and from the time specified in Section 3.1(e) and be entitled to receive only the consideration set forth in Section 3.1(e);but in no case will Tribute or Can Merger Sub or any other person be required to recognize such holders as holders of Tribute Common Shares after the completion of the steps set forth in Section 3.1(a) or 3.1(e), as the case may be, and each Tribute Dissenting Shareholder will cease to be entitled to the rights of a Tribute Common Shareholder in respect of the Tribute Common Shares in relation to which such Tribute Dissenting Shareholder has exercised Dissent Rights and the central

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      securities register of Tribute will be amended to reflect that such former holder is no longer the holder of such Tribute Common Shares as and from the Effective Time. For greater certainty, and in addition to any other restriction under section 185 of the OBCA, a Tribute Common Shareholder who has voted, or instructed a proxyholder to vote, against the Arrangement Resolution shall not be entitled to exercise Dissent Rights with respect to the Arrangement.


ARTICLE 6
OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATES AND FRACTIONAL SECURITIES

6.1
At or before the Effective Time, Can Merger Sub will cause Parent to deposit with the Arrangement Depositary for the benefit of the Tribute Common Shareholders one or more certificates or other entitlements representing the aggregate number of Parent Shares required to be delivered by Can Merger Sub to the Tribute Common Shareholders pursuant to Sections 3.1(e) (calculated without reference to whether any Tribute Common Shareholder has exercised Dissent Rights).

6.2
From and after the Effective Time, certificates formerly representing Tribute Securities that were exchanged under Section 3.1 shall represent only the right to receive (a) the consideration to which the holders are entitled under the Arrangement, or (b) as to those held by Tribute Dissenting Shareholders (other than those Tribute Dissenting Shareholders deemed to have participated in the Arrangement pursuant to Section 5.1(b)), to receive the fair value of the Tribute Common Shares represented by such certificates.

6.3
Subject to the provisions of the Tribute Letter of Transmittal, Parent shall, as soon as practicable following the later of the Effective Date and the date of deposit by a former Tribute Common Shareholder of a duly completed Tribute Letter of Transmittal and the certificates representing such Tribute Common Shares, either:

(a)
forward or cause to be forwarded by first class mail (postage prepaid) to such former holder at the address specified in the Tribute Letter of Transmittal; or

(b)
if requested by such holder in the Tribute Letter of Transmittal, make available or cause to be made available at the Arrangement Depositary for pickup by such holder,

    certificates representing the number of Parent Shares issued to such holder under the Arrangement, but only to the extent that Parent issues Parent Shares in certificated form or as otherwise determined by the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Parent.

6.4
If any certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented an interest in outstanding Tribute Common Shares that were exchanged pursuant to Section 3.1 has been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Arrangement Depositary will issue and deliver in exchange for such lost stolen or destroyed certificate the consideration to which the holder is entitled pursuant to the Arrangement (and any dividends or distributions with respect thereto) as determined in accordance with the Arrangement. The Person who is entitled to receive such consideration shall, as a condition precedent to the receipt thereof, give a bond to each of Tribute and Parent and their respective transfer agents, which bond is in form and substance satisfactory to each of the Tribute and Parent and their respective transfer agents, or shall, to the extent agreed by Tribute and Parent, otherwise indemnify Tribute and Parent and their respective transfer agents against any claim that may be made against any of them with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

6.5
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    shall be paid or delivered to the Arrangement Depositary to be held by the Arrangement Depositary, in trust, for the registered holder thereof. Subject to Section 6.3, the Arrangement Depositary shall pay and deliver to any such registered holder, as soon as reasonably practicable after application therefor is made by the registered holder to the Arrangement Depositary in such form as the Arrangement Depositary may reasonably require, such dividends and distributions to which such holder is entitled, net of applicable withholding and other taxes.

6.6
Any certificate formerly representing Tribute Common Shares that is not deposited with all other documents as required by this Plan of Arrangement on or before the sixth anniversary of the Effective Date shall cease to represent a right or claim of any kind or nature including the right of the holder of such shares to receive Parent Shares (and any dividend and distributions thereon). In such case, such Parent Shares (together with all dividends and distributions thereon) shall be returned to Parent and such Parent Shares shall be sold by Parent for the account of Parent in accordance with the relevant provisions of Parent's Memorandum and Articles of Association.

6.7
No certificates representing fractional Parent Shares or Tribute Common Shares shall be issued under this Arrangement. In lieu of any fractional shares: (a) each registered holder of Tribute Common Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional interest in a Parent Share will receive the nearest whole number of Parent Shares (with fractions equal to exactly 0.5 being rounded up); and (b) each registered holder of Tribute Options otherwise entitled to a fractional interest in a Tribute Common Share will receive the nearest whole number of Tribute Common Shares (with fractions equal to exactly 0.5 being rounded up).


ARTICLE 7
AMENDMENTS

7.1
Parent or Tribute may amend this Plan of Arrangement at any time and from time to time prior to the Effective Time, provided that each such amendment must be: (i) set out in writing; (ii) approved by the other party; (iii) filed with the Court and, if made following the Tribute Meeting, approved by the Court; and (iv) communicated to holders of Tribute Securities, if and as required by the Court.

7.2
Any amendment to this Plan of Arrangement may be proposed by Parent or Tribute at any time prior to or at the Tribute Meeting (provided that the other party shall have consented thereto) with or without any other prior notice or communication, and if so proposed and accepted by the Tribute Common Shareholders voting at the Tribute Meeting (other than as may be required under the Interim Order), shall become part of this Plan of Arrangement for all purposes.

7.3
Parent and Tribute may amend, modify and/or supplement this Plan of Arrangement at any time and from time to time after the Tribute Meeting and prior to the Effective Time with the approval of the Court.

7.4
Any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement may be made prior to or following the Effective Time by Parent and Tribute; provided that, it concerns a matter which, in the reasonable opinion of Parent and Tribute, is of an administrative nature required to better give effect to the implementation of this Plan of Arrangement and is not adverse to the financial or economic interests of any former holder of Tribute Common Shares.


ARTICLE 8
WITHHOLDING RIGHTS

8.1
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    Arrangement Depositary determines, acting reasonably, are required or permitted pursuant to the Tax Act, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , or any provision of federal, provincial, territorial, state, local or foreign tax law, in each case, as amended. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as having been paid to the Tribute Securityholder in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made; provided that, such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing authority.


ARTICLE 9
FURTHER ASSURANCES

10.1
Notwithstanding that the transactions and events set out herein shall occur and be deemed to occur in the order set out in this Plan of Arrangement without any further act or formality, each of the parties to the Arrangement Agreement shall make, do and execute, or cause to be made, done and executed, all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may reasonably be required by any of them in order further to document or evidence any of the transactions or events set out herein. Tribute and Parent may agree not to implement this Plan of Arrangement, notwithstanding the passing of the resolution approving the Arrangement by the Tribute Common Shareholders and the receipt of the Final Order.

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Annex B

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June 8, 2015

The Board of Directors
POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

Members of the Board:

        We understand that POZEN Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Pozen"), Aguono Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland ("Parent"), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent ("US Merger Sub"), ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Can Merger Sub"), Trafwell Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland, and Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario ("Tribute"), intend to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement to be dated as of June 8, 2015 (the "Agreement"). Pursuant to the Agreement, (i) US Merger Sub will merge with and into Pozen, with Pozen being the surviving corporation (the "Pozen Merger") and (ii) in connection with the Pozen Merger, each outstanding share of the common stock, par value $0.001 of Pozen ("Pozen Shares"), will be converted into one ordinary share, $0.001 nominal value per share, of Parent ("Parent Shares"). Additionally, pursuant to and in the manner provided for by the Plan of Arrangement (as such term is defined in the Agreement, and together with the Agreement, the "Transaction Documentation"), (i) Can Merger Sub will acquire (such acquisition, together with the Pozen Merger, hereinafter the "Transaction"), all of the issued and outstanding common shares, no par value, in the capital of Tribute (the "Tribute Shares") and (ii) each Tribute Share will be converted into 0.1455 Parent Shares (the "Exchange Ratio"). As a result of the Transaction, each of Pozen and Tribute will become wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Parent. Furthermore, we also understand that, contemporaneously with the Transaction, Parent will obtain from certain investors (the "Financing Sources") $75 million in equity financing in exchange for the issuance of Parent Shares, up to $75 million in debt financing in exchange for the issuance of senior secured convertible debt securities and up to an additional $200 million in debt financing pursuant to a senior secured credit facility (collectively, the "Financing"). The terms and conditions of the Transaction are more fully set forth in the Transaction Documentation.

        You have asked us to render our opinion as to whether, as of the date hereof, taking into account the Pozen Merger, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen Shares (excluding Tribute and its affiliates).

        In the course of performing our reviews and analyses for rendering our opinion, we have:

    Reviewed drafts of the Transaction Documentation dated June 8, 2015;

    Reviewed certain publicly available business and financial information regarding each of Pozen and Tribute;

    Reviewed certain non-public business and financial information regarding Pozen's and Tribute's respective businesses and prospects (including certain financial projections for each of Pozen and Tribute), all as prepared and provided to us by Pozen's senior management;

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    Reviewed certain non-public business and financial information regarding Tribute's business, all as prepared and provided to us by Tribute;

    Reviewed certain estimated revenue enhancements, cost savings and tax benefits ("synergy estimates") expected to result from the Transaction, all as prepared and provided to us by Pozen's senior management;

    Discussed with Pozen's senior management their strategic and financial rationale for the Transaction as well as their views of Pozen's and Tribute's respective businesses, operations, historical and projected financial results and future prospects;

    Discussed with Tribute's senior management their views of Tribute's business, operations, and historical financial results and future prospects;

    Reviewed the historical prices, trading multiples and trading volumes of the Pozen Shares and of the Tribute Shares;

    Compared the financial performance of Pozen and Tribute and the trading multiples and trading activity of the Pozen Shares and Tribute Shares with corresponding data for certain other publicly traded companies that we deemed relevant in evaluating Pozen and Tribute;

    Reviewed the valuation and financial metrics of certain mergers and acquisitions that we deemed relevant in evaluating the Transaction;

    Performed discounted cash flow analyses based on Pozen senior management's financial projections for Pozen, Tribute and Parent, with and without the synergy estimates, furnished to us by Pozen's senior management;

    Reviewed the pro forma financial results, financial condition and capitalization, with and without the Financing, of Parent giving effect to the Transaction, all as provided to us by Pozen's senior management;

    Reviewed certain non-public business and financial information regarding a company (the "Potential Target") that Tribute may acquire prior to completion of the Transaction (the "Potential Acquisition"), including the terms of the Potential Acquisition and certain financial projections for the Potential Target, all as provided to us by Pozen's senior management, and performed the valuation analyses set forth above assuming completion of the Potential Acquisition; and

    Conducted such other studies, analyses, inquiries and investigations as we deemed appropriate.

        With respect to the information used in arriving at our opinion:

    We have relied upon and assumed the accuracy, completeness and reasonableness of all industry, business, financial, legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, actuarial and other information (including, without limitation, any financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information) furnished by or discussed with Pozen and Tribute or obtained from reputable public sources, data suppliers and other third parties.

    We (i) do not assume any responsibility, obligation or liability for the accuracy, completeness, reasonableness, achievability or independent verification of, and we have not independently verified, any such information (including, without limitation, any financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information), (ii) express no view, opinion, representation, guaranty or warranty (in each case, express or implied) regarding the (a) reasonableness or achievability of any financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information or the assumptions upon which they are based or (b) probability adjustments applied to certain products included in such financial projections or

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      synergy estimates and (iii) have relied upon the assurances of Pozen's and Tribute's (as the case may be) senior management that they are unaware of any facts or circumstances that would make such information (including, without limitation, any financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information) incomplete, inaccurate or misleading.

    Specifically, with respect to any (i) financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information furnished by or discussed with Pozen, (a) we have been advised by Pozen's senior management, and we have assumed, that such financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information utilized in our analyses have been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of Pozen's senior management as to the expected future performance of Pozen and Tribute and the realization of such synergies and (b) we have assumed that such financial projections, synergy estimates, other estimates and other forward-looking information have been reviewed by Pozen's Board of Directors with the understanding that such information will be used and relied upon by us in connection with rendering our opinion herein and (ii) financial projections, other estimates and/or other forward-looking information obtained by us from public sources, data suppliers and other third parties, we have assumed that such information is reasonable and reliable. In addition, we have relied upon, without independent verification, the assessments of Pozen's senior management as to (i) Pozen's, and Tribute's existing and future products and product candidates, including the validity of, and risks associated with, such products and intellectual property, (ii) the probabilities of successful commercialization of, and peak worldwide sales attributable to, such products and product candidates (including, without limitation, the timing of development, testing, governmental approvals and marketing thereof, the validity and life of patents with respect thereto and the potential impact of competition thereon) and (iii) Pozen's and Tribute's employee and commercial relationships, including the ability of Parent to retain Pozen's, and Tribute's key employees and to maintain Pozen's and Tribute's key commercial relationships.

        In arriving at our opinion, we have not performed or obtained any independent appraisal of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance sheet assets and liabilities) of Pozen, Tribute or Parent or the solvency or fair value of Pozen, Tribute or Parent, nor have we been furnished with any such appraisals. We are not expressing any view or rendering any opinion regarding the tax consequences to Pozen, Tribute, Parent or their respective stockholders of the Transaction. We are not legal, regulatory, tax, consulting, accounting, appraisal or actuarial experts and nothing in this letter or our opinion should be construed as constituting advice with respect to such matters; accordingly, we have relied on the assessments of Pozen, Tribute and their respective advisors with respect to such matters.

        In rendering our opinion, we have assumed that, in all respects material to our analyses, (i) the final executed forms of the Transaction Documentation will not differ from the drafts that we have reviewed, (ii) Pozen, Tribute, Parent and the other parties thereto (as the case may be) will comply with all terms of the Transaction Documentation and (iii) the representations and warranties of Pozen, Tribute Parent and the other parties thereto (as the case may be) contained in the Transaction Documentation are true and correct and all conditions to the obligations of each party to the Transaction Documentation will be satisfied without any waiver thereof. We also have assumed that the Transaction will be consummated in a timely manner and in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documentation, without any limitations, restrictions, conditions, amendments or modifications (regulatory, tax-related or otherwise) that would have an adverse effect on Pozen, Tribute or Parent or the Transaction in any way material to our analyses. We have further assumed, at your direction, that the Transaction will have the tax consequences described in discussions with, and materials furnished to us by, Pozen and its representatives.

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        In rendering our opinion, we do not express any view or opinion as to the price or range of prices at which the Pozen Shares, Tribute Shares or Parent Shares may trade at any time, including, without limitation, subsequent to the announcement or consummation of the Transaction.

        We have acted as a financial advisor to Pozen in connection with the Transaction and will receive a customary fee for such services, a substantial portion of which is contingent on successful consummation of the Transaction. A portion of our compensation is payable upon delivery of this letter and our opinion and will be credited against the fee payable upon consummation of the Transaction. In addition, Pozen has agreed to reimburse us for certain expenses and to indemnify us against certain liabilities arising out of our engagement. Pozen also has granted Guggenheim Securities, LLC ("Guggenheim Securities") the right to provide certain investment banking and other services to Pozen and Parent in the future, on customary terms and conditions.

        Guggenheim Securities has been previously engaged by Pozen during the past two years to provide certain financial advisory or investment banking services in connection with matters unrelated to the Transaction, for which we have received (or expect to receive) customary fees, including having been engaged by Pozen in January 2015 to advise on certain strategic and financial matters. Guggenheim Securities has not been previously engaged during the past two years by Tribute, the Potential Target or the Financing Sources to provide financial advisory or investment banking services for which we received fees; however, Guggenheim Securities provides certain financial advisory and investment banking services to a client that is currently engaged in a potential transaction with a Financing Source, for which Guggenheim Securities may receive a fee. Guggenheim Securities may seek to provide Pozen, Tribute, Parent, the Potential Target, the Financing Sources and their respective affiliates with certain financial advisory and investment banking services unrelated to the Transaction in the future.

        Guggenheim Securities and its affiliates engage in a wide range of financial services activities for our and their own accounts and the accounts of our and their customers, including: asset, investment and wealth management; investment banking, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring; merchant banking; fixed income and equity sales, trading and research; and derivatives, foreign exchange and futures. In the ordinary course of these activities, Guggenheim Securities or its affiliates may (i) provide such financial services to Pozen, Tribute, Parent, the Potential Target, the Financing Sources, other participants in the Transaction or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies, for which services Guggenheim Securities or its affiliates has received, and may receive, compensation and (ii) directly or indirectly, hold long or short positions, trade and otherwise conduct such activities in or with respect to certain bank debt, debt or equity securities and derivative products of or relating to Pozen, Tribute, Parent, the Potential Target, the Financing Sources, other participants in the Transaction or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies. Finally, Guggenheim Securities or its affiliates and our or their directors, officers, employees, consultants and agents may have investments in Pozen, Tribute, Parent, the Potential Target, the Financing Sources, other participants in the Transaction or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies.

        Consistent with applicable legal and regulatory guidelines, Guggenheim Securities has adopted certain policies and procedures to establish and maintain the independence of its research departments and personnel. As a result, Guggenheim Securities' research analysts may hold views, make statements or investment recommendations and publish research reports with respect to Pozen, Tribute, Parent, the Potential Target, the Financing Sources, other participants in the Transaction or their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, investment funds and portfolio companies and the Transaction that differ from the views of Guggenheim Securities' investment banking personnel.

        It is understood that this letter and our opinion have been provided to Pozen's Board of Directors (in its capacity as such) for its information and assistance in connection with its evaluation of the Exchange Ratio. This letter and our opinion may not be disclosed publicly, made available to third

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parties or reproduced, disseminated, quoted from or referred to at any time, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent; provided , however , that this letter may be included in its entirety in any proxy statement/prospectus to be distributed to the holders of Pozen Shares in connection with the Transaction.

        This letter, our opinion and any materials provided in connection therewith do not constitute a recommendation to Pozen's Board of Directors with respect to the Transaction, nor do this letter and our opinion constitute advice or a recommendation to any holder of Pozen Shares or Tribute Shares as to how to vote in connection with the Transaction or otherwise. This letter and our opinion do not address Pozen's underlying business or financial decision to pursue the Transaction, the relative merits of the Transaction as compared to any alternative business or financial strategies that might exist for Pozen, the Financing or the effects of any other transaction in which Pozen might engage. This letter and our opinion address only the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen Shares (excluding Tribute and its affiliates), taking into account the Pozen Merger, of the Exchange Ratio pursuant to the Transaction Documentation. We do not express any view or opinion as to any other term or aspect of the Transaction, the Transaction Documentation or any other agreement, transaction document or instrument contemplated by the Transaction Documentation or to be entered into or amended in connection with the Transaction or the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the Transaction to, or of any consideration to be paid to or received by, the holders of any class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of Pozen. Furthermore, we do not express any view or opinion as to the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the amount or nature of any compensation payable to or to be received by any of Pozen's, Tribute's or Parent' directors, officers or employees, or any class of such persons, in connection with the Transaction relative to the Exchange Ratio or otherwise.

        This letter and our opinion have been authorized for issuance by the Fairness Opinion and Valuation Committee of Guggenheim Securities. Our opinion is subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other conditions contained herein and is necessarily based on economic, capital markets and other conditions, and the information made available to us, as of the date hereof. We assume no responsibility for updating or revising our opinion based on facts, circumstances or events occurring after the date hereof.

        Based on and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, taking into account the Pozen Merger, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Pozen Shares (excluding Tribute and its affiliates).

Very truly yours,

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GUGGENHEIM SECURITIES, LLC

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Annex C



GRAPHIC
 

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June 8, 2015    

Board of Directors
POZEN Inc.
1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400

 

 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517   Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005

Gentlemen:

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche Bank") has acted as financial advisor to POZEN Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Pozen"), in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement dated as of June 8,2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario ("Tribute"), Aguono Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland ("Parent"), Trafwell Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Ireland, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent ("US Merger Sub"), ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent ("Can Merger Sub"), and Pozen, which provides, among other things, for (collectively, the "Transaction"):

    1.
    the merger of US Merger Sub with and into Pozen (the "Pozen Merger"), as a result of which each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (each, a "Pozen Common Share"), of Pozen, will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive one ordinary share, nominal value $0.001 per share (the "Parent Ordinary Shares"), of Parent (the "Merger Consideration") and Pozen will become a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent; and

    2.
    the implementation of an Arrangement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) pursuant to which each common share in the capital of Tribute (each, a "Tribute Common Share"), other than dissenting shares, will be sold, assigned and transferred to Can Merger Sub in exchange for 0.1455 Parent Ordinary Shares (the "Tribute Exchange Ratio") and Tribute will become a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent.

   

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The terms and conditions of the Transaction are more fully set forth in the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement attached as Schedule II to the Merger Agreement. We understand that, in connection with the Transaction, Parent intends to obtain financing from, and issue Parent Ordinary Shares to, certain investors (the "Financing Transaction"), as to which Financing Transaction we express no opinion.

You have requested our opinion, as investment bankers, as to the fairness of the Tribute Exchange Ratio (taking into account the Pozen Merger), from a financial point of view, to the holders of the outstanding Pozen Common Shares (excluding Parent, Tribute and their respective affiliates).

In connection with our role as financial advisor to Pozen, and in arriving at our opinion, we reviewed certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Tribute, and certain internal analyses, financial forecasts and other information relating to Tribute and Medical Futures Inc. ("Medical Futures") prepared by management of Pozen and approved for our use by Pozen. We also reviewed certain publicly available financial and other information concerning Pozen, and certain internal analyses, financial forecasts and other information relating to Pozen and the combined company prepared by management of Pozen and approved for our use by Pozen. We have held discussions with certain senior officers and other representatives and advisors of Pozen regarding the businesses and prospects of Tribute, Pozen and the combined company. We also held discussions with certain senior officers of Tribute regarding the businesses and prospects of Medical Futures. In addition, we have (i) reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the Tribute Common Shares and Pozen Common Shares, (ii) compared certain financial and stock market information for Tribute and Pozen with, to the extent publicly available, similar information for certain other companies we considered relevant whose securities are publicly traded, (iii) reviewed the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement attached as Schedule II to the Merger Agreement, and (iv) performed such other studies and analyses and considered such other factors as we deemed appropriate.

We have not assumed responsibility for independent verification of, and have not independently verified, any information, whether publicly available or furnished to us, concerning Tribute, Pozen or Parent, including, without limitation, any financial information considered in connection with the rendering of our opinion. Accordingly, for purposes of our opinion, we have, with your knowledge and permission, assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all such information. We have not conducted a physical inspection of any of the properties or assets, and have not prepared, obtained or reviewed any independent evaluation or appraisal of any of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance-sheet assets or liabilities), of Tribute, Pozen or Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor have we evaluated the solvency or fair value of Tribute, Pozen, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries (or the impact of the Transaction thereon) under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar matters.

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With respect to the financial forecasts, including, without limitation, the analyses and forecasts of the amount and timing of certain tax benefits, cost savings, revenue synergies and other strategic benefits projected by Pozen to be achieved as a result of the Transaction (collectively, "Synergies"), made available to us and used in our analyses, we have assumed with your knowledge and permission that such forecasts, including the Synergies, have been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of Pozen as to the matters covered thereby, and that the financial results, including the Synergies, reflected in such forecasts will be realized in the amounts and at the times projected and have relied on such forecasts in arriving at our opinion. We have further assumed with your knowledge and permission, and we were directed by Pozen to assume in our analyses, that the Transaction will have the tax effects that we have discussed with Pozen. In rendering our opinion, we express no view as to the reasonableness of such forecasts and projections, including, without limitation, the Synergies, or the assumptions on which they are based. Our opinion is necessarily based upon economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to us as of, the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any undertaking or obligation to advise any person of any change in any fact or matter affecting our opinion of which we become aware after the date hereof.

For purposes of rendering our opinion, we have assumed with your knowledge and permission that, in all respects material to our analysis, the Transaction will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, without any waiver, modification or amendment of any term, condition or agreement, and no adjustments or modifications to the structure of the Transaction will be made, in each case that would be material to our analysis, and no adjustment to the Merger Consideration or the Tribute Exchange Ratio attributable to changes in the outstanding shares of capital stock of Pozen, Tribute or Parent by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend thereon. We have further assumed that the final Plan of Arrangement will not differ from the form attached as Schedule II to the Merger Agreement in any respect material to our analysis. We also have assumed with your knowledge and permission that all material governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents required in connection with the consummation of the Transaction will be obtained and that in connection with obtaining any necessary governmental, regulatory or other approvals and consents, no restrictions, terms or conditions will be imposed that would be material to our analysis. We are not legal, regulatory, tax or accounting experts and have relied on the assessments made by Pozen and its other advisors with respect to such issues.

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This opinion has been approved and authorized for issuance by a Deutsche Bank fairness opinion review committee and is addressed to, and is for the use and benefit of, the Board of Directors of Pozen in connection with and for the purpose of its evaluation of the Transaction. This opinion is limited to the fairness of the Tribute Exchange Ratio (taking into account the Pozen Merger), from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Pozen Common Shares as of the date hereof (excluding Parent, Tribute and their respective affiliates). This opinion does not address any other terms of the Transaction or the Merger Agreement, nor does it address the terms of the Financing Transaction or any other agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transaction. You have not asked us to, and this opinion does not, address the fairness of the Transaction, or any consideration received in connection therewith, to the holders of any other class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of Pozen, nor does it address the fairness of the contemplated benefits of the Transaction. Nor do we express an opinion, and this opinion does not constitute a recommendation, as to how any holder of Pozen Common Shares or other securities of Pozen, or any holder of any securities of any other entity, should vote or act with respect to the Transaction or any other matter. In addition, we do not express any view or opinion as to the fairness, financial or otherwise, of the amount or nature of any compensation payable to or to be received by any of the officers, directors, or employees of any parties to the Transaction, or any class of such persons, in connection with the Transaction whether relative to the Tribute Exchange Ratio, the Merger Consideration or otherwise. This opinion does not in any manner address what the value of Parent Ordinary Shares actually will be when issued pursuant to the Transaction or the prices at which Tribute Common Shares, Pozen Common Shares, Parent Ordinary Shares or any other securities will trade following the announcement or consummation of the Transaction.

We have not been requested to, and did not (a) initiate or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or solicit any indications of interest from, third parties with respect to any potential transaction involving Pozen or any alternative to the Transaction, (b) negotiate the terms of the Transaction or (c) advise the Board of Directors of Pozen with respect to alternatives to the Transaction. Nor were we requested to consider, and our opinion does not address, the merits of the underlying decision by Pozen to engage in the Transaction or the relative merits of the Transaction as compared to any alternative transactions or business strategies.

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Deutsche Bank will be paid a fee for its services as financial advisor to Pozen in connection with the Transaction, all of which became payable upon delivery of this opinion (or would have become payable if Deutsche Bank had advised the Board of Directors that it was unable to render this opinion). Pozen has also agreed to reimburse Deutsche Bank for its expenses, and to indemnify Deutsche Bank against certain liabilities, in connection with its engagement. We are an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG (together with its affiliates, the "DB Group"). The DB Group may provide investment and commercial banking services to Pozen, Tribute, Parent or their respective affiliates in the future, for which we would expect the DB Group to receive compensation. In the ordinary course of business, members of the DB Group may actively trade in the securities and other instruments and obligations of Pozen, Tribute, Parent and their respective affiliates for their own accounts and for the accounts of their customers. Accordingly, the DB Group may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities, instruments and obligations.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing assumptions, limitations, qualifications and conditions, it is Deutsche Bank's opinion as investment bankers that, as of the date hereof, the Tribute Exchange Ratio (taking into account the Pozen Merger) is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of outstanding Pozen Common Shares (excluding Parent, Tribute and their respective affiliates).

    Very truly yours.

 

 


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Annex D

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN



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1.   History; Effective Date.      D-1  

2.

 

Purposes of the Plan. 

 

 

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3.

 

Terminology. 

 

 

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4.

 

Administration. 

 

 

D-1

 

 

 

(a)

 


Administration of the Plan


 

 

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(b)

 


Powers of the Administrator


 

 

D-1

 

 

 

(c)

 


Delegation of Administrative Authority


 

 

D-3

 

 

 

(d)

 


Non-Uniform Determinations


 

 

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(e)

 


Limited Liability; Advisors


 

 

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(f)

 


Indemnification


 

 

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(g)

 


Effect of Administrator's Decision


 

 

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5.

 

Shares Issuable Pursuant to Awards. 

 

 

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(a)

 


Initial Share Pool


 

 

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(b)

 


Adjustments to Share Pool


 

 

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(c)

 


Code Section 162(m) Individual Limits


 

 

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(d)

 


ISO Limit


 

 

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(e)

 


Source of Shares


 

 

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6.

 

Participation. 

 

 

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7.

 

Awards. 

 

 

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(a)

 


Awards, In General


 

 

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(b)

 


Minimum Restriction Period for Full Value Awards


 

 

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(c)

 


Stock Options


 

 

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(d)

 


Limitation on Reload Options


 

 

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(e)

 


Stock Appreciation Rights


 

 

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(f)

 


Repricing


 

 

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(g)

 


Stock Awards


 

 

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(h)

 


Stock Units


 

 

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(i)

 


Performance Shares and Performance Units


 

 

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(j)

 


Other Stock-Based Awards


 

 

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(k)

 


Qualified Performance-Based Awards


 

 

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(l)

 


Awards to Participants Outside the United States


 

 

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(m)

 


Limitation on Dividend Reinvestment and Dividend Equivalents


 

 

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8.   Withholding of Taxes.      D-13  

9.

 

Transferability of Awards. 

 

 

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10.

 

Adjustments for Corporate Transactions and Other Events. 

 

 

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(a)

 


Mandatory Adjustments


 

 

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(b)

 


Discretionary Adjustments


 

 

D-14

 

 

 

(c)

 


Adjustments to Performance Goals


 

 

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(d)

 


Statutory Requirements Affecting Adjustments


 

 

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(e)

 


Dissolution or Liquidation


 

 

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11.

 

Change in Control Provisions. 

 

 

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(a)

 


Termination of Awards


 

 

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(b)

 


Continuation, Assumption or Substitution of Awards


 

 

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(c)

 


Other Permitted Actions


 

 

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(d)

 


Section 409A Savings Clause


 

 

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12.

 

Substitution of Awards in Mergers and Acquisitions. 

 

 

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13.

 

Compliance with Securities Laws; Listing and Registration. 

 

 

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14.

 

Section 409A Compliance. 

 

 

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15.

 

Plan Duration; Amendment and Discontinuance. 

 

 

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(a)

 


Plan Duration


 

 

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(b)

 


Amendment and Discontinuance of the Plan


 

 

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(c)

 


Amendment of Awards


 

 

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16.

 

General Provisions. 

 

 

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(a)

 


Non-Guarantee of Employment or Service


 

 

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(b)

 


No Trust or Fund Created


 

 

D-19

 

 

 

(c)

 


Status of Awards


 

 

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(d)

 


Subsidiary Employees


 

 

D-20

 

 

 

(e)

 


Governing Law and Interpretation


 

 

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(f)

 


Use of English Language


 

 

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(g)

 


Recovery of Amounts Paid


 

 

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17.

 

Glossary. 

 

 

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1.  History; Effective Date.

        ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC., a company formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (" Aralez "), has established the ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS 2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN, as set forth herein, and as the same may be amended from time to time (the " Plan "). The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of Aralez (the " Board ") on December 11, 2015. The Plan shall become and is effective as of the date that it is approved by the shareholders of Aralez (the " Effective Date ").

2.  Purposes of the Plan.

        The Plan is designed to:

             (a)  promote the long-term financial interests and growth of Aralez and its Subsidiaries (together, the " Company ") by attracting and retaining management and other personnel and key service providers with the training, experience and ability to enable them to make a substantial contribution to the success of the Company's business;

             (b)  motivate management personnel by means of growth-related incentives to achieve long-range goals; and

             (c)  further the alignment of interests of Participants with those of the shareholders of Aralez through opportunities for increased stock or stock-based ownership in Aralez.

        Toward these objectives, the Administrator may grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, stock units, performance shares, performance units, and other stock-based awards to eligible individuals on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan.

3.  Terminology.

        Except as otherwise specifically provided in an Award Agreement, capitalized words and phrases used in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the glossary at Section 17 of the Plan or as defined the first place such word or phrase appears in the Plan.

4.  Administration.

         (a)     Administration of the Plan.     The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.


         (b)
    Powers of the Administrator.     The Administrator shall, except as otherwise provided under the Plan, have plenary authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan to Eligible Individuals and to take all other actions necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan. Among other things, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan to:

              (i)  determine the Eligible Individuals to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted;

             (ii)  determine the types of Awards to be granted any Eligible Individual;

            (iii)  determine the number of Common Shares to be covered by or used for reference purposes for each Award or the value to be transferred pursuant to any Award;

            (iv)  determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, (A) the purchase price of any Common Shares, (B) the method of payment for shares purchased pursuant to any Award, (C) the method for satisfying any tax withholding obligation arising in connection with any Award, including by the withholding or delivery of Common Shares, (D) subject to

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    Section 5(f) and 7(b), the timing, terms and conditions of the exercisability, vesting or payout of any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto, (E) the Performance Goals applicable to any Award and the extent to which such Performance Goals have been attained, (F) the time of the expiration of any Award, (G) the effect of the Participant's Termination of Service on any of the foregoing, and (H) all other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to any Award or shares acquired pursuant thereto as the Administrator shall consider to be appropriate and not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;

             (v)  subject to Sections 7(f), 7(k), 10(c) and 15, modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award;

            (vi)  subject to Section 7(b), accelerate or otherwise change the time at or during which an Award may be exercised or becomes payable and waive or accelerate the lapse, in whole or in part, of any restriction, condition or risk of forfeiture with respect to such Award; provided , however , that, except in connection with death, disability or a Change in Control, no such change, waiver or acceleration shall be made with respect to a Qualified Performance-Based Award if the effect of such action would cause the Award to fail to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption or shall be made to any Award that is considered "deferred compensation" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code if the effect of such action is inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code;

           (vii)  determine whether an Award will be paid or settled in cash, Common Shares, or in any combination thereof and whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash or Common Shares payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant;

          (viii)  for any purpose, including but not limited to, qualifying for preferred or beneficial tax treatment, accommodating the customs or administrative challenges or otherwise complying with the tax, accounting or regulatory requirements of one or more jurisdictions, adopt, amend, modify, administer or terminate sub-plans, appendices, special provisions or supplements applicable to Awards regulated by the laws of a particular jurisdiction, which sub-plans, appendices, supplements and special provisions may take precedence over other provisions of the Plan, and prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to such sub-plans, supplements and special provisions;

            (ix)  establish any "blackout" period, during which transactions affecting Awards may not be effectuated, that the Administrator in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable;

             (x)  determine the Fair Market Value of Common Shares or other property for any purpose under the Plan or any Award;

            (xi)  administer, construe and interpret the Plan, Award Agreements and all other documents relevant to the Plan and Awards issued thereunder, and decide all other matters to be determined in connection with an Award;

           (xii)  establish, amend, rescind and interpret such administrative rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines, instruments and practices for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its business as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable;

          (xiii)  correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent the Administrator shall consider it desirable to carry it into effect; and

          (xiv)  specify that vesting conditions in respect of Awards shall not extend beyond applicable limitations such that the Award complies at all times with the exception in paragraph (k) of the

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    definition of "salary deferral arrangement" in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or comparable legislation of any jurisdiction; and

           (xv)  otherwise administer the Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan.


         (c)
    Delegation of Administrative Authority.     The Administrator may designate officers or employees of the Company to assist the Administrator in the administration of the Plan and, to the extent permitted by applicable law and stock exchange rules, the Administrator may delegate to officers or other employees of the Company the Administrator's duties and powers under the Plan, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Administrator shall prescribe, including without limitation the authority to execute agreements or other documents on behalf of the Administrator; provided, however, that such delegation of authority shall not extend to the granting of, or exercise of discretion with respect to, Awards to Eligible Individuals who are "covered employees" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code or officers under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.


         (d)
    Non-Uniform Determinations.     The Administrator's determinations under the Plan (including without limitation, determinations of the persons to receive Awards, the form, amount and timing of such Awards, the terms and provisions of such Awards and the Award Agreements evidencing such Awards, and the ramifications of a Change in Control upon outstanding Awards) need not be uniform and may be made by the Administrator selectively among Awards or persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.


         (e)
    Limited Liability; Advisors.     To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Administrator shall be liable for any action taken or decision made in good faith relating to the Plan or any Award thereunder. The Administrator may employ counsel, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons. The Administrator, Aralez, and the officers and directors of Aralez shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons.


         (f)
    Indemnification.     To the maximum extent permitted by law, by Aralez's Memorandum and Articles of Association, and by any directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time, the members of the Administrator and any agent or delegate of the Administrator who is a director, officer or employee of Aralez or an Affiliate shall be indemnified by Aralez against any and all liabilities and expenses to which they may be subjected by reason of any act or failure to act with respect to their duties on behalf of the Plan.


         (g)
    Effect of Administrator's Decision.     All actions taken and determinations made by the Administrator on all matters relating to the Plan or any Award pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be in the Administrator's sole and absolute discretion, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan, including, without limitation, any determination involving the appropriateness or equitableness of any action. All determinations made by the Administrator shall be conclusive, final and binding on all parties concerned, including Aralez, its shareholders, any Participants and any other employee, consultant, or director of Aralez and its Affiliates, and their respective successors in interest. No member of the Administrator, nor any director, officer, employee or representative of Aralez shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or Awards.

5.  Shares Issuable Pursuant to Awards.

         (a)     Initial Share Pool.     As of the Effective Date, the number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to Awards that may be granted under the Plan (the " Share Pool ") shall be equal to the sum of (i) 2,300,000 Common Shares plus (ii) the number of unallocated Common Shares available for issuance as of the Effective Date under the POZEN, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan that are not then subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the number of unallocated Common Shares available for issuance as of the Effective Date under the Amended and Restated Option Plan of

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Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. (" Tribute ") that are not then subject to outstanding Awards and (iv) the number of Common Shares required to cover each stock option granted in substitution of stock options held by employees of Tribute in connection with the pending business combination between Tribute and Aralez.


         (b)
    Adjustments to Share Pool.     On and after the Effective Date, the Share Pool shall be adjusted, in addition to any adjustments to be made pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, as follows:

              (i)  The Share Pool shall be reduced, on the date of grant, by one share for each stock option or stock appreciation right granted under the Plan and by 1.59 shares for each stock award, stock unit, Performance Share and/or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan; provided that Awards that are valued by reference to Common Shares but are required to be paid in cash pursuant to their terms shall not reduce the Share Pool;

             (ii)  If and to the extent options or stock appreciation rights originating from the Share Pool terminate, expire, or are canceled, forfeited, exchanged, or surrendered without having been exercised, or if any stock awards, stock units, Performance Shares and/or Other Stock-Based Awards are forfeited, the Common Shares subject to such Awards shall again be available for Awards under the Share Pool, and shall increase the Share Pool by one share for each stock option or stock appreciation right and 1.59 shares for each stock award, stock unit, Performance Share and/or Other Stock-Based Award issued in connection with such Award or by which the Award is valued by reference;

            (iii)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Common Shares shall not become available for issuance under the Plan: (A) shares tendered by Participants, or withheld by the Company, as full or partial payment to the Company upon the exercise of stock options granted under the Plan; (B) shares reserved for issuance upon the grant of stock appreciation rights, to the extent the number of reserved shares exceeds the number of shares actually issued upon the exercise of the stock appreciation rights; and (C) shares withheld by, or otherwise remitted to, the Company to satisfy a Participant's tax withholding obligations upon the lapse of restrictions on stock awards or the exercise of stock options or stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan.


         (c)
    Code Section 162(m) and Other Individual Limits.     Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 of the Plan:

              (i)  the maximum number of Common Shares that may be made subject to Awards granted under the Plan during a calendar year to any one person in the form of stock options or stock appreciation rights is, in the aggregate, 1,000,000 shares;

             (ii)  the maximum number of Common Shares that may be made subject to Awards granted under the Plan during a calendar year to any one person in the form of Performance Awards is, in the aggregate, 1,000,000 shares, and

            (iii)  in connection with Awards granted under the Plan during a calendar year to any one person in the form of Performance Shares, the maximum cash amount payable thereunder is the amount equal to the number of shares made subject to the Award, as limited by Section 5(c)(ii), multiplied by the Fair Market Value as determined as of the payment date; and

            (iv)  in connection with Awards granted under the Plan during a calendar year to any one person in the form of Performance Units, the maximum cash amount payable under such Performance Units is $5,000,000;

provided, however, that each of the limitations set forth above in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 5(c) shall be multiplied by two when applied to Awards granted to any individual during the calendar year in which such individual first commences service with Aralez or a Subsidiary; and provided, further, that the limitations set forth above in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 5(c) shall be

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multiplied by the number of calendar years over which the applicable Performance Period spans (in whole or in part), if the Performance Period is longer than 12 months' duration, when applied to Performance Awards. If an Award is terminated, surrendered or canceled in the same year in which it was granted, such Award nevertheless will continue to be counted against the limitations set forth above in this Section 5(c) for the calendar year in which it was granted.


         (d)
    ISO Limit.     Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, the maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to stock options granted under the Plan that are intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be equal to the number of shares in the Share Pool as of the Effective Date of the Plan.


         (e)
    Source of Shares.     The Common Shares with respect to which Awards may be made under the Plan shall be shares authorized for issuance under Aralez's memorandum and articles of association but unissued, or issued and reacquired, including without limitation shares purchased in the open market or in private transactions.


         (f)
    Stock Exchange Limits.     

              (i)  The number of Common Shares subject to Awards granted to any one Participant shall be determined by the Board, but no one Participant shall be granted Awards which exceed, in aggregate, the maximum number permitted by the Toronto Stock Exchange, or such other stock exchange on which Aralez's securities are listed for trade from time to time (the " Exchange ").

             (ii)  Subject to the aggregate limit and adjustment provisions in Section 5 of this Plan, the aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Awards under the Plan and all other security based compensation arrangements (as such term is defined in section 613 of the TSX Company Manual) of the Company are subject to the following additional limitations:

              (A)  in the aggregate, no more than 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (on a non-diluted basis) may be reserved at any time for insiders (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario) and includes an associate and Affiliate, as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario) (" Insider(s) ") under the Plan, together with all other security based compensation arrangements of the Company; and

              (B)  the number of securities of the Company issued to Insiders, within any one year period, under all security based compensation arrangements, cannot exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares.

6.  Participation.

        Participation in the Plan shall be open to all Eligible Individuals, as may be selected by the Administrator from time to time. The Administrator may also grant Awards to Eligible Individuals in connection with hiring, recruiting or otherwise, prior to the date the individual first performs services for Aralez or a Subsidiary; provided , however , that such Awards shall not become vested or exercisable, and no shares shall be issued to such individual, prior to the date the individual first commences performance of such services.

7.  Awards.

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reasonably practicable following, the grant of such Award. Unless otherwise specified by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, or otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, an Award shall not be effective unless the Award Agreement is signed or otherwise accepted by Aralez and the Participant receiving the Award (including by electronic delivery and/or electronic signature). Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, any failure by the Participant to sign and return the Award Agreement within such period of time following the granting of the Award as the Administrator shall prescribe shall cause such Award to the Participant to be null and void. The Administrator may direct that any stock certificate evidencing shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on transferability as may apply to such shares pursuant to the Plan.


         (b)
    Minimum Restriction Period for Full Value Awards.     Except as provided below and notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, each Full Value Award granted under the Plan shall be subject to a minimum Restriction Period of 12 months from the date of grant if vesting of or lapse of restrictions on such Award is based on the satisfaction of Performance Goals and a minimum Restriction Period of 36 months from the date of grant, applied in either pro rata installments or a single installment, if vesting of or lapse of restrictions on such Award is based solely on the Participant's satisfaction of specified service requirements with the Company. If the grant of a Performance Award is conditioned on satisfaction of Performance Goals, the Performance Period shall not be less than 12 months' duration, but no additional minimum Restriction Period need apply to such Award. Except as provided below and notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator shall not have discretionary authority to waive the minimum Restriction Period applicable to a Full Value Award, except in the case of death, disability, retirement, or a Change in Control. The provisions of this Section 7(b) shall not apply and/or may be waived, in the Administrator's discretion, with respect to up to the number of Full Value Awards that is equal to 10% of the aggregate Share Pool as of the Effective Date.


         (c)
    Stock Options.     

            (i)     Grants.     A stock option means a right to purchase a specified number of Common Shares from Aralez at a specified price during a specified period of time. The Administrator may from time to time grant to Eligible Individuals Awards of Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Options; provided , however , that Awards of Incentive Stock Options shall be limited to employees of Aralez or of any current or hereafter existing "parent corporation" or "subsidiary corporation," as defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code, respectively, of Aralez, and any other Eligible Individuals who are eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options under the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. No stock option shall be an Incentive Stock Option unless so designated by the Administrator at the time of grant or in the applicable Award Agreement.

            (ii)     Exercise.     Stock options shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Administrator; provided, however, that Awards of stock options may not have a term in excess of ten years' duration unless required otherwise by applicable law. The exercise price per share subject to a stock option granted under the Plan shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Common Share on the date of grant of the stock option, except as provided under applicable law or with respect to stock options that are granted in substitution of similar types of awards of a company acquired by Aralez or a Subsidiary or with which Aralez or a Subsidiary combines (whether in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, combination, consolidation or acquisition of property or stock, or otherwise) to preserve the intrinsic value of such awards. Should the expiry date of a stock option fall within a period during which the relevant Participant is prohibited from exercising a stock option due to trading restrictions imposed by the Company pursuant to any policy of the Company respecting restrictions on trading that is in effect at that time (a "blackout period") or within nine Business Days following the expiration of a blackout period, such expiry date of the stock option shall be automatically extended without any further act or formality to that date which is the tenth Business

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    Day after the end of the blackout period, such tenth Business Day to be considered the expiry date for such stock option for all purposes under the Plan. The ten Business Day period referred to in this paragraph may not be extended by the Board.

            (iii)     Termination of Service.     Except as provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Administrator, to the extent stock options are not vested and exercisable, a Participant's stock options shall be forfeited upon his or her Termination of Service.

            (iv)     Additional Terms and Conditions.     The Administrator may, by way of the Award Agreement or otherwise, determine such other terms, conditions, restrictions, and/or limitations, if any, of any Award of stock options, provided they are not inconsistent with the Plan.


         (d)
    Limitation on Reload Options.     The Administrator shall not grant stock options under this Plan that contain a reload or replenishment feature pursuant to which a new stock option would be granted automatically upon receipt of delivery of Common Shares to Aralez in payment of the exercise price or any tax withholding obligation under any other stock option.


         (e)
    Stock Appreciation Rights .     

            (i)     Grants.     The Administrator may from time to time grant to Eligible Individuals Awards of stock appreciation rights. A stock appreciation right entitles the Participant to receive, subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement, a payment having an aggregate value equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one Common Share over (B) the base price per share specified in the Award Agreement, times (ii) the number of shares specified by the stock appreciation right, or portion thereof, which is exercised. The base price per share specified in the Award Agreement shall not be less than the lower of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant or the exercise price of any tandem stock option to which the stock appreciation right is related, or with respect to stock appreciation rights that are granted in substitution of similar types of awards of a company acquired by Aralez or a Subsidiary or with which Aralez or a Subsidiary combines (whether in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, combination, consolidation or acquisition of property or stock, or otherwise) such base price as is necessary to preserve the intrinsic value of such awards.

            (ii)     Exercise.     Stock appreciation rights shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Administrator; provided, however, that stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan may not have a term in excess of ten years' duration unless required otherwise by applicable law. The applicable Award Agreement shall specify whether payment by Aralez of the amount receivable upon any exercise of a stock appreciation right is to be made in cash or Common Shares or a combination of both, or shall reserve to the Administrator or the Participant the right to make that determination prior to or upon the exercise of the stock appreciation right. If upon the exercise of a stock appreciation right a Participant is to receive a portion of such payment in Common Shares, the number of shares shall be determined by dividing such portion by the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the exercise date. No fractional shares shall be used for such payment and the Administrator shall determine whether cash shall be given in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated.

            (iii)     Termination of Service.     Except as provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Administrator, to the extent stock appreciation rights are not vested and exercisable, a Participant's stock appreciation rights shall be forfeited upon his or her Termination of Service.

            (iv)     Additional Terms and Conditions.     The Administrator may, by way of the Award Agreement or otherwise, determine such other terms, conditions, restrictions, and/or limitations, if any, of any Award of stock appreciation rights, provided they are not inconsistent with the Plan.

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         (f)
    Repricing.     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving Aralez (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan may not be amended, after the date of grant, to reduce the exercise price of such options or stock appreciation rights, nor may outstanding options or stock appreciation rights be canceled in exchange for (i) cash, (ii) options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price or base price that is less than the exercise price or base price of the original outstanding options or stock appreciation rights, or (iii) other Awards, unless such action is approved by Aralez's shareholders.


         (g)
    Stock Awards .     

            (i)     Grants.     The Administrator may from time to time grant to Eligible Individuals Awards of unrestricted Common Shares or Restricted Stock (collectively, " Stock Awards ") on such terms and conditions, and for such consideration, including no consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by law, as the Administrator shall determine, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7(b). Stock Awards shall be evidenced in such manner as the Administrator may deem appropriate, including via book-entry registration.

            (ii)     Vesting.     Restricted Stock shall be subject to such vesting, restrictions on transferability and other restrictions, if any, and/or risk of forfeiture as the Administrator may impose at the date of grant or thereafter. The Restriction Period to which such vesting, restrictions and/or risk of forfeiture apply may lapse under such circumstances, including without limitation upon the attainment of Performance Goals, in such installments, or otherwise, as the Administrator may determine. In the event that the Administrator conditions the grant or vesting of a Stock Award upon the attainment of Performance Goals, or the attainment of Performance Goals together with the continued service of the Participant, the Administrator may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate the Stock Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, during the Restriction Period, the Participant shall not be permitted to vote, sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber shares of Restricted Stock.

            (iii)     Rights of a Shareholder; Dividends.     Except to the extent restricted under the Award Agreement relating to the Restricted Stock, a Participant granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of Common Shares including, without limitation, the right to vote Restricted Stock upon the expiry of the Restriction Period. Subject to shareholder approval, cash dividends declared payable on Common Shares shall be paid, with respect to outstanding Restricted Stock, either as soon as practicable following the dividend payment date or deferred for payment to such later date as determined by the Administrator, and shall be paid in cash or as unrestricted Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends or may be reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock as determined by the Administrator; provided , however , that dividends declared payable on Restricted Stock that is granted as a Performance Award shall be held by Aralez and made subject to forfeiture at least until achievement of the applicable Performance Goal related to such shares of Restricted Stock. Stock distributed in connection with a stock split or stock dividend, and other property distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Common Shares or other property has been distributed. As soon as is practicable following the date on which restrictions on any shares of Restricted Stock lapse, Aralez shall deliver to the Participant the certificates for such shares or shall cause the shares to be registered in the Participant's name in book-entry form, in either case with the restrictions removed, provided that the Participant shall have complied with all conditions for delivery of such shares contained in the Award Agreement or otherwise reasonably required by Aralez.

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            (iv)     Termination of Service.     Except as provided in the applicable Award Agreement, upon Termination of Service during the applicable Restriction Period, Restricted Stock and any accrued but unpaid dividends that are at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited; provided that, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7(b), the Administrator may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award Agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes, and the Administrator may in other cases waive in whole or in part the forfeiture of Restricted Stock.

            (v)     Additional Terms and Conditions.     The Administrator may, by way of the Award Agreement or otherwise, determine such other terms, conditions, restrictions, and/or limitations, if any, of any Award of Restricted Stock, provided they are not inconsistent with the Plan.


         (h)
    Stock Units .     

            (i)     Grants.     The Administrator may from time to time grant to Eligible Individuals Awards of unrestricted stock Units or Restricted Stock Units on such terms and conditions, and for such consideration, including no consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by law, as the Administrator shall determine, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7(b). Restricted Stock Units represent a contractual obligation by Aralez to deliver a number of Common Shares, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of the specified number of shares subject to the Award, or a combination of Common Shares and cash, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement.

            (ii)     Vesting and Payment.     Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such vesting, risk of forfeiture and/or payment provisions as the Administrator may impose at the date of grant. The Restriction Period to which such vesting and/or risk of forfeiture apply may lapse under such circumstances, including without limitation upon the attainment of Performance Goals, in such installments, or otherwise, as the Administrator may determine. In the event that the Administrator conditions the vesting and/or lapse of risk of forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units upon the attainment of Performance Goals, or the attainment of Performance Goals together with the continued service of the Participant, the Administrator may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate the Award of Restricted Stock Units as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. Common Shares, cash or a combination of Common Shares and cash, as applicable, payable in settlement of Restricted Stock Units shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as administratively practicable, but no later than 30 days, after the date on which payment is due under the terms of the Award Agreement provided that the Participant shall have complied with all conditions for delivery of such shares or payment contained in the Award Agreement or otherwise reasonably required by Aralez, or in accordance with an election of the Participant, if the Administrator so permits, that meets the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

            (iii)     No Rights of a Shareholder; Dividend Equivalents.     Until Common Shares are issued to the Participant in settlement of stock Units, the Participant shall not have any rights of a shareholder of Aralez with respect to the stock Units or the shares issuable thereunder. The Administrator may grant to the Participant the right to receive Dividend Equivalents on stock Units, on a current, reinvested and/or restricted basis, subject to such terms as the Administrator may determine provided , however , that Dividend Equivalents payable on stock Units that are granted as a Performance Award shall, rather than be paid on a current basis, be accrued and made subject to forfeiture at least until achievement of the applicable Performance Goal related to such stock Units.

            (iv)     Termination of Service.     Upon Termination of Service during the applicable deferral period or portion thereof to which forfeiture conditions apply, or upon failure to satisfy any other conditions precedent to the delivery of Common Shares or cash to which such Restricted Stock

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    Units relate, all Restricted Stock Units and any accrued but unpaid Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units that are then subject to deferral or restriction shall be forfeited; provided that, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7(b), the Administrator may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award Agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock Units will be waived in whole or in part in the event of termination resulting from specified causes, and the Administrator may in other cases waive in whole or in part the forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units.

            (v)     Additional Terms and Conditions.     The Administrator may, by way of the Award Agreement or otherwise, determine such other terms, conditions, restrictions, and/or limitations, if any, of any Award of stock Units, provided they are not inconsistent with the Plan.


         (i)
    Performance Shares and Performance Units .     

            (i)     Grants.     The Administrator may from time to time grant to Eligible Individuals Awards in the form of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Performance Shares, as that term is used in this Plan, shall refer to Common Shares or Units that are expressed in terms of Common Shares, the issuance, vesting, lapse of restrictions on or payment of which is contingent on performance as measured against predetermined objectives over a specified Performance Period. Performance Units, as that term is used in this Plan, shall refer to dollar-denominated Units valued by reference to designated criteria established by the Administrator, other than Common Shares, the issuance, vesting, lapse of restrictions on or payment of which is contingent on performance as measured against predetermined objectives over a specified Performance Period. The applicable Award Agreement shall specify whether Performance Shares and Performance Units will be settled or paid in cash or Common Shares or a combination of both, or shall reserve to the Administrator or the Participant the right to make that determination prior to or at the payment or settlement date.

            (ii)     Performance Criteria.     The Administrator shall, prior to or at the time of grant, condition the grant, vesting or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units upon (A) the attainment of Performance Goals during a Performance Period or (B) the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the Participant. The Administrator may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. The length of the Performance Period, the Performance Goals to be achieved during the Performance Period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such Performance Goals have been attained shall be conclusively determined by the Administrator in the exercise of its absolute discretion. Performance Goals may include minimum, maximum and target levels of performance, with the size of the Award or payout of Performance Shares or Performance Units or the vesting or lapse of restrictions with respect thereto based on the level attained. An Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall be settled as and when the Award vests or at a later time specified in the Award Agreement or in accordance with an election of the Participant, if the Administrator so permits, that meets the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

            (iii)     Additional Terms and Conditions.     The Administrator may, by way of the Award Agreement or otherwise, determine such other terms, conditions, restrictions, and/or limitations, if any, of any Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units, provided they are not inconsistent with the Plan.


         (j)
    Other Stock-Based Awards.     The Administrator may from time to time grant to Eligible Individuals Awards in the form of Other Stock-Based Awards. Other Stock-Based Awards in the form of Dividend Equivalents may be (A) awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award other than a stock option or stock appreciation right, (B) paid currently or credited to an account for the Participant, including the reinvestment of such credited amounts in Common Shares

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equivalents, to be paid on a deferred basis, and (C) settled in cash or Common Shares as determined by the Administrator; provided , however , that Dividend Equivalents payable on Other Stock-Based Awards that are granted as a Performance Award shall, rather than be paid on a current basis, be accrued and made subject to forfeiture at least until achievement of the applicable Performance Goal related to such Other Stock-Based Awards. Any such settlements, and any such crediting of Dividend Equivalents, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Administrator shall establish.


         (k)
    Qualified Performance-Based Awards .     

            (i)     Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.     The provisions of the Plan are intended to ensure that all stock options and stock appreciation rights granted hereunder to any Participant who is or may be a "covered employee" (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) in the tax year in which such stock option or stock appreciation right is expected to be deductible to Aralez or a Subsidiary qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and all such Awards shall therefore be considered Qualified Performance-Based Awards, and the Plan shall be interpreted and operated consistent with that intention.

            (ii)     Grant Process for Performance Awards.     When granting any Award other than a stock option or stock appreciation right, the Administrator may designate such Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, based upon a determination that (A) the recipient is or may be a "covered employee" (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) with respect to such Award and (B) the Administrator wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. For any Award so designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Administrator shall take steps to ensure that the terms of any such Award (and of the grant thereof) shall be consistent with such designation (including, without limitation, that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of "outside directors" (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) and that the Performance Goals be established, in writing, by the Administrator within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code). The Performance Goals established by the Administrator for each Qualified Performance-Based Award shall be objective such that a third party having knowledge of the relevant facts could determine whether or not any Performance Goal has been achieved, or the extent of such achievement, and the amount, if any, which has been earned by the Participant based on such performance. The Administrator may retain in an Award Agreement the discretion to reduce (but not to increase) the amount or number of Qualified Performance-Based Awards which will be earned based on the achievement of Performance Goals. When the Performance Goals are established, the Administrator shall also specify the manner in which the level of achievement of such Performance Goals shall be calculated and the weighting assigned to such Performance Goals.

            (iii)     Certification and Payment.     Following completion of the applicable Performance Period, and prior to any, as applicable, grant, vesting, lapse of restrictions on or payment of a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Administrator shall determine in accordance with the terms of the Award and shall certify in writing whether the applicable Performance Goal(s) were achieved, or the level of such achievement, and the amount, if any, earned by the Participant based upon such performance. For this purpose, approved minutes of the meeting of the Administrator at which certification is made shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirement of a written certification. No Qualified Performance-Based Awards will be granted, become vested, have restrictions lapse or be paid, as applicable, for a Performance Period until such certification is made by the Administrator. The amount of a Qualified Performance-Based Award actually granted, vested, or paid to a Participant, or on which restrictions shall lapse, may be less than the amount determined by the applicable Performance Goal formula, at the discretion of the Administrator to take into account additional factors that the Administrator may deem relevant to the assessment of individual or

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    corporate performance for the Performance Period or otherwise, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement.

            (iv)     Performance Goals.     Performance Goals may be applied on a per share or absolute basis and relative to one or more Performance Metrics, or any combination thereof, and may be measured pursuant to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (" GAAP "), non-GAAP or other objective standards in a manner consistent with Aralez's or its Subsidiary's established accounting policies, all as the Administrator shall determine at the time the Performance Goals for a Performance Period are established. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide that one or more objectively determinable adjustments shall be made to the manner in which one or more of the Performance Goals is to be calculated or measured to take into account, or ignore, one or more of the following: (1) items related to a change in accounting principle; (2) items relating to financing activities; (3) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (4) other non-operating items; (5) items related to acquisitions; (6) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the Performance Period; (7) items related to the sale or disposition of a business or segment of a business; (8) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; (9) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of stock occurring during the Performance Period; (10) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (11) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments, (12) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (13) items that are outside the scope of the Company's core, on-going business activities; (14) changes in foreign currency exchange rates; (15) items relating to changes in tax laws; (16) certain identified expenses (including, but not limited to, cash bonus expenses, incentive expenses and acquisition-related transaction and integration expenses); (17) items relating to asset impairment charges; or (18) items relating to gains or unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable law, accounting principles or business conditions. For all Awards intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Awards, such determinations shall be made within the time prescribed by, and otherwise in compliance with, Section 162(m) of the Code.

            (v)     Non-delegation.     No delegate of the Administrator is permitted to exercise authority granted to the Administrator under Section 4 to the extent that the exercise of such authority by the delegate would cause an Award designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award not to qualify for, or to cease to qualify for, the Section 162(m) Exemption.


         (l)
    Awards to Participants Outside the United States.     The Administrator may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States or who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause Aralez or a Subsidiary to be subject to) tax, legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Administrator, be necessary or desirable in order that any such Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country or jurisdiction in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed or to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan.


         (m)
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payment or reinvestment, the terms of which stock Units shall provide for settlement in cash and for Dividend Equivalent reinvestment in further stock Units on the terms contemplated by this Section 7(m).

8.  Withholding of Taxes.

        Participants and holders of Awards shall pay to Aralez or its Affiliate, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of, any Tax Withholding Obligation in respect of Awards granted under the Plan no later than the date of the event creating the tax or social insurance contribution liability. The obligations of Aralez under the Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, and subject always to applicable law, Tax Withholding Obligations may be settled in whole or in part with Common Shares, including unrestricted outstanding shares surrendered to Aralez and unrestricted shares that are part of the Award that gives rise to the Tax Withholding Obligation, having a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender or withholding equal to the statutory minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax or social insurance contribution purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Administrator establishes. Aralez or its Affiliate may deduct, to the extent permitted by law, any such Tax Withholding Obligations from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant or holder of an Award.

9.  Transferability of Awards.

         (a)     General Nontransferability Absent Administrator Permission.     Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, and in any event in the case of an Incentive Stock Option or a tandem stock appreciation right granted with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, no Award granted under the Plan shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Administrator shall not permit any transfer of an Award for value. An Award may be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant, only by the Participant or, during the period the Participant is under a legal disability, by the Participant's guardian or legal representative, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator. Awards granted under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to alienation, anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, or encumbrance, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator; provided, however, that the restrictions in this sentence shall not apply to the Common Shares received in connection with an Award after the date that the restrictions on transferability of such shares set forth in the applicable Award Agreement have lapsed. Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted or construed as overriding the terms of any Aralez stock ownership or retention policy, now or hereafter existing, that may apply to the Participant or Common Shares received under an Award.


         (b)
    Administrator Discretion to Permit Transfers Other Than For Value.     Except as otherwise restricted by applicable law, the Administrator may, but need not, permit an Award, other than an Incentive Stock Option or a tandem stock appreciation right granted with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, to be transferred to a Participant's Family Member (as defined below) as a gift or pursuant to a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights. The Administrator shall not permit any transfer of an Award for value. For purposes of this Section 9, "Family Member" means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant's household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests. The following transactions are not prohibited transfers for value: (i) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights; and (ii) a transfer to an entity in

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which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Participant) in exchange for an interest in that entity.

10.  Adjustments for Corporate Transactions and Other Events.

         (a)     Mandatory Adjustments.     In the event of a merger, consolidation, stock rights offering, statutory share exchange or similar event affecting Aralez (each, a " Corporate Event ") or a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, separation, spinoff, reorganization, extraordinary dividend of cash or other property, share combination or subdivision, or recapitalization or similar event affecting the capital structure of Aralez (each, a " Share Change ") that occurs at any time after adoption of this Plan by the Board (including any such Corporate Event or Share Change that occurs after such adoption and coincident with or prior to the Effective Date), the Administrator shall, with the approval of the Exchange (if required), make equitable and appropriate substitutions or proportionate adjustments to (i) the aggregate number and kind of Common Shares or other securities on which Awards under the Plan may be granted to Eligible Individuals, (ii) the maximum number of Common Shares or other securities with respect to which Awards may be granted during any one calendar year to any individual, (iii) the maximum number of Common Shares or other securities that may be issued with respect to Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan, (iv) the number of Common Shares or other securities covered by each outstanding Award and the exercise price, base price or other price per share, if any, and other relevant terms of each outstanding Award, and (v) all other numerical limitations relating to Awards, whether contained in this Plan or in Award Agreements; provided , however , that any fractional shares resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated; and, provided further, that in no event shall the exercise price per Common Share of a stock option or stock appreciation right, or subscription price per Common Share or any other Award, be reduced to an amount that is lower than the par value of a Common Share.


         (b)
    Discretionary Adjustments.     In the case of Corporate Events, the Administrator may, with the approval of the Exchange (if required), make such other adjustments to outstanding Awards as it determines to be appropriate and desirable, which adjustments may include, without limitation, (i) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, securities or other property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Awards, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion (it being understood that in the case of a Corporate Event with respect to which shareholders of Aralez receive consideration other than publicly traded equity securities of the ultimate surviving entity, any such determination by the Administrator that the value of a stock option or stock appreciation right shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each Common Share pursuant to such Corporate Event over the exercise price or base price of such stock option or stock appreciation right shall conclusively be deemed valid and that any stock option or stock appreciation right may be cancelled for no consideration upon a Corporate Event if its exercise price or base price does not exceed the value of the consideration being paid for each Common Share pursuant to such Corporate Event), (ii) the substitution of securities or other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of Aralez and securities of entities other than Aralez) for the Common Shares subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the substitution of equivalent awards, as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator, of the surviving or successor entity or a parent thereof (" Substitute Awards ").


         (c)
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no such adjustment shall be made if the effect would be to cause an Award that is intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based Award to no longer constitute a Qualified Performance-Based Award. If the Administrator determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of Aralez or the applicable subsidiary, business segment or other operational unit of Aralez or any such entity or segment, or the manner in which any of the foregoing conducts its business, or other events or circumstances, render the Performance Goals to be unsuitable, the Administrator may modify such Performance Goals or the related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Administrator deems appropriate and equitable; provided, however , that, except in connection with death, disability or a Change in Control, no such modification shall be made if the effect would be to cause an Award that is intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based Award to no longer constitute a Qualified Performance-Based Award.


         (d)
    Statutory Requirements Affecting Adjustments.     Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 10 to Awards that are considered "deferred compensation" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; (B) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 10 to Awards that are not considered "deferred compensation" subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either (1) continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or (2) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; (C) in any event, the Administrator shall not have the authority to make any adjustments pursuant to Section 10 to the extent the existence of such authority would cause an Award that is not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code at the date of grant to be subject thereto; and (D) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 10 to Awards that are Incentive Stock Options shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code.


         (e)
    Dissolution or Liquidation.     Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, all Awards outstanding under the Plan shall terminate upon the dissolution or liquidation of Aralez.

11.  Change in Control Provisions.

         (a)     Termination of Awards.     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11(b), in the event that any transaction resulting in a Change in Control occurs, outstanding Awards will terminate upon the effective time of such Change in Control unless provision is made in connection with the transaction for the continuation or assumption of such Awards by, or for the issuance therefor of Substitute Awards of, the surviving or successor entity or a parent thereof. Solely with respect to Awards that will terminate as a result of the immediately preceding sentence and except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement:

              (i)  the outstanding Awards of stock options and stock appreciation rights that will terminate upon the effective time of the Change in Control shall, immediately before the effective time of the Change in Control, become fully exercisable and the holders of such Awards will be permitted, immediately before the Change in Control, to exercise the Awards;

             (ii)  the outstanding shares of Restricted Stock the vesting or restrictions on which are then solely time-based and not subject to achievement of Performance Goals shall, immediately before the effective time of the Change in Control, become fully vested, free of all transfer and lapse restrictions and free of all risks of forfeiture;

            (iii)  the outstanding shares of Restricted Stock the vesting or restrictions on which are then subject to and pending achievement of Performance Goals shall, immediately before the effective time of the Change in Control and unless the Award Agreement provides for vesting or lapsing of restrictions in a greater amount upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, become vested, free of transfer and lapse restrictions and risks of forfeiture in such amounts as if the applicable

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    Performance Goals for the unexpired Performance Period had been achieved at the target level set forth in the applicable Award Agreement;

            (iv)  the outstanding Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units the vesting, earning or settlement of which is then solely time-based and not subject to or pending achievement of Performance Goals shall, immediately before the effective time of the Change in Control, become fully earned and vested and shall be settled in cash or Common Shares (consistent with the terms of the Award Agreement after taking into account the effect of the Change in Control transaction on the shares) as promptly as is practicable, subject to any applicable limitations imposed thereon by Section 409A of the Code; and

             (v)  the outstanding Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units the vesting, earning or settlement of which is then subject to and pending achievement of Performance Goals shall, immediately before the effective time of the Change in Control and unless the Award Agreement provides for vesting, earning or settlement in a greater amount upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, become vested and earned in such amounts as if the applicable Performance Goals for the unexpired Performance Period had been achieved at the target level set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and shall be settled in cash or Common Shares (consistent with the terms of the Award Agreement after taking into account the effect of the Change in Control transaction on the shares) as promptly as is practicable, subject to any applicable limitations imposed thereon by Section 409A of the Code.

        Implementation of the provisions of this Section 11(a) shall be conditioned upon consummation of the Change in Control.


         (b)
    Continuation, Assumption or Substitution of Awards.     The administrator may specify, on or after the date of grant, in an award agreement or amendment thereto, the consequences of a Participant's Termination of Service that occurs coincident with or following the occurrence of a Change in Control, if a Change in Control occurs under which provision is made in connection with the transaction for the continuation or assumption of outstanding Awards by, or for the issuance therefor of Substitute Awards of, the surviving or successor entity or a parent thereof.


         (c)
    Other Permitted Actions.     In the event that any transaction resulting in a Change in Control occurs, the Administrator may take any of the actions set forth in Section 10 with respect to any or all Awards granted under the Plan.


         (d)
    Section 409A Savings Clause.     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Award is considered to be a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, this Section 11 shall apply to such Award only to the extent that its application would not result in the imposition of any tax or interest or the inclusion of any amount in income under Section 409A of the Code.

12.  Substitution of Awards in Mergers and Acquisitions.

        Awards may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for assumed awards held by employees, officers, consultants or directors of entities who become employees, officers, consultants or directors of Aralez or a Subsidiary as the result of a merger or consolidation of the entity for which they perform services with Aralez or a Subsidiary, or the acquisition by Aralez of the assets or stock of the such entity. The terms and conditions of any Awards so granted may vary from the terms and conditions set forth herein to the extent that the Administrator deems appropriate at the time of grant to conform the Awards to the provisions of the assumed awards for which they are substituted and to preserve their intrinsic value as of the date of the merger, consolidation or acquisition transaction. To the extent permitted by applicable law and marketplace or listing rules of the primary securities market or exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading, any available shares

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under a shareholder-approved plan of an acquired company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction) may be used for Awards granted pursuant to this Section 12 and, upon such grant, shall not reduce the Share Pool.

13.  Compliance with Securities Laws; Listing and Registration.

         (a)  The obligation of Aralez to sell or deliver Common Shares with respect to any Award granted under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal, state or foreign (non-United States) securities laws, or foreign (non-United States) securities laws and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrator. If at any time the Administrator determines that the delivery of Common Shares under the Plan is or may be unlawful under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, or federal, state or foreign (non-United States) securities laws, the right to exercise an Award or receive Common Shares pursuant to an Award shall be suspended until the Administrator determines that such delivery is lawful. If at any time the Administrator determines that the delivery of Common Shares under the Plan would or may violate the rules of any exchange on which Aralez's securities are then listed for trading, the right to exercise an Award or receive Common Shares pursuant to an Award shall be suspended until the Administrator determines that such delivery would not violate such rules. If the Administrator determines that the exercise or nonforfeitability of, or delivery of benefits pursuant to, any Award would violate any applicable provision of securities laws or the listing requirements of any stock exchange upon which any of Aralez's equity securities are listed, then the Administrator may postpone any such exercise, nonforfeitability or delivery, as applicable, but Aralez shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such exercise, nonforfeitability or delivery to comply with all such provisions at the earliest practicable date.

         (b)  Each Award is subject to the requirement that, if at any time the Administrator determines, in its absolute discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan is required by any securities exchange or under any state, federal or foreign (non-United States) law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the grant of an Award or the issuance of Common Shares, no such Award shall be granted or payment made or Common Shares issued, in whole or in part, unless listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Administrator.

         (c)  In the event that the disposition of Common Shares acquired pursuant to the Plan is not covered by a then current registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the " Securities Act "), and is not otherwise exempt from such registration, such Common Shares shall be restricted against transfer to the extent required by the Securities Act or regulations thereunder, and the Administrator may require a person receiving Common Shares pursuant to the Plan, as a condition precedent to receipt of such Common Shares, to represent to Aralez in writing that the Common Shares acquired by such person is acquired for investment only and not with a view to distribution and that such person will not dispose of the Common Shares so acquired in violation of federal, state or foreign securities laws and furnish such information as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be appropriate to permit the Company to issue the Common Shares in compliance with applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws. If applicable, all certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear applicable legends as required by federal, state or foreign securities laws or stock exchange regulation.

14.  Section 409A Compliance.

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inclusion of any amount in income pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, and the terms of each such Award shall be construed, administered and deemed amended, if applicable, in a manner consistent with this intention. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Aralez nor any of its Affiliates nor any of its or their directors, officers, employees, agents or other service providers will be liable for any taxes, penalties or interest imposed on any Participant or other person with respect to any amounts paid or payable (whether in cash, Common Shares or other property) under any Award, including any taxes, penalties or interest imposed under or as a result of Section 409A of the Code. Any payments described in an Award that are due within the "short term deferral period" as defined in Section 409A of the Code shall not be treated as deferred compensation unless applicable law requires otherwise. For purposes of any Award, each amount to be paid or benefit to be provided to a Participant that constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be construed as a separate identified payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the payment of Dividend Equivalents under any Award shall be construed as earnings and the time and form of payment of such Dividend Equivalents shall be treated separately from the time and form of payment of the underlying Award. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, with respect to any Award that constitutes a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, any payments (whether in cash, Common Shares or other property) to be made with respect to the Award that become payable on account of the Participant's separation from service, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, while the Participant is a "specified employee" (as determined in accordance with the uniform policy adopted by the Administrator with respect to all of the arrangements subject to Section 409A of the Code maintained by Aralez and its Affiliates) and which would otherwise be paid within six months after the Participant's separation from service shall be accumulated (without interest) and paid on the first day of the seventh month following the Participant's separation from service or, if earlier, within 15 days after the appointment of the personal representative or executor of the Participant's estate following the Participant's death. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the Administrator exercise its discretion to accelerate the payment or settlement of an Award where such payment or settlement constitutes deferred compensation within the meaning of Code section 409A unless, and solely to the extent that, such accelerated payment or settlement is permissible under Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4).

15.  Plan Duration; Amendment and Discontinuance.

         (a)     Plan Duration.     The Plan shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board or the Compensation Committee to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, until the earlier of (a) the earliest date as of which all Awards granted under the Plan have been satisfied in full or terminated and no Common Shares approved for issuance under the Plan remain available to be granted under new Awards or (b) [            ], 2026. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after such termination date. Subject to other applicable provisions of the Plan, all Awards made under the Plan on or before [            ], 2026, or such earlier termination of the Plan, shall remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the Plan and the terms of such Awards. Notwithstanding the continuation of the Plan, no Award (other than a stock option or stock appreciation right) that is intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based Award shall be granted on or after the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date unless the material terms of the applicable performance goals, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(4)(i), are approved by the shareholders of Aralez no later than the first shareholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the Effective Date.


         (b)
    Amendment and Discontinuance of the Plan.     The Board or the Compensation Committee may, without shareholder approval, amend, alter or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made which would materially impair the rights of a Participant with respect to a previously granted Award without such Participant's consent, except such an amendment made to

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comply with applicable law or rule of any securities exchange or market on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading or to prevent adverse tax or accounting consequences to Aralez or the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment shall be made without the approval of Aralez's shareholders to the extent such amendment would (A) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (B) materially increase the number of Common Shares which may be issued under the Plan or to a Participant, (C) materially expand the eligibility for participation in the Plan, (D) eliminate or modify the prohibition set forth in Section 7(f) on repricing of stock options and stock appreciation rights, (E) lengthen the maximum term or lower the minimum exercise price or base price permitted for stock options and stock appreciation rights, or (F) modify the prohibition on the issuance of reload or replenishment options. Except as otherwise determined by the Board or Compensation Committee, termination of the Plan shall not affect the Administrator's ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.


         (c)
    Amendment of Awards.     Subject to Section 7(f), the Administrator may unilaterally amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, but no such amendment shall materially impair the rights of any Participant with respect to an Award without the Participant's consent, except such an amendment made to cause the Plan or Award to comply with applicable law, applicable rule of any securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading, or to prevent adverse tax or accounting consequences for the Participant or the Company or any of its Affiliates. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, an amendment to an Award that results in a change in the tax consequences of the Award to the Participant shall not be considered to be a material impairment of the rights of the Participant and shall not require the Participant's consent.

16.  General Provisions.

         (a)     Non-Guarantee of Employment or Service.     Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement thereunder shall confer any right on an individual to continue in the service of Aralez or any Affiliate or shall interfere in any way with any right of Aralez or any Affiliate may have to terminate such service at any time with or without cause or notice and whether or not such termination results in (i) the failure of any Award to vest or become payable; (ii) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (iii) any other adverse effect on the individual's interests under any Award or the Plan. No person, even though deemed an Eligible Individual, shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant. To the extent that an Eligible Individual who is an employee of a Subsidiary receives an Award under the Plan, that Award shall in no event be understood or interpreted to mean that Aralez is the Participant's employer or that the Participant has an employment relationship with Aralez.


         (b)
    No Trust or Fund Created.     Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between Aralez and a Participant or any other person. To the extent that any Participant or other person acquires a right to receive payments from Aralez pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of Aralez.


         (c)
    Status of Awards.     Awards shall be special incentive payments to the Participant and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of the Participant for purposes of determining any pension, retirement, death, severance or other benefit under (a) any pension, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, insurance, severance or other employee benefit plan of Aralez or any Affiliate now or hereafter in effect under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to the level of compensation or (b) any agreement between (i) Aralez or any Affiliate and (ii) the Participant, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise expressly provide.

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         (d)
    Subsidiary Employees.     In the case of a grant of an Award to an Eligible Individual who provides services to any Subsidiary, Aralez may, if the Administrator so directs, issue or transfer the Common Shares, if any, covered by the Award to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Administrator may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Common Shares to the Eligible Individual in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. All Common Shares underlying Awards that are forfeited or canceled after such issue or transfer of shares to the Subsidiary shall revert to Aralez.


         (e)
    Governing Law and Interpretation.     The validity, construction and effect of the Plan, of Award Agreements entered into pursuant to the Plan, and of any rules, regulations, determinations or decisions made by the Administrator relating to the Plan or such Award Agreements, and the rights of any and all persons having or claiming to have any interest therein or thereunder, shall be determined exclusively in accordance with applicable United States federal laws and the laws of the state of North Carolina without regard to its conflict of laws principles. The captions of the Plan are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. Except where the context otherwise requires: (i) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; (ii) a reference to one gender includes other genders; (iii) a reference to a person includes a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, governmental or local authority or agency or other entity; and (iv) a reference to a statute, ordinance, code or other law includes regulations and other instruments under it and consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements of any of them.


         (f)
    Use of English Language.     The Plan, each Award Agreement, and all other documents, notices and legal proceedings entered into, given or instituted pursuant to an Award shall be written in English, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator. If a Participant receives an Award Agreement, a copy of the Plan or any other documents related to an Award translated into a language other than English, and if the meaning of the translated version is different from the English version, the English version shall control.


         (g)
    Recovery of Amounts Paid.     Except as otherwise provided by the Administrator, Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to any and all policies, guidelines, codes of conduct, or other agreement or arrangement adopted by the Board or Compensation Committee with respect to the recoupment, recovery or clawback of compensation (collectively, the " Recoupment Policy ") and/or to any provisions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement under which Aralez may recover from current and former Participants any amounts paid or Common Shares issued under an Award and any proceeds therefrom under such circumstances as the Administrator determines appropriate. The Administrator may apply the Recoupment Policy to Awards granted before the policy is adopted to the extent required by applicable law or rule of any securities exchange or market on which Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

17.  Glossary.

        Under this Plan, except where the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions apply:

         "Administrator " means the Compensation Committee, or such other committee(s) or officer(s) duly appointed by the Board or the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan or delegated limited authority to perform administrative actions under the Plan, and having such powers as shall be specified by the Board or the Compensation Committee; provided, however, that at any time the Board may serve as the Administrator in lieu of or in addition to the Compensation Committee or such other committee(s) or officer(s) to whom administrative authority has been delegated. With respect to any Award to which Section 16 of the Exchange Act applies, the Administrator shall consist of either the Board or a committee of the Board, which committee shall consist of two or more directors, each of whom is intended to be, to the extent required by Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, a "non-employee director" as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and an "independent director" to the extent

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required by the rules of the national securities exchange that is the principal trading market for the Common Shares, and with respect to any Award that is intended to be a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Administrator shall consist of two or more directors, each of whom is intended to be, to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code, an "outside director" as defined under Section 162(m) of the Code; provided , that with respect to Awards made to a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company, "Administrator" means the Board. Any member of the Administrator who does not meet the foregoing requirements shall abstain from any decision regarding an Award and shall not be considered a member of the Administrator to the extent required to comply with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or Section 162(m) of the Code.

        " Affiliate" means any entity, whether now or hereafter existing, which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, Aralez or any successor to Aralez. For this purpose, "control" (including the correlative meanings of the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with") shall mean ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities issued by such entity, or the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of such entity, by contract or otherwise.

        " Aralez" means Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company organized under the laws of the province of British Colombia, Canada.

        " Award " means any stock option, stock appreciation right, stock award, stock unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, and/or Other Stock-Based Award, whether granted under this Plan.

         "Award Agreement" means the written document(s), including an electronic writing acceptable to the Administrator, and any notice, addendum or supplement thereto, memorializing the terms and conditions of an Award granted pursuant to the Plan and which shall incorporate the terms of the Plan.

        " Board " means the Board of Directors of Aralez.

        " Business Day " means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, when banks are generally open in the City of Toronto, or the City of New York for the transaction of banking business.

        " Change in Control " means the first of the following to occur: (i) a Change in Ownership of Aralez, (ii) a Change in Effective Control of Aralez, or (iii) a Change in the Ownership of Assets of Aralez, as described herein and construed in accordance with Code section 409A.

              (i)  A "Change in Ownership of Aralez" shall occur on the date that any one Person acquires, or Persons Acting as a Group acquire, ownership of the capital stock of Aralez that, together with the stock held by such Person or Group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the capital stock of Aralez. However, if any one Person is, or Persons Acting as a Group are, considered to own more than 50%, on a fully diluted basis, of the total fair market value or total voting power of the capital stock of Aralez, the acquisition of additional stock by the same Person or Persons Acting as a Group is not considered to cause a Change in Ownership of Aralez or to cause a Change in Effective Control of Aralez (as described below). An increase in the percentage of capital stock owned by any one Person, or Persons Acting as a Group, as a result of a transaction in which Aralez acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an acquisition of stock.

             (ii)  A "Change in Effective Control of Aralez" shall occur on the date either (A) a majority of members of Aralez's Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of Aralez's Board before the date of the appointment or election, or (B) any one Person, or Persons Acting as a Group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Persons) ownership of stock of Aralez possessing 50% or more of the total voting power of the stock of Aralez.

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            (iii)  A "Change in the Ownership of Assets of Aralez" shall occur on the date that any one Person acquires, or Persons Acting as a Group acquire (or has or have acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or Persons), assets from Aralez that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 50% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of Aralez immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the value of the assets of Aralez, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

        The following rules of construction apply in interpreting the definition of Change in Control:

            (A)  A " Person " means any individual, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other than employee benefit plans sponsored or maintained by Aralez and by entities controlled by Aralez or an underwriter, initial purchaser or placement agent temporarily holding the capital stock of Aralez pursuant to a registered public offering.

            (B)  Persons will be considered to be Persons Acting as a Group (or Group) if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the corporation. If a Person owns stock in both corporations that enter into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, such shareholder is considered to be acting as a Group with other shareholders only with respect to the ownership in that corporation before the transaction giving rise to the change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the other corporation. Persons will not be considered to be acting as a Group solely because they purchase assets of the same corporation at the same time or purchase or own stock of the same corporation at the same time, or as a result of the same public offering.

            (C)  A Change in Control shall not include a transfer to a related person as described in Code section 409A or a public offering of capital stock of Aralez.

            (D)  For purposes of the definition of Change in Control, Section 318(a) of the Code applies to determine stock ownership. Stock underlying a vested option is considered owned by the individual who holds the vested option (and the stock underlying an unvested option is not considered owned by the individual who holds the unvested option). For purposes of the preceding sentence, however, if a vested option is exercisable for stock that is not substantially vested (as defined by Treasury Regulation §1.83-3(b) and (j)), the stock underlying the option is not treated as owned by the individual who holds the option.

         "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, the Treasury Regulations thereunder and other relevant interpretive guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department. Reference to any specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include such regulations and guidance, as well as any successor section, regulations and guidance.

         "Common Shares" means common shares in the capital of Aralez, without par value, and any capital securities into which they are converted.

        " Company " means Aralez and its Subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires. For purposes of determining whether a Change in Control has occurred, Company shall mean only Aralez.

         "Compensation Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

        " Dividend Equivalent " means a right, granted to a Participant, to receive cash, Common Shares, stock Units or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of Common Shares.

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        " Effective Date " means the date on which adoption of the Plan is approved by the shareholders of Aralez.

        " Eligible Individuals " means (i) officers and employees of, and other individuals, including non-employee directors, who are natural persons providing bona fide services to or for, Aralez or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for Aralez's securities, (ii) prospective officers, employees and service providers who have accepted offers of employment or other service relationship from Aralez or a Subsidiary, (iii) consultants providing bona fide services to or for, Aralez or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for Aralez's securities; and (iv) employees of a person or company which provides management services to the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

        " Exchange " means collectively, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ or any such exchange in Canada or the United States on which Common Shares are listed and posted for trading.

        " Exchange Act " means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Reference to any specific section of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include such regulations and guidance issued thereunder, as well as any successor section, regulations and guidance.

         "Fair Market Value " means, on a per share basis as of any date, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator:

              (i)  if the principal market for the Common Shares (as determined by the Administrator if the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading on more than one exchange or market) is a national securities exchange or an established securities market, the official closing price per Common Share for the regular market session on that date on the principal exchange or market on which the Common Shares are then listed or admitted to trading or, if no sale is reported for that date, on the last preceding day on which a sale was reported, all as reported by such source as the Administrator may select;

             (ii)  if the principal market for the Common Shares is not a national securities exchange or an established securities market, but the Common Shares are quoted by a national quotation system, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices for the Common Shares on that date as reported on a national quotation system or, if no prices are reported for that date, on the last preceding day on which prices were reported, all as reported by such source as the Administrator may select; or

            (iii)  if the Common Shares are neither listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange or an established securities market, nor quoted by a national quotation system, the value determined by the Administrator in good faith by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, which method may, but need not, include taking into account an appraisal of the fair market value of the Common Shares conducted by a nationally recognized appraisal firm selected by the Administrator.

        Notwithstanding the preceding, for foreign, federal, state and local income tax reporting purposes and for such other purposes as the Administrator deems appropriate, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Administrator in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory standards adopted by it from time to time.

        " Full Value Award " means an Award that results in Aralez transferring the full value of a Common Share under the Award, whether or not an actual share of stock is issued. Full Value Awards shall include, but are not limited to, stock awards, stock units, Performance Shares, Performance Units that

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are payable in Common Shares, and Other Stock-Based Awards for which Aralez transfers the full value of a Common Share under the Award, but shall not include Dividend Equivalents.

        " Incentive Stock Option " means any stock option that is designated, in the applicable Award Agreement or the resolutions of the Administrator under which the stock option is granted, as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements to be an "incentive stock option" set forth in Section 422 of the Code.

        " Nonqualified Option " means any stock option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

        " Other Stock-Based Award " means an Award of Common Shares or any other Award that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is otherwise based upon, Common Shares, including without limitation Dividend Equivalents.

        " Participant " means an Eligible Individual to whom one or more Awards are or have been granted pursuant to the Plan and have not been fully settled or cancelled and, following the death of any such person, his successors, heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be.

        " Performance Award " means a Full Value Award, the grant, vesting, lapse of restrictions or settlement of which is conditioned upon the achievement of performance objectives over a specified Performance Period and includes, without limitation, Performance Shares and Performance Units.

        " Performance Goals " means the performance goals established by the Administrator in connection with the grant of Awards based on Performance Metrics or other performance criteria selected by the Administrator; provided , however , that in the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, such performance goals shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or more Performance Metrics.

        " Performance Period " means that period established by the Administrator during which any Performance Goals specified by the Administrator with respect to such Award are to be measured.

        " Performance Metrics " means criteria established by the Administrator relating to any of the following, as it may apply to an individual, one or more business units, divisions, or Affiliates, or on a company-wide basis, and in absolute terms, relative to a base period, or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies, peer groups, or an index covering multiple companies:

            (i)     Earnings or Profitability Metrics:     any derivative of revenue; earnings/loss (gross, operating, net, or adjusted); earnings/loss before interest and taxes ("EBIT"); earnings/loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"); profit margins; operating margins; expense levels or ratios; provided that any of the foregoing metrics may be adjusted to eliminate the effect of any one or more of the following: interest expense, asset impairments or investment losses, early extinguishment of debt or stock-based compensation expense;

            (ii)     Return Metrics:     any derivative of return on investment, assets, equity or capital (total or invested);

            (iii)     Investment Metrics:     relative risk-adjusted investment performance; investment performance of assets under management;

            (iv)     Cash Flow Metrics:     any derivative of operating cash flow; cash flow sufficient to achieve financial ratios or a specified cash balance; free cash flow; cash flow return on capital; net cash provided by operating activities; cash flow per share; working capital;

            (v)     Liquidity Metrics:     any derivative of debt leverage (including debt to capital, net debt-to-capital, debt-to-EBITDA or other liquidity ratios);

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            (vi)     Stock Price and Equity Metrics:     any derivative of return on shareholders' equity; total shareholder return; stock price; stock price appreciation; market capitalization; earnings/loss per share (basic or diluted) (before or after taxes); and/or

            (vii)     Strategic Metrics:     product research and development; completion of an identified special project; clinical trials; regulatory filings or approvals; patent application or issuance; manufacturing or process development; sales or net sales; market share; market penetration; economic value added; customer service; customer satisfaction; inventory control; balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; growth in assets; key hires; employee satisfaction; employee retention; business expansion; acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or financing; legal compliance or safety and risk reduction.

         "Performance Shares " means a grant of stock or stock Units the issuance, vesting or payment of which is contingent on performance as measured against predetermined objectives over a specified Performance Period.

        " Performance Units " means a grant of dollar-denominated Units the value, vesting or payment of which is contingent on performance against predetermined objectives over a specified Performance Period.

        " Plan " means this Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.

        " Qualified Performance-Based Award " means an Award intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, as provided in Section 7(k).

        " Restricted Stock " means an Award of Common Shares to a Participant that may be subject to certain transferability and other restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture (including by reason of not satisfying certain Performance Goals).

        " Restricted Stock Unit " means a right granted to a Participant to receive Common Shares or cash at the end of a specified deferral period, which right may be conditioned on the satisfaction of certain requirements (including the satisfaction of certain Performance Goals).

        " Restriction Period " means, with respect to Full Value Awards, the period commencing on the date of grant of such Award to which vesting or transferability and other restrictions and a risk of forfeiture apply and ending upon the expiration of the applicable vesting conditions, transferability and other restrictions and lapse of risk of forfeiture and/or the achievement of the applicable Performance Goals (it being understood that the Administrator may provide that vesting shall occur and/or restrictions shall lapse with respect to portions of the applicable Award during the Restriction Period in accordance with Section 7(b)).

        " Section 162(m) Exemption " means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.

        " Subsidiary " means any corporation or other entity in an unbroken chain of corporations or other entities beginning with Aralez if each of the corporations or other entities, or group of commonly controlled corporations or other entities, other than the last corporation or other entity in the unbroken chain then owns stock or other equity interests possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests in one of the other corporations or other entities in such chain or otherwise has the power to direct the management and policies of the entity by contract or by means of appointing a majority of the members of the board or other body that controls the affairs of the entity; provided, however, that solely for purposes of determining whether a Participant has a Termination of Service that is a "separation from service" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or whether an Eligible Individual is eligible to be granted an Award that in the hands of such Eligible Individual would constitute a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan"

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within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code , a "Subsidiary" of a corporation or other entity means all other entities with which such corporation or other entity would be considered a single employer under Sections 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code.

        " Tax Withholding Obligation " means any federal, state, local or foreign (non-United States) income, employment or other tax or social insurance contribution required by applicable law to be withheld in respect of Awards.

        " Termination of Service " means the termination of the Participant's employment or consultancy with, or performance of services for, Aralez and its Subsidiaries. Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and transfers among Aralez and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Terminations of Service. With respect to any Award that constitutes a "nonqualified deferred compensation plan" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, "Termination of Service" shall mean a "separation from service" as defined under Section 409A of the Code to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imposition of any tax or interest or the inclusion of any amount in income pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. A Participant has a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code if the Participant terminates employment with Aralez and all Subsidiaries for any reason. A Participant will generally be treated as having terminated employment with Aralez and all Subsidiaries as of a certain date if the Participant and the entity that employs the Participant reasonably anticipate that the Participant will perform no further services for Aralez or any Subsidiary after such date or that the level of bona fide services that the Participant will perform after such date (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services if the Participant has been providing services for fewer than 36 months); provided, however, that the employment relationship is treated as continuing while the Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of leave does not exceed six months or, if longer, so long as the Participant retains the right to reemployment with Aralez or any Subsidiary.

        " Total and Permanent Disability " means, with respect to a Participant, except as otherwise provided in the relevant Award Agreement, that a Participant is (i) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to last until the Participant's death or result in death, or (ii) determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or other governmental or quasi-governmental body that administers a comparable social insurance program outside of the United States in which the Participant participates and which conditions the right to receive benefits under such program on the Participant being unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to last until the Participant's death or result in death. The Administrator shall have sole authority to determine whether a Participant has suffered a Total and Permanent Disability and may require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of the Participant's condition.

        " Unit " means a bookkeeping entry used by Aralez to record and account for the grant of the following types of Awards until such time as the Award is paid, cancelled, forfeited or terminated, as the case may be: stock units, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, and Performance Shares that are expressed in terms of units of Common Shares.

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PART II: INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 20.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

        Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be admitted by the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), every director and the secretary of Parent shall be entitled to be indemnified by Parent against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the execution and discharge of his duties or in relation thereto including any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, which relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him as an officer or employee of Parent and in which judgment is given in his favor (or the proceedings are otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his part) or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted to him by the court.

        In addition, as far as is permissible under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), Parent shall indemnify any current or former executive officer of Parent (excluding any present or former directors of Parent or secretary of Parent), or any person who is serving or has served at the request of Parent as a director or executive officer of another company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any Parent subsidiary (each, a "covered person"), against any expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which he or she was, is, or is threatened to be made a party, or is otherwise involved (a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a covered person; provided , however , that this provision shall not indemnify any covered person against any liability arising out of (a) any fraud or dishonesty in the performance of such covered person's duty to Parent, or (b) such covered person's conscious, intentional or willful breach of the obligation to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Parent.

        Furthermore, the directors, secretary and executive officers of Parent are expected to enter into indemnification agreements with Parent and/or one or more of its subsidiaries.

        Pozen's directors and executive officers are entitled to continued indemnification and insurance under the Pozen charter and Delaware law.

        The foregoing summaries are qualified in their entirety to the terms and provisions of such arrangements.

Item 21.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)
The exhibits listed below in the "Exhibit Index" are filed as part of, or are incorporated by reference in, this registration statement.

Exhibit
Number
  Exhibit Description
  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of June 8, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aguono Limited, Trafwell Limited, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. and POZEN Inc. (included with Exhibits 2.2 and 2.3 as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

 

2.2

 

Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of August 19, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited, Trafwell Limited, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., ARLZ US Aquisition II Corp. and POZEN Inc. (included with Exhibits 2.1 and 2.3 as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

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Exhibit
Number
  Exhibit Description
  2.3   Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of December 7, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited, ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. and POZEN Inc. (included with Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2 as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., dated as of December 2, 2015.

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., dated as of December 11, 2015.

 

5.1

 

Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (Canada) as to the validity of the Parent Shares.

 

8.1

 

Tax Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).

 

10.1

 

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (included as Annex D to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statment).

 

23.1

 

Consent of DLA Piper LLP (Canada) (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for Pozen.

 

23.3

 

Consent of McGovern, Hurley, Cunningham, LLP, independent auditors for Tribute.

 

23.4

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, independent accountants to Novartis Pharma AG.

 

23.5

 

Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 8.1).

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included in signature page of this registration statement).

 

99.1

 

Consent of Guggenheim Securities, LLC.

 

99.2

 

Consent of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

99.3

 

Form of Proxy Card for Pozen Special Meeting.

Item 22.    Undertakings.

(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

    to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

    to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

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        to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

    (2)
    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (3)
    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (4)
    That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided , however , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

    (5)
    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

      any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

      any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

      the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

      any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows: that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information

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    called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.

(d)
The registrant undertakes that every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to the paragraph immediately preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(e)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(f)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

(g)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the city of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on December 14, 2015.

    Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

Name: Adrian Adams
Title:
Chief Executive Officer

        BE IT KNOWN BY THESE PRESENTS: That each person whose name is signed hereto has made, constituted and appointed, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint Adrian Adams and Eric L. Trachtenberg, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to affix his or her signature as director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the registrant, to any and all registration statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ ADRIAN ADAMS

Adrian Adams
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Director   December 14, 2015

/s/ SCOTT CHARLES

Scott Charles

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer), Director

 

December 14, 2015

/s/ ERIC L. TRACHTENBERG

Eric L. Trachtenberg

 

Director

 

December 14, 2015

/s/ ANDREW I. KOVEN

Andrew I. Koven

 

Director

 

December 14, 2015

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
  Exhibit Description
  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of June 8, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aguono Limited, Trafwell Limited, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. and POZEN Inc. (included with Exhibits 2.2 and 2.3 as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

 

2.2

 

Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of August 19, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited, Trafwell Limited, ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp., ARLZ Acquisition II Corp. and POZEN Inc. (included with Exhibits 2.1 and 2.3 as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

 

2.3

 

Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of December 7, 2015, by and among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited, ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp, ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. and POZEN Inc. (included with Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2 as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., dated as of December 2, 2015.

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., dated as of December 11, 2015.

 

5.1

 

Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (Canada) as to the validity of the Parent Shares.

 

8.1

 

Tax Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).

 

10.1

 

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (included as Annex D to this proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of this registration statement).

 

23.1

 

Consent of DLA Piper LLP (Canada) (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for Pozen.

 

23.3

 

Consent of McGovern, Hurley, Cunningham, LLP, independent auditors for Tribute.

 

23.4

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, independent accountants to Novartis Pharma AG.

 

23.5

 

Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 8.1).

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included in signature page of this registration statement).

 

99.1

 

Consent of Guggenheim Securities, LLC.

 

99.2

 

Consent of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

99.3

 

Form of Proxy Card for Pozen Special Meeting.



Exhibit 3.1

 

Number: BC1057156

 

 

CERTIFICATE

 

OF

 

INCORPORATION

 

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

 

I Hereby Certify that ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act on December 2, 2015 at 10:07 AM Pacific Time.

 

Issued under my hand at Victoria, British Columbia

On December 2, 2015

 

 

/s/ Carol Prest

 

CAROL PREST

Registrar of Companies

Province of British Columbia

Canada

 

ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATE

 




Exhibit 3.2

 

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

(the “Company”)

 

The Company has as its articles the following articles.

 

Full name and signature of a director

Date of Signing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ ERIC L. TRACHTENBERG

 

December 11, 2015

 

Eric L. Trachtenberg

 

 

 

Director and Secretary

 

 

 

INCORPORATION NUMBER: BC1057156

 

ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

(the “Company”)

 

ARTICLES

 

ARTICLE 1 – INTERPRETATION

 

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ARTICLE 2 – SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

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ARTICLE 3 – ISSUE OF SHARES

 

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ARTICLE 4 – SHARE REGISTERS

 

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ARTICLE 5 – SHARE TRANSFERS

 

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ARTICLE 6 – TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

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ARTICLE 7 – ACQUISITION OF COMPANY’S SHARES

 

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ARTICLE 8 – BORROWING POWERS

 

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ARTICLE 9 – ALTERATIONS

 

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ARTICLE 10 – MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

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ARTICLE 11 – PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

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ARTICLE 12 – VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

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ARTICLE 13 – DIRECTORS

 

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ARTICLE 14 – ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

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ARTICLE 15 – [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]

 

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ARTICLE 16 – POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

 

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ARTICLE 17 – INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

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ARTICLE 18 – PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

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ARTICLE 19 – EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

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ARTICLE 20 – OFFICERS

 

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ARTICLE 21 – INDEMNIFICATION

 

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ARTICLE 22 – DIVIDENDS AND RESERVES

 

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ARTICLE 23 – ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND AUDITOR

 

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ARTICLE 24 – NOTICES

 

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ARTICLE 25 – RECORD DATES

 

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ARTICLE 26 – SEAL

 

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ARTICLE 27 – PROHIBITIONS

 

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ARTICLE 28 – SPECIAL RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS

 

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ARTICLE 28 - ADVANCE NOTICE OF DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS

 

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ARTICLE 1  — INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                                Definitions

 

In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

“Act” means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;

 

“appropriate person” has the meaning assigned in the Securities Transfer Act ;

 

“board of directors”, “directors” and “board” mean the directors or sole director of the Company for the time being;

 

Interpretation Act means the Interpretation Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;

 

“legal personal representative” means the personal or other legal representative of the shareholder;

 

“protected purchaser” has the meaning assigned in the Securities Transfer Act;

 

“registered address” of a shareholder means the shareholder’s address as recorded in the central securities register;

 

“registered address” of a director means his or her address as recorded in the Company’s register of directors;

 

“seal” means the seal of the Company, if any;

 

“securities legislation” means statutes concerning the regulation of securities markets and trading in securities and the regulations, rules, forms and schedules under those statutes, all as amended from time to time, and the blanket rulings and orders, as amended from time to time, issued by the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities appointed under or pursuant to those statutes; “Canadian securities legislation” means the securities legislation in any province or territory of Canada and includes the Securities Act (British Columbia); and “U.S. securities legislation” means the securities legislation in the federal jurisdiction of the United States and in any state of the United States and includes the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ;

 

Securities Transfer Act ” means the Securities Transfer Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;

 

Statutory Reporting Company Provisions ” has the meaning assigned in the Act.

 

1.2                                Applicable Definitions and Rules of Interpretation

 

The definitions in the Act and the definitions and rules of construction in the Interpretation Act , with the necessary changes, so far as applicable, and unless the context requires otherwise, apply to these Articles as if they were an enactment.  If there is a conflict or inconsistency between a definition in the Act and a definition or rule in the Interpretation Act relating to a term used in these Articles, the definition in the Act will prevail in relation to the use of the terms in these Articles.  If there is a conflict between these Articles and the Act, the Act will prevail.

 

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ARTICLE 2  — SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

2.1                                Authorized Share Structure

 

The authorized share structure of the Company consists of shares of the class or classes and series, if any, described in the Notice of Articles of the Company.

 

2.2                                Form of Share Certificate

 

Each share certificate issued by the Company must comply with, and be signed as required by, the Act.

 

2.3                                Shareholder Entitled to Certificate or Acknowledgement

 

Unless the shares of which the shareholder is the registered owner are uncertificated shares, e ach shareholder is entitled, without charge, to (a) one share certificate representing the shares of each class or series of shares registered in the shareholder’s name or (b) a non-transferable written acknowledgement of the shareholder’s right to obtain such a share certificate, provided that in respect of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company is not bound to issue more than one share certificate or acknowledgement and delivery of a share certificate or an acknowledgement to one of several joint shareholders or a duly authorized agent of one of the joint shareholders will be sufficient delivery to all.

 

2.4                                Delivery by Mail

 

Any share certificate or non-transferable written acknowledgement of a shareholder’s right to obtain a share certificate may be sent to the shareholder by mail at the shareholder’s registered address and neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is liable for any loss to the shareholder because the share certificate or acknowledgement is lost in the mail, or stolen or is otherwise undelivered.

 

2.5                                Direct Registration System

 

For greater certainty, but subject to Article 2.3, a shareholder may have his holdings of shares of the Company evidenced by an electronic, book-based, direct registration system or other non-certificated entry or position on the register of shareholders to be kept by the Company in place of a physical share certificate pursuant to such a registration system that may be adopted by the Company, in conjunction with its transfer agent.  This Article shall be read such that a registered holder of shares of the Company pursuant to any such electronic, book-based, direct registration service or other uncertificated entry or position shall be entitled to all of the same benefits, rights, entitlements and shall incur the same duties and obligations as a registered holder of shares evidenced by a physical share certificate.  The Company and its transfer agent may adopt such policies and procedures and require such documents and evidence as they may determine necessary or desirable in order to facilitate the adoption and maintenance of a share registration system by electronic, book-based, direct registration system or other uncertificated means.

 

2.6                                Replacement of Worn Out or Defaced Certificate or Acknowledgement

 

If the directors are satisfied that a share certificate or a non-transferable written acknowledgement of the shareholder’s right to obtain a share certificate is worn out or defaced, they must, on production to them of the share certificate or acknowledgement on such other terms, if any, as they think fit, cancel the share certificate or acknowledgement and issue a replacement share certificate or acknowledgement, as the case may be.

 

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2.7                                Replacement of Lost, Destroyed or Wrongfully Taken Certificate

 

If a person entitled to a share certificate claims that the share certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company must issue a new share certificate, if that person:

 

(a)                                  so requests before the Company has notice that the share certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser;

 

(b)                                  provides the Company with an indemnity bond sufficient in the Company’s judgment to protect the Company from any loss that the Company may suffer by issuing a new certificate; and

 

(c)                                   satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the directors.

 

A person entitled to a share certificate may not assert against the Company a claim for a new share certificate where a share certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken if that person fails to notify the Company of that fact within a reasonable time after that person has notice of it and the Company registers a transfer of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving a notice of the loss, apparent destruction or wrongful taking of the share certificate.

 

2.8                                Recovery of New Share Certificate

 

If, after the issue of a new share certificate, a protected purchaser of the original share certificate presents the original share certificate for the registration of transfer, then in addition to any rights on the indemnity bond, the Company may recover the new share certificate from a person to whom it was issued or any person taking under that person other than a protected purchaser.

 

2.9                                Splitting Share Certificates

 

If a shareholder surrenders a share certificate to the Company with a written request that the Company issue in the shareholder’s name two or more share certificates, each representing a specified number of shares and in the aggregate representing the same number of shares as represented by the surrendered share certificate, the Company must cancel the surrendered share certificate and issue replacement share certificates in accordance with that request.

 

2.10                         Certificate Fee

 

There must be paid to the Company, in relation to the issue of any share certificate under Articles 2.7 or 2.9, the amount, if any, determined by the directors, which must not exceed the amount prescribed under the Act.

 

2.11                         Recognition of Trusts

 

Except as required by law or statute or these Articles, no person will be recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company is not bound by or compelled in any way to recognize (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or fraction of a share or (except as required by law or statute or these Articles) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the shareholder.

 

ARTICLE 3 — ISSUE OF SHARES

 

3.1                                Directors Authorized

 

Subject to the Act and the rights of the holders of issued shares of the Company, if any, the Company may issue, allot, sell or otherwise dispose of the unissued shares, and issued shares held by the

 

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Company, at the times, to the persons, in the manner, on the terms and conditions and for the issue prices (including any premium at which shares with par value may be issued) that the directors may determine.  The issue price for a par value share must be equal to or greater than the par value of the share and may include a premium.

 

3.2                                Commissions and Discounts

 

The Company may at any time pay a reasonable commission or allow a reasonable discount to any person in consideration of that person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Company from the Company or any other person or procuring or agreeing to procure buyers for shares of the Company.

 

3.3                                Brokerage

 

The Company may pay such brokerage fee or other consideration as may be lawful in connection with the sale or placement of its securities.

 

3.4                                Conditions of Issue

 

Except as provided for by the Act, no share may be issued until it is fully paid.  A share is fully paid when:

 

(a)                                  consideration is provided to the Company for the issue of the share by one or more of the following:

 

(i)                                      past services performed for the Company;

 

(ii)                                   property;

 

(iii)                                money; and

 

(b)                                  the value of the consideration received by the Company equals or exceeds the issue price set for the share under Article 3.1.

 

3.5                                Share Purchase Warrants and Rights

 

Subject to the Act, the Company may issue share purchase warrants, options and rights (with or without other securities issued or created by the Company) upon such terms and conditions as the directors determine.

 

ARTICLE 4  — SHARE REGISTERS

 

4.1                                Central Securities Register

 

The Company must keep or cause to be kept a central securities register in accordance with the Act.  The directors may, subject to the Act, appoint an agent to maintain and keep the central securities register.  The directors may also appoint one or more agents, including the agent which keeps the central securities register, as (a) transfer agent for any class or series of its shares, and (b) as registrar for any class or series of its shares.  The directors may terminate the appointment of any agent at any time and may appoint another agent in its place.

 

4.2                                Closing Register

 

The Company must not at any time close its central securities register.

 

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ARTICLE 5  — SHARE TRANSFERS

 

5.1                                Registering Transfers

 

Subject to Article 26 and the Act, a transfer of a share of the Company must not be registered unless the Company or the transfer agent or registrar for the class or series of shares to be transferred has received:

 

(a)                                  a duly signed instrument of transfer in respect of the share;

 

(b)                                  in the case of a share certificate that has been issued by the Company in respect of the share to be transferred, that share certificate and a written instrument of transfer (which may be on a separate document or endorsed on the share certificate) made by the shareholder or other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of that person;

 

(c)                                   in the case of a non-transferable written acknowledgement of the shareholder’s right to obtain a share certificate that has been issued by the Company in respect of the share to be transferred, a written instrument of transfer that directs that the transfer of the shares be registered, made by the shareholder or other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of that person;

 

(d)                                  in the case of a share that is an uncertificated share, a written instrument of transfer that directs that the transfer of the share be registered, made by the shareholder or other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of that person; and

 

(e)                                   such other evidence, if any, as the Company or the transfer agent or registrar for the class or series of shares to be transferred may require to prove the title of the transferor or the transferor’s right to transfer the share, that the written instrument of transfer is genuine and authorized and that the transfer is rightful or to a protected purchaser.

 

5.2                                Form of Instrument of Transfer

 

The instrument of transfer in respect of any share of the Company must be either in the form, if any, on the back of the Company’s share certificates or in any other form that may be approved by the directors or the transfer agent for the class or series of shares to be transferred.

 

5.3                                Transferor Remains Shareholder

 

Except to the extent that the Act otherwise provides, the transferor of shares is deemed to remain the holder of the shares until the name of the transferee is entered in a securities register of the Company in respect of the transfer.

 

5.4                                Signing of Instrument of Transfer

 

If a shareholder, or his or her duly authorized attorney, signs an instrument of transfer in respect of shares registered in the name of the shareholder, the signed instrument of transfer constitutes a complete and sufficient authority to the Company and its directors, officers and agents to register the number of shares specified in the instrument of transfer or specified in any other manner, or, if no number is specified, all the shares represented by the share certificates or set out in the written acknowledgements deposited with the instrument of transfer:

 

(a)                                  in the name of the person named as transferee in that instrument of transfer; or

 

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(b)                                  if no person is named as transferee in that instrument of transfer, in the name of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered.

 

5.5                                Inquiry as to Title Not Required

 

Neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is bound to inquire into the title of the person named in the instrument of transfer as transferee or, if no person is named as transferee in the instrument of transfer, of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered.  No liability will arise relating to registering the transfer by the shareholder or by any intermediate owner or holder of the shares, of any interest in the shares, of any share certificate representing such shares or of any written acknowledgement of a right to obtain a share certificate for such shares.

 

5.6                                Transfer Fee

 

The directors may impose a transfer registration fee payable to the Company.

 

ARTICLE 6  — TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

6.1                                Legal Personal Representative Recognized on Death

 

In the case of the death of a shareholder, the legal personal representative, or if the shareholder was a joint holder, the surviving joint holder, will be the only person recognized by the Company as having any title to the shareholder’s interest in the shares.  Before recognizing a person as a legal personal representative of a shareholder, the directors may require the original grant of probate or letters of administration or a court certified copy of them or the original or a court certified or authenticated copy of the grant of representation, will, order or other instrument or other evidence of the death under which title to the shares or securities is claimed to vest.

 

6.2                                Rights of Legal Personal Representative

 

The legal personal representative of a shareholder has the same rights, privileges and obligations that attach to the shares held by the shareholder, including the right to transfer the shares in accordance with these Articles, if appropriate evidence of appointment or incumbency within the meaning of the Securities Transfer Act has been deposited with the Company.

 

ARTICLE 7  — ACQUISITION OF COMPANY’S SHARES

 

7.1                                Company Authorized to Purchase or Otherwise Acquire Shares

 

Subject to Article 7.2, the special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares and the Act , the Company may, by a directors’ resolution, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares at the price and upon the terms determined by the directors.

 

7.2                                No Purchase, Redemption or Other Acquisition When Insolvent

 

The Company must not make a payment or provide any other consideration to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:

 

(a)                                  the Company is insolvent; or

 

(b)                                  making the payment or providing the consideration would render the Company insolvent.

 

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7.3                                Sale and Voting of Purchased, Redeemed or Otherwise Acquired Shares

 

If the Company retains a share redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by it, the Company may sell, gift or otherwise dispose of the share, but, while such share is held by the Company, it:

 

(a)                                  is not entitled to vote the share at a meeting of its shareholders;

 

(b)                                  must not pay a dividend in respect of the share; and

 

(c)                                   must not make any other distribution in respect of the share.

 

7.4                                Redemption

 

If the Company proposes to redeem some but not all of the shares of any class, the directors may, subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to such class of shares, decide the manner in which the shares to be redeemed are to be selected.

 

ARTICLE 8  — BORROWING POWERS

 

8.1                                Powers of Directors

 

The Company, if authorized by the directors, may:

 

(a)                                  borrow money in the manner and amount on the security, from the sources and on the terms and conditions that the directors consider appropriate;

 

(b)                                  issue bonds, debentures and other debt obligations either outright or as security for any liability or obligation of the Company or any other person and at such discounts or premiums and on such other terms as the directors consider appropriate;

 

(c)                                   guarantee the repayment of money by any other person or the performance of any obligation of any other person; and

 

(d)                                  mortgage, charge, whether by way of specific or floating charge, grant a security interest in, or give other security on, the whole or any part of the present and future assets and undertaking of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 9  — ALTERATIONS

 

9.1                                Alteration of Authorized Share Structure

 

Subject to Article 9.2 and the Act, the Company may, by special resolution:

 

(a)                                  create one or more classes or series of shares or, if none of the shares of a class or series of shares are allotted or issued, eliminate that class or series of shares;

 

(b)                                  increase, reduce or eliminate the maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares or establish a maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares for which no maximum is established;

 

(c)                                   subdivide or consolidate all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares;

 

(d)                                  if the Company is authorized to issue shares of a class of shares with par value:

 

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(i)                                      decrease the par value of those shares; or

 

(ii)                                   if none of the shares of that class of shares are allotted or issued, increase the par value of those shares;

 

(e)                                   change all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares with par value into shares without par value or any of its unissued shares without par value into shares with par value;

 

(f)                                    alter the identifying name of any class or series of its shares; or

 

(g)                                   otherwise alter its shares or authorized share structure when required or permitted to do so by the Act;

 

and, if applicable, alter its Notice of Articles and, if applicable, its Articles, accordingly.

 

9.2                                Special Rights or Restrictions

 

Subject to the Act, the Company may by special resolution:

 

(a)                                  create special rights or restrictions for, and attach those special rights or restrictions to, the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued; or

 

(b)                                  vary or delete any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued;

 

and alter its Articles and Notice of Articles accordingly.

 

9.3                                Change of Name

 

The Company may by special resolution authorize an alteration to its Notice of Articles in order to change its name and may, by ordinary resolution or directors’ resolution, adopt or change any translation of that name.

 

9.4                                Other Alterations

 

If the Act does not specify the type of resolution and these Articles do not specify another type of resolution, the Company may resolve to alter these Articles by a special resolution.

 

ARTICLE 10  — MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

10.1                         Annual General Meetings

 

Unless an annual general meeting is deferred or waived in accordance with the Act, the Company must hold its first annual general meeting within 18 months after the date on which it was incorporated or otherwise recognized, and after that must hold an annual general meeting at least once in each calendar year and not more than 15 months after the last annual reference date at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.

 

10.2                         Annual General Meeting by Consent Resolutions

 

If all of the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting consent by a unanimous resolution to all of the business that is required to be transacted at that annual general meeting, the annual general meeting is deemed to have been held on the date selected in the unanimous resolution.

 

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The shareholders must, in any unanimous resolution passed under this Article select, as the Company’s annual reference date, a date that would be appropriate for the holding of the applicable annual general meeting.

 

10.3                         Calling of Meetings of Shareholders

 

The directors may, at any time, call a meeting of shareholders to be held at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.  Subject to the provisions of the Act, a requisition for a general meeting may be made by shareholders who, at the date on which the requisition is received by the Company, hold in the aggregate at least 1/20 of the issued shares of the Company that carry the right to vote at general meetings.

 

10.4                         Notice of Meetings of Shareholders

 

The Company must send notice of the date, time and location of any meeting of shareholders (including, without limitation, any notice specifying the intention to propose a resolution as an exceptional resolution, a special resolution or a special separate resolution), in the manner provided in these Articles, or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by ordinary resolution (whether previous notice of the resolution has been given or not), to each shareholder entitled to attend the meeting and to each director and to the auditor of the Company, unless these Articles otherwise provide, at least the following number of days before the meeting:

 

(a)                                  if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days; or

 

(b)                                  otherwise, 10 days.

 

10.5                         Notice of Resolution to Which Shareholders May Dissent

 

The Company must send to each of its shareholders whether or not their shares carry the right to vote, a notice of any meeting of shareholders at which a resolution entitling shareholders to dissent is to be considered that specifies the date of the meeting and contains a statement advising of the right to send a notice of dissent and a copy of the proposed resolution.

 

10.6                         Record Date for Notice

 

The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, and the record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months (or four months if the meeting is requisitioned), or by fewer than:

 

(a)                                  if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days; or

 

(b)                                  otherwise, 10 days.

 

If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.

 

10.7                         Record Date for Voting

 

The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the Act, by more than four months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.

 

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10.8                         Failure to Give Notice and Waiver of Notice

 

The accidental omission to send notice of any meeting to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any of the persons entitled to notice does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.  Any person entitled to notice of a meeting of shareholders may, in writing or otherwise, waive that entitlement or agree to reduce the period of that notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting of shareholders is a waiver of entitlement to notice of the meeting unless that person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

 

10.9                         Notice of Special Business at Meetings of Shareholders

 

If a meeting of shareholders is to consider special business within the meaning of Article 11.1, the notice of meeting must:

 

(a)                                  state the general nature of the special business; and

 

(b)                                  if the special business includes considering, approving, ratifying, adopting or authorizing any document or the signing of or giving of effect to any document, have attached to it a copy of the document or state that a copy of the document will be available for inspection by shareholders:

 

(i)                                      at the Company’s records office, or at such other reasonably accessible location in British Columbia or by electronic access as is specified in the notice; and

 

(ii)                                   during statutory business hours on any one or more specified days before the day set for holding the meeting.

 

10.10                  Shareholder Meetings Outside British Columbia

 

The directors may determine the location of any general meetings to be held outside British Columbia.

 

10.11                  Notice of Dissent Rights

 

The minimum number of days, before the date of a meeting of shareholders at which a resolution entitling shareholders to dissent is to be considered, by which a copy of the proposed resolution and a notice of the meeting specifying the date of the meeting and advising of the right to send a notice of dissent is to be sent pursuant to the Act to all shareholders of the Company, whether or not their shares carry the right to vote, is:

 

(a)                                  if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days; or

 

(b)                                  otherwise, 10 days.

 

ARTICLE 11  — PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

11.1                         Special Business

 

At a meeting of shareholders, the following business is special business:

 

(a)                                  at a meeting of shareholders that is not an annual general meeting, all business is special business except business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting; and

 

(b)                                  at an annual general meeting, all business is special business except for the following:

 

(i)                                      business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;

 

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(ii)                                   consideration of any financial statements of the Company presented to the meeting;

 

(iii)                                consideration of any reports of the directors or auditor;

 

(iv)                               the setting or changing of the number of directors;

 

(v)                                  the election or appointment of directors;

 

(vi)                               the appointment of an auditor;

 

(vii)                            the setting of the remuneration of an auditor;

 

(viii)                         business arising out of a report of the directors not requiring the passing of a special resolution or an exceptional resolution; and

 

(ix)                               any other business which, under these Articles or the Act, may be transacted at a meeting of shareholders without prior notice of the business being given to the shareholders.

 

11.2                         Special Majority

 

The majority of votes required for the Company to pass a special resolution at a general meeting of shareholders is two-thirds of the votes cast on the resolution, unless otherwise specified herein.

 

11.3                         Quorum

 

Subject to the special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, the quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders is two persons who are, or who represent by proxy, shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least fifty percent (50%) of the issued shares entitled to be voted at the meeting.

 

11.4                         One Shareholder May Constitute Quorum

 

If there is only one shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders:

 

(a)                                  the quorum is one person who is, or who represents by proxy, that shareholder; and

 

(b)                                  that shareholder, present in person or by proxy, may constitute the meeting.

 

11.5                         Requirement of Quorum

 

No business, other than the election of a chair of the meeting and the adjournment of the meeting, may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders unless a quorum of shareholders entitled to vote is present at the commencement of the meeting, but such quorum need not be present throughout the meeting.

 

11.6                         Lack of Quorum

 

If, within one-half hour after the time set for the holding of a meeting of shareholders, a quorum is not present:

 

(a)                                  in the case of a general meeting convened by requisition of shareholders, the meeting is dissolved; and

 

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(b)                                  in the case of any other meeting of shareholders, the meeting stand adjourned to a fixed time and place as determined by the chair of the board or by the directors.

 

11.7                         Lack of Quorum at Succeeding Meeting

 

If, at the meeting to which the meeting referred to in Article 11.6(b) was adjourned, a quorum is not present within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of the meeting, the person or persons present and being, or representing by proxy, one or more shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting constitute a quorum.

 

11.8                         Persons Entitled to Attend Meeting

 

In addition to those persons who are entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders, the only other persons entitled to be present at the meeting are the directors, the president (if any), the secretary (if any), any lawyer for the Company, the auditor of the Company, any persons invited to be present by the directors, officers, or by the chair of the meeting and any persons entitled or required under the Act to be present at the meeting, but if any of those persons does attend a meeting of shareholders, that person is not to be counted in the quorum and is not entitled to vote at the meeting unless that person is a shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at that meeting.

 

11.9                         Chair

 

The following individual is entitled to preside as chair at a meeting of shareholders:

 

(a)                                  the chair of the board, if any;

 

(b)                                  if the chair of the board is absent or unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, the President or then the Chief Executive Officer, if any; or

 

(c)                                   if the chair of the board, the President and the Chief Executive Officer are unwilling, unable or unavailable to act as chair of the meeting, the directors present may choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting.  If all of the directors present decline to take the chair or fail to so choose or if no director is present, the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy may choose any person present at the meeting to chair the meeting.

 

11.10                  Adjournments

 

The chair of a meeting of shareholders may, and if so directed by the meeting must, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

11.11                  Notice of Adjourned Meeting

 

It is not necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting of shareholders except that, when a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.

 

11.12                  Decisions by Show of Hands or Poll

 

Subject to the provisions of the Act, every motion put to a vote at a meeting of shareholders will be decided on a show of hands or the functional equivalent of a show of hands by means of electronic, telephonic or other communications facility, unless a poll, before or on the declaration of the result of the vote by show of hands or the functional equivalent of a show of hands, is directed by the chair or demanded by at least one shareholder entitled to vote who is present in person or by proxy.

 

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11.13                  Declaration of Result

 

The chair of a meeting of shareholders must declare to the meeting the decision on every question in accordance with the result of the show of hands (or its functional equivalent) or the poll, as the case may be, and that decision must be entered in the minutes of the meeting.  Unless a poll is directed or demanded, a declaration of the chair that a resolution is carried by the necessary majority or is defeated is conclusive evidence without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.

 

11.14                  Motion Need Not be Seconded

 

No motion proposed at a meeting of shareholders need be seconded unless the chair of the meeting rules otherwise, and the chair of any meeting of shareholders is entitled to propose or second a motion.

 

11.15                  Casting Vote

 

In the case of an equality of votes, the chair of a meeting of shareholders does not, either on a show of hands (or its functional equivalent) or on a poll, have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which the chair may be entitled as a shareholder.

 

11.16                  Manner of Taking Poll

 

Subject to Article 11.17, if a poll is duly demanded at a meeting of shareholders:

 

(a)                                  the poll must be taken:

 

(i)                                      at the meeting, or within seven days after the date of the meeting, as the chair of the meeting directs; and

 

(ii)                                   in the manner, at the time and at the place that the chair of the meeting directs; and

 

(b)                                  the result of the poll is deemed to be the decision of the meeting at which the poll is demanded; and

 

(c)                                   the demand for the poll may be withdrawn by the person who demanded it.

 

11.17                  Demand for Poll on Adjournment

 

A poll demanded at a meeting of shareholders on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately at the meeting.

 

11.18                  Chair Must Resolve Dispute

 

In the case of any dispute as to the admission or rejection of a vote given on a poll, the chair of the meeting must determine the dispute, and his or her determination made in good faith is final and conclusive.

 

11.19                  Shareholder Voting Multiple Shares

 

On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not cast all the votes in the same way.

 

11.20                  No Demand for Poll on Election of Chair

 

No poll may be demanded in respect of the vote by which a chair of a meeting of shareholders is elected.

 

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11.21                  Demand for Poll Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting

 

The demand for a poll at a meeting of shareholders does not, unless the chair of the meeting so rules, prevent the continuation of the meeting for a transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.

 

11.22                  Retention of Ballots and Proxies

 

The Company must, for at least three months after a meeting of shareholders, keep each ballot cast on a poll and each proxy voted at the meeting, and, during that period, make them available for inspection during normal business hours by any shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at the meeting.  At the end of such three month period, the Company may destroy such ballots and proxies.

 

ARTICLE 12  — VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

12.1                         Number of Votes by Shareholder or by Shares

 

Subject to any special rights or restrictions attached to any shares and to the restrictions imposed on joint shareholders under Article 12.3:

 

(a)                                  on a vote by show of hands (or its functional equivalent), every person present who is a shareholder or proxy holder and entitled to vote on the matter, has one vote; and

 

(b)                                  on a poll, every shareholder entitled to vote on the matter has one vote in respect of each share entitled to be voted on the matter and held by that shareholder and may exercise that vote either in person or by proxy.

 

12.2                         Votes of the Persons in Representative Capacity

 

A person who is not a shareholder may vote at a meeting of shareholders, whether on a show of hands (or its functional equivalent) or on a poll, and may appoint a proxy holder to act at the meeting to the extent permitted by law, if, before doing so, the person satisfies the chair of the meeting, or the directors, that the person is a personal or other legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy for a shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

12.3                         Votes by Joint Holders

 

If there are joint shareholders registered in respect of any share:

 

(a)                                  any one of the joint shareholders may vote at any meeting of shareholders, personally or by proxy, in respect of the share as if that joint shareholder were solely entitled to it; or

 

(b)                                  if more than one of the joint shareholders is present at any meeting of shareholders, personally or by proxy, and more than one of them votes in respect of that share, then only the vote of the joint shareholder present whose name stands first on the central securities register in respect of the share will be counted.

 

12.4                         Legal Personal Representatives as Joint Shareholders

 

Two or more legal personal representatives of a shareholder in whose sole name any share is registered are, for the purposes of Article 12.3, deemed to be joint shareholders registered in respect of that share.

 

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12.5                         Representative of a Corporate Shareholder

 

Any shareholder which is a corporation may authorize by resolution of its directors or governing body an individual to represent it at a meeting of shareholders and such individual may exercise on the shareholder’s behalf all the powers it could exercise if it were an individual shareholder. The authority of such an individual shall be established by depositing with the Company a certified copy of such resolution, or in such other manner as may be satisfactory to the secretary of the Company or the chair of the meeting. Any such representative need not be a shareholder.

 

12.6                         When Proxy Provisions Do Not Apply to the Company

 

If and for so long as it is a public company or a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of these Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply, Articles 12.7 to 12.16 apply only insofar as they are not inconsistent with any applicable legislation or any Canadian securities legislation applicable to the Company or any rules of an exchange on which securities of the Company are listed.

 

12.7                         Appointment of Proxy Holders

 

Every shareholder of the Company, including a corporation that is a shareholder but not a subsidiary of the Company, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may, by proxy, appoint one or more proxy holders to attend and act at the meeting in the manner, to the extent and with the powers conferred by the proxy.

 

12.8                         Alternate Proxy Holders

 

A shareholder may appoint one or more alternate proxy holders to act in the place of an absent proxy holder.

 

12.9                         When Proxy Holder Need Not Be Shareholder

 

A person must not be appointed as a proxy holder unless the person is a shareholder, although a person who is not a shareholder may be appointed as a proxy holder if:

 

(a)                                  the person appointing the proxy holder is a corporation or a representative of a corporation appointed under Article 12.5;

 

(b)                                  the Company has at the time of the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed only one shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting;

 

(c)                                   the shareholders present in person or by proxy at and entitled to vote at the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed, by a resolution on which the proxy holder is not entitled to vote but in respect of which the proxy holder is to be counted in the quorum, permit the proxy holder to attend and vote at the meeting; or

 

(d)                                  the Company is a public company or is a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of these Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply.

 

12.10                  Deposit of Proxy

 

A proxy for a meeting of shareholders must:

 

(a)                                  be received at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxy, at least the number of business days

 

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specified in the notice, or if no number of days is specified, two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting; or

 

(b)                                  unless the notice provides otherwise, be received, at the meeting, by the chair of the meeting or by a person designated by the chair of the meeting.

 

A proxy may be sent to the Company by written instrument, fax or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages.

 

12.11                  Validity of Proxy Vote

 

A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy is valid notwithstanding the death or incapacity of the shareholder giving the proxy and despite the revocation of the proxy or the revocation of the authority under which the proxy is given, unless notice in writing of that death, incapacity or revocation is received:

 

(a)                                  at the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or

 

(b)                                  by the chair of the meeting, before the vote is taken.

 

12.12                  Form of Proxy

 

A proxy, whether for a specified meeting or otherwise, must be in the form approved by the directors or the chair of the meeting

 

12.13                  Revocation of Proxy

 

Subject to Article 12.14, every proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing that is:

 

(a)                                  received at the registered office of the Company or such other place as the Company may designate at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or

 

(b)                                  provided, at the meeting, to the chair of the meeting.

 

12.14                  Revocation of Proxies Must Be Signed

 

An instrument referred to in Article 12.13 must be signed as follows:

 

(a)                                  if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is an individual, the instrument must be signed by the shareholder or his or her personal or other legal representative or trustee in bankruptcy; or

 

(b)                                  if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is a corporation, the instrument must be signed by the corporation or by a representative appointed for the corporation under Article 12.5.

 

12.15                  Chair May Determine Validity of Proxy

 

The chair of any meeting of shareholders may determine whether or not a proxy deposited for use at the meeting, which may not strictly comply with the requirements of this Article 12 as to form, execution, accompanying documentation, time of filing or otherwise, shall be valid for use at the meeting and any such determination made in good faith shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the meeting.

 

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12.16                  Production of Evidence of Authority to Vote

 

The chair of any meeting of shareholders may, but need not, inquire into the authority of any person to vote at the meeting and may, but need not, demand from that person production of evidence as to the existence of the authority to vote.

 

ARTICLE 13  — DIRECTORS

 

13.1                         Directors; Number of Directors

 

The first directors are the persons designated as directors of the Company in the Notice of Articles that applies to the Company when it is recognized under the Act.  The number of directors, excluding additional directors appointed under Article 14.7, is:

 

(a)                                  subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the number of directors that is equal to the number of the Company’s first directors;

 

(b)                                  the number of directors set by the board of directors (whether or not previous notice of the resolution was given); or

 

(c)                                   the number of directors set under Article 14.4.

 

If the Company is a public company, the number of directors must not be less than three.

 

13.2                         Change in Number of Directors

 

If the number of directors is set under Article 13.1(b):

 

(a)                                  the shareholders may elect the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors that result from that change; and

 

(b)                                  subject to Article 14.7, if the shareholders do not elect the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors that result from that change, the directors may appoint additional directors to fill those vacancies.

 

13.3                         Directors’ Acts Valid Despite Vacancy

 

An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because fewer than the number of directors required by Article 13.1 are in office.

 

13.4                         Qualifications of Directors

 

A director is not required to hold a share of the Company as qualification for his or her office but must be qualified as required by the Act to become, to act or continue to act as a director.

 

13.5                         Remuneration and Expenses of Directors

 

The directors are entitled to the remuneration for acting as directors, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine.  That remuneration may be in addition to any salary or other remuneration paid to any officer or employee of the Company as such, who is also a director.  The Company must reimburse each director for the reasonable expenses that he or she may incur on behalf of the Company.  If any director performs any professional or other services for the Company that in the opinion of the directors are outside the ordinary duties of a director, or if any director is otherwise specially occupied in or about the Company’s business, he or she may be paid remuneration, fixed by the directors, or, at the option of that director, fixed by ordinary resolution and such remuneration may be either in addition to, or in substitution

 

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for, any other remuneration that he or she may be entitled to receive.  Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any director who has held any salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his or her spouse or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

ARTICLE 14  — ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

14.1                         Election at Annual General Meeting

 

At every annual general meeting or in the unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2:

 

(a)                                  the shareholders entitled to vote at the annual general meeting for the election of directors are entitled to elect, or in the unanimous resolution appoint, a board of directors consisting of not more than the number of directors for the time being set under these Articles; and

 

(b)                                  all the directors cease to hold office immediately before the election or appointment of directors under paragraph (a), but are eligible for re-election or re-appointment.

 

14.2                         Consent to be a Director

 

No election, appointment or designation of an individual as a director is valid unless:

 

(a)                                  that individual consents to be a director in the manner provided for in the Act;

 

(b)                                  that individual is elected or appointed at a meeting at which the individual is present and the individual does not refuse, at the meeting, to be a director; or

 

(c)                                   with respect to the first directors, the designation is otherwise valid under the Act.

 

14.3                         Failure to Elect or Appoint Directors

 

If the Company fails to hold an annual general meeting in accordance with the Act, or if the shareholders fail, at an annual general meeting or in a unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2, to elect or appoint any directors, each director then in office continues to hold office until the earlier of:

 

(a)                                  the date on which his or her successor is elected or appointed; and

 

(b)                                  the date on which he or she otherwise ceases to hold office under the Act or these Articles.

 

14.4                         Places of Retiring Directors Not Filled

 

If, at any meeting of shareholders at which there should be an election of directors, the places of any of the retiring directors are not filled by that election, those retiring directors who are not re-elected and who are asked by the newly elected directors to continue in office will, if willing to do so, continue in office to complete the number of directors for the time being set pursuant to these Articles until further new directors are elected at a meeting of shareholders convened for that purpose.  If any such election or continuance of directors does not result in the election or continuance of the number of directors for the time being set, pursuant to these Articles, the number of directors of the Company is deemed to be set at the number of directors actually elected or continued in office.

 

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14.5                         Vacancies on Board

 

Any casual vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the directors or director and the director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy on the board of directors shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.  If the Company has no directors or fewer directors in office than the number set by these Articles as the necessary quorum for the directors the shareholders may by ordinary resolution appoint or elect directors to fill the vacancies of the board.

 

14.6                         Remaining Directors’ Power to Act

 

The remaining directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the board, and if and so long as the number is reduced below the number fixed pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of directors, the remaining directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number of directors to that number, or of calling a general meeting of the Company and to conduct such other business, if any, that may be dealt with at that meeting.

 

14.7                         Additional Directors

 

Notwithstanding Articles 13.1 and 13.2, the directors may appoint one or more additional directors, but the number of additional directors appointed under this Article must not at any time exceed:

 

(a)                                  one-third of the number of first directors, if, at the time of the appointments, one or more of the first directors have not yet completed their first term of office; or

 

(b)                                  in any other case, one-third of the number of the directors who were elected or appointed as directors other than under this Article.

 

Any director so appointed ceases to hold office immediately before the election or appointment of directors under Article 14.1(a), but is eligible for election at the meeting or appointment by unanimous resolution contemplated under Article 14.1(a).  If the appointment or election of such directors is made as an additional director, the number of directors is deemed increased accordingly.

 

14.8                         Ceasing to be a Director

 

A director will cease to be a director when:

 

(a)                                  the term of office of the director expires;

 

(b)                                  the director dies, or resigns as a director by notice in writing provided to the Company or a lawyer for the Company; or

 

(c)                                   the director is removed from office pursuant to Article 14.9.

 

14.9                         Removal of Director

 

The Company may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office by special resolution, provided that to pass such special resolution shall require a special majority requirement of 3/4 of the votes cast in favour of the resolution.  In that event the shareholders may appoint another individual as director by ordinary resolution to fill the resulting vacancy.  If the shareholders do not appoint a director to fill the vacancy thereby created at the meeting at which, or in the consent resolution by which, the director was removed, then either the directors or the shareholders by ordinary resolution may appoint an additional director to fill that vacancy.  The directors may remove any director before the expiration of his or her period of office if the director is convicted of an indictable offence or otherwise ceases to qualify as a director and the directors may appoint another person in his or her stead.

 

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14.10                  Manner of Election of Directors

 

At any general meeting at which directors are to be elected a separate vote of shareholders shall be taken with respect to each candidate nominated for director.

 

ARTICLE 15 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

 

15.1                         Powers of Management

 

The directors must, subject to the Act and these Articles, manage, or supervise the management of, the affairs and business of the Company and will have the authority to exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Act or by these Articles, required to be exercised by the shareholders of the Company.

 

15.2                         Appointment of Attorney of Company

 

The directors may from time to time, by power of attorney or other instrument, appoint any person to be the attorney of the Company for such purposes, and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors under these Articles and excepting the powers of the directors relating to the constitution of the board of directors and of any of its committees and the appointment or removal of officers and the power to declare dividends) and for such period, and with such remuneration and subject to such conditions as the directors think fit, and any such appointment may be made in favour of any corporation, firm or person or body of persons, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection or convenience of persons dealing with such attorney as the directors think fit.  Any such attorney may be authorized by the directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in him or her.

 

ARTICLE 16  — INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

16.1                         Obligation to Account for Profits

 

A director or senior officer who holds a disclosable interest (as that term is used in the Act) in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter is liable to account to the Company for any profit that accrues to the director or senior officer under or as a result of the contract or transaction only if and to the extent provided in the Act.

 

16.2                         Restrictions on Voting by Reason of Interest

 

A director who holds a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter is not entitled to vote on any directors’ resolution to approve that contract or transaction, unless all the directors have a disclosable interest in that contract or transaction, in which case any or all of those directors may vote on such resolution.

 

16.3                         Interested Director Counted in Quorum

 

A director who has a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction and who is present at the meeting of directors at which the contract or transaction is considered for approval may be counted in the quorum at the meeting whether or not the director votes on any or all of the resolutions considered at the meeting.

 

16.4                         Disclosure of Conflict of Interest or Property

 

A director or senior officer who holds any office or possesses any property, right or interest that could result, directly or indirectly, in the creation of a duty or interest that materially conflicts with that individual’s duty or interest as a director or senior officer, must disclose the nature and extent of the conflict as required by the Act.

 

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16.5                         Director Holding Other Office in the Company

 

A director may hold any office with the Company, other than the office of auditor of the Company, in addition to his or her office of director for the period and on the terms (as to remuneration or otherwise) that the directors may determine.

 

16.6                         No Disqualification

 

No director or intended director is disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company either with regard to the holding of any office or place of profit the director holds with the Company or as seller, buyer or otherwise, and no contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a director is in any way interested is liable to be voided for that reason.

 

16.7                         Professional Services by Director or Officer

 

Subject to the Act, a director or officer, or any person in which a director or officer has an interest, may act in a professional capacity for the Company, except as auditor of the Company, and the director or officer or such person is entitled to remuneration for professional services as if that director or officer were not a director or officer.

 

16.8                         Director or Officer in Other Corporations

 

A director or officer may be or become a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise interested in, any person in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, and, subject to the Act, the director or officer is not accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as director, officer or employee of, or from his or her interest in, such other person.

 

ARTICLE 17  — PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

17.1                         Meetings of Directors

 

The directors may meet together for the conduct of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit and meetings of the board held at regular intervals may be held at the place, at the time and on the notice, if any, as the board may from time to time determine.

 

17.2                         Voting at Meetings

 

Questions arising at any meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes and, in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.

 

17.3                         Chair of Meeting

 

Meetings of directors may be chaired by:

 

(a)                                  the chair of the board, if any;

 

(b)                                  in the absence of the chair of the board, the president or Chief Executive Officer, if any, if the president is a director; or

 

(c)                                   any other director chosen by the directors if:

 

(i)                                      neither the chair of the board nor the president, if a director, is present at the meeting within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting or any part of the meeting;

 

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(ii)                                   neither the chair of the board nor the president, if a director, is willing to chair the meeting; or

 

(iii)                                the chair of the board and the president, if a director, have advised the secretary, if any, or any other director, that they will not be present at the meeting.

 

17.4                         Meetings by Telephone or Other Communications Medium

 

A director may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or of any committee of the directors in person or by means of conference telephones or, with the consent of the directors present, by other communications facilities if all directors participating in the meeting can communicate with each other and provided that all such directors agree to such participation. A director participating in a meeting in accordance with this Article will be deemed to be present at the meeting and to have so agreed and will be counted in the quorum therefor and be entitled to speak and vote and otherwise participate in the meeting in accordance with the Act.

 

17.5                         Calling and Notice of Meetings

 

A director may, and the secretary or assistant secretary, if any, on request of a director must, call a meeting of the directors at any time.

 

17.6                         Notice of Meetings

 

Other than for meetings held at regular intervals as determined by the board pursuant to Article 17.1, or as provided in Article 17.7, reasonable notice of each meeting of the directors, specifying the place, day and hour of that meeting must be given to each of the directors:

 

(a)                                  by mail addressed to the director’s address as it appears on the books of the Company or to any other address provided to the Company by the director for this purpose;

 

(b)                                  by leaving it at the director’s prescribed address or at any other address provided to the Company by the director for this purpose;

 

(c)                                   orally or by telephone, or by delivery of written notice; or

 

(d)                                  if agreed by the intended recipient, by e-mail, fax or any other method of legibly transmitting messages agreed to by the intended recipient.

 

17.7                         When Notice Not Required

 

It is not necessary to give notice of a meeting of the directors to a director if:

 

(a)                                  the meeting is to be held immediately following a meeting of shareholders at which that director was elected or appointed, or is the meeting of the directors at which that director is appointed; or

 

(b)                                  the director has waived notice of the meeting.

 

17.8                         Meeting Valid Despite Failure to Give Notice

 

The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any director, does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.

 

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17.9                         Waiver of Notice of Meeting

 

Any director of the Company may send to the Company a document signed by him or her waiving notice of any past, present or future meeting or meetings of the directors and may at any time withdraw that waiver with respect to meetings held after that withdrawal. After sending a waiver with respect to all future meetings and until such waiver is withdrawn, no notice need be given to such director and all meetings of the directors so held are deemed not to be improperly called or constituted by reason of notice not having been given to such director.  Attendance of a director at a meeting of the directors is a waiver of entitlement to notice of the meeting, unless that director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

 

17.10                  Quorum

 

The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the directors is a majority of the directors.

 

17.11                  Validity of Acts Where Appointment Defective

 

Subject to the provisions of the Act, all acts done by any director or officer will, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the qualification, election or appointment of any such director or officer, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if each such person had been duly elected or appointed and was qualified to be a director or officer.

 

17.12                  Consent Resolutions in Writing

 

A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors may be passed without a meeting:

 

(a)                                  in all cases, if each of the directors entitled to vote on the resolution consents to it in writing; or

 

(b)                                  in the case of a resolution to approve a contract or transaction in respect of which a director has disclosed that he or she has or may have a disclosable interest, if each of the other directors who has not made such a disclosure consents in writing to the resolution.

 

A consent in writing under this Article 17.12 may be by any written instrument, fax, email or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages in which the consent of the director is evidenced, whether or not the signature of the director is included in the record.  A consent in writing may be in two or more counterparts which together are deemed to constitute one consent in writing.  A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors passed in accordance with this Article is effective on the date stated in the consent in writing or on the latest date stated on any counterpart and is deemed to be a proceeding at a meeting of directors or of the committee of the directors and to be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors or of the committee of the directors that satisfies all the requirements of the Act and all the requirements of these Articles relating to meetings of the directors or of a committee of the directors.

 

ARTICLE 18  — EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

18.1                         Appointment and Powers of Executive Committee

 

The directors may by resolution appoint an executive committee (the “Committee”) to consist of such director or directors as they think appropriate.  Such Committee will have, and may exercise during the intervals between the meetings of the board of directors, all powers of the directors except the power to:

 

(a)                                  fill vacancies in the board;

 

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(b)                                  remove a director;

 

(c)                                   change membership of any committees of directors; and

 

(d)                                  such other powers, as may be set out in any directors’ resolution.

 

18.2                         Appointment and Powers of Other Committees

 

The directors may, by resolution:

 

(a)                                  appoint one or more committees consisting of the director or directors that they consider appropriate;

 

(b)                                  delegate to a committee appointed under paragraph (a) any of the directors’ powers, except:

 

(i)                                      the power to fill vacancies of the board;

 

(ii)                                   the power to remove a director;

 

(iii)                                the power to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the board; and

 

(iv)                               the power to appoint or remove officers appointed by the board; and

 

(c)                                   make any delegation referred to in paragraph (b) subject to the conditions set out in the resolution.

 

18.3                         Obligations of Committees

 

Any committee formed under Article 18.1, in the exercise of the powers delegated to it, must:

 

(a)                                  conform to any rules that may from time to time be imposed on it by the directors; and

 

(b)                                  report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the directors to be held after the act or thing has been done or at such time as the directors may require in accordance with the terms of its appointment.

 

18.4                         Powers of Board

 

The board may, at any time:

 

(a)                                  revoke or alter the authority given to a committee, or override a decision made by a committee, except as to acts done before such revocation, alteration or overriding;

 

(b)                                  terminate the appointment of, or change the membership of, a committee; and

 

(c)                                   fill vacancies in a committee.

 

18.5                         Committee Meetings

 

Subject to Article 18.2:

 

(a)                                  the members of a directors’ committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper;

 

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(b)                                  a directors’ committee may elect a chair of its meetings but, if no chair of the meeting is elected, or if at any meeting the chair of the meeting is not present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee may choose one of their number to chair the meeting;

 

(c)                                   a majority of the members of a directors’ committee constitutes a quorum of the committee; and

 

(d)                                  questions arising at any meeting of a directors’ committee are determined by a majority of votes of the members present, and in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.

 

ARTICLE 19  — OFFICERS

 

19.1                         Directors May Appoint Officers

 

The directors may, from time to time, appoint such officers, if any, as the directors determine and the directors may, at any time, terminate any such appointment.

 

19.2                         Functions, Duties and Powers of Officers

 

The board may, for each officer:

 

(a)                                  determine the functions and duties the officer is to perform;

 

(b)                                  delegate to the officer any of the powers exercisable by the directors on such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as the directors determine; and

 

(c)                                   from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of the functions, duties and powers of the officer.

 

19.3                         Qualifications

 

No officer will be appointed unless that officer is qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Act.  One person may hold more than one position as an officer of the Company.  Any person appointed as the chair of the board or as the managing director will be a director.  The other officers need not be directors.

 

19.4                         Remuneration

 

All appointments of officers are to be made on the terms and conditions and at the remuneration (whether by way of salary, fee, commission, participation in profits, pensions, gratuity, or otherwise) that the board thinks fit and are subject to termination at the discretion of the board.

 

ARTICLE 20  — INDEMNIFICATION

 

20.1                         Definitions

 

In this Article:

 

(a)                                  “eligible penalty” means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding;

 

(b)                                  “eligible proceeding” means a legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed, in which a person to be indemnified under this Article (an “eligible party”) or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives

 

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of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the company or an associated corporation:

 

(i)                                      is or may be joined as a party; or

 

(ii)                                   is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding; and

 

(c)                                   “expenses” includes costs, charges and expenses, including legal and other fees, but does not include judgments, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding.

 

20.2                         Mandatory Indemnification of Directors

 

Subject to the Act, the Company must indemnify a director or former director of the Company and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding.

 

20.3                         Permitted Indemnification

 

Subject to any restrictions in the Act, the Company may indemnify any person.

 

20.4                         Non-Compliance with the Act

 

The failure of a director, former director or officer of the Company to comply with the provisions of the Act or of the Notice of Articles, these Articles or, if applicable, any former Companies Act or former articles will not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under this Article 20.

 

20.5                         Company May Purchase Insurance

 

The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who:

 

(a)                                  is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company;

 

(b)                                  is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company;

 

(c)                                   at the request of the Company, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity; or

 

(d)                                  at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director, or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;

 

against any liability incurred by him or her as such director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.

 

20.6                         Indemnification of Directors

 

The directors must cause the Company to indemnify its directors and former directors and their respective heirs and personal or other legal personal representatives to the greatest extent permitted by the Act.

 

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20.7                         Deemed Contract

 

Each person specified in Article 20.2 is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity referred to in that Article.

 

ARTICLE 21  — DIVIDENDS AND RESERVES

 

21.1                         Declaration of Dividends

 

Subject to the rights, if any, of shareholders holding shares with special rights as to dividends, the directors may from time to time declare and authorize payment of such dividends, if any, as they may consider appropriate.

 

21.2                         No Notice Required

 

The directors need not give notice to any shareholder of any declaration under Article 21.1.

 

21.3                         Manner of Paying Dividend

 

A resolution declaring a dividend may direct payment of the dividend wholly or partly in money or by the distribution of specific assets or of paid up shares or fractional shares, bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company or any other corporation, or in any one or more of those ways, and, if any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution, the directors may settle the difficulty as they think expedient, and, in particular, may set the value for distribution of specific assets.

 

21.4                         Basis and Payment

 

Subject to the rights, if any, of shareholders holding shares with special rights as to dividends:

 

(a)                                  any dividend declared on shares of any class or series by the directors may be made payable on such date as is fixed by the directors; and

 

(b)                                  all dividends on shares of any class or series will be declared and be paid according to the number of such shares held.

 

21.5                         Reserves

 

The directors may, before declaring any dividend, set aside out of the funds properly available for the payment of dividends such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which may, at the discretion of the directors, be applicable for meeting contingencies or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which such funds of the Company may be properly applied, and pending such application such funds may, in the discretion of the directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the directors may from time to time think fit.

 

21.6                         Receipt by Joint Shareholders

 

If several persons are joint shareholders of any share, any one of them may give an effective receipt for any dividend, bonus or other monies payable in respect of the share.

 

21.7                         Dividend Bears No Interest

 

No dividend will bear interest against the Company.

 

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21.8                         Fractional Dividends

 

If a dividend to which a shareholder is entitled includes a fraction of the smallest monetary unit of the currency of the dividend, that fraction may be disregarded in making payment of the dividend and that payment represents full payment of the dividend.

 

21.9                         Payment of Dividends

 

Any dividend, bonuses or other distribution payable in money in respect of shares may be paid by cheque sent through the post or by electronic transfer, so authorized by the shareholder, directed to the registered address of the shareholder or the account specified by the shareholder, or in the case of joint shareholders, to the registered address of that one of the joint shareholders who is first named on the central securities register the account specified by such joint shareholder, or to such person and to such address as the shareholder or joint shareholders may direct in writing. Every such cheque must be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. The mailing of such cheque or the forwarding by electronic transfer will, to the extent of the sum represented thereby (plus the amount of the tax required by law to be deducted), discharge all liability for the dividend, unless such cheque is not paid on presentation or the amount of tax so deducted is not paid to the appropriate taxing authority.

 

21.10                  Capitalization of Retained Earnings or Surplus

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the directors may from time to time capitalize any retained earnings or surplus of the Company and may from time to time issue as fully paid and non-assessable any unissued shares, or any bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as a dividend representing part or all of such retained earnings or surplus so capitalized or any part thereof.

 

ARTICLE 22  — ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND AUDITOR

 

22.1                         Keeping Documents, Minutes, Etc.

 

The Company must keep at its records office, or at such other place as the Act may permit, the documents, copies, registers, minutes and other records which the Company is required by the Act to keep at such places.  The shareholders, by ordinary resolution, may set restricted hours for access to records in the records office in accordance with the Act.

 

22.2                         Keeping Books of Account

 

The Company must keep or cause to be kept proper books of account and accounting records in respect of all financial and other transactions of the Company and in compliance with the provisions of the Act.

 

22.3                         Inspection of Accounting Records

 

Unless the directors determine otherwise no shareholder of the Company is entitled to inspect or obtain a copy of the accounting records of the Company.

 

22.4                         Remuneration of Auditor

 

The directors may set the remuneration of the auditor of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 23  — NOTICES

 

23.1                         Method of Giving Notice

 

Unless the Act or these Articles provide otherwise, a notice, statement, report, document or other record required or permitted by the Act or these Articles to be sent by or to a person may be sent by any one of the following methods:

 

(a)                                  mail addressed to the person at the applicable address for that person as follows:

 

(i)                                      for a record mailed to a shareholder, the shareholder’s registered address;

 

(ii)                                   for a record mailed to a director or officer, the prescribed address for mailing shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the mailing address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class; or

 

(iii)                                in any other case the mailing address of the intended recipient;

 

(b)                                  delivery at the applicable address for that person as follows, addressed to the person:

 

(i)                                      for a record delivered to a shareholder, the shareholder’s registered address;

 

(ii)                                   for a record delivered to a director or officer, the prescribed address for delivery shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the delivery address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class; or

 

(iii)                                in any other case, the delivery address of the intended recipient;

 

(c)                                   sending the record by fax to the fax number provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;

 

(d)                                  sending the record by email to the email address provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;

 

(e)                                   creating and providing the record that is posted on or made available through a generally accessible electronic source and providing the person notice in writing, including by mail, delivery, fax or email, of the availability and location of the record; or

 

(f)                                    physical delivery to the intended recipient.

 

23.2                         Deemed Receipt

 

(a)                                  A notice, statement, report, document or other record that is mailed to a person by ordinary mail to the applicable address for that person referred to in Article 23.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was mailed on the day, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, following the date of mailing;

 

(b)                                  a notice, statement, report, document or other record that is faxed to a person referred to in Article 23.1 is deemed to be received by that person on the day it was faxed;

 

(c)                                   a notice, statement, report, document or other record that was emailed to a person referred to in Article 23.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was emailed on the day it was emailed; and

 

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(d)                                  a notice, statement, report, document or other record sent by posting it on or making it available through a generally accessible electronic source referred to in Article 23.1 above is deemed to be received by the person on the day such person is sent notice in writing, including by mail, delivery, fax or email, of the availability and location of such notice, statement, report document or other record.

 

23.3                         Certificate of Sending

 

A certificate signed by the secretary, if any, or other officer of the Company or of any other corporation acting in that capacity on behalf of the Company stating that a notice, statement, report, document or other record was sent in accordance with Article 23.1 is conclusive evidence of that fact.

 

23.4                         Notice to Joint Shareholders

 

A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the joint shareholders of a share by providing such record to the joint shareholder first named in the central securities register in respect of the share.

 

23.5                         Notice to Legal Personal Representatives and Trustees

 

A notice, statement, report, document or other record may be provided by the Company to the persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a shareholder by:

 

(a)                                  mailing the record, addressed to them:

 

(i)                                      by name, by the title of the legal representative of the deceased or incapacitated shareholder, by the title of trustee of the bankrupt shareholder or by any similar description; and

 

(ii)                                   at the address, if any, supplied to the Company for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled; or

 

(b)                                  if an address referred to in Article 23.1(a)(ii) has been supplied to the Company, by giving the notice in a manner in which it might have been given if the death, bankruptcy or incapacity had not occurred.

 

23.6                         Undelivered Notices

 

If, on two consecutive occasions, a notice, statement, report, document or other record is sent to a shareholder pursuant to Article 23.1 and on each of those occasions any such record is returned because the shareholder cannot be located, the Company will not be required to send any further records to the shareholder until the shareholder informs the Company in writing of his or her new address.

 

ARTICLE 24  — RECORD DATES

 

24.1                         Fixing Record Date

 

The directors may fix in advance a date, which must not be more than the maximum number of days permitted by the Act , preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders or any class or series thereof or of the payment of any dividend or of the proposed taking of any other proper action requiring the determination of shareholders, as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to attend and vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or for any other proper purpose and, in such case, notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in these Articles, only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are deemed to be shareholders for the purposes aforesaid.

 

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24.2                         If No Record Date Fixed

 

If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders, the date on which the notice is mailed or on which the resolution declaring the dividend is adopted, as the case may be, is the record date for such determination.

 

ARTICLE 25  — SEAL

 

25.1                         Custody and Use of Seal

 

The directors may provide a seal for the Company and, if they do so, will provide for its safe custody and it will not be impressed on any instrument except when such impression is attested by the signature or signatures of:

 

(a)                                  any director;

 

(b)                                  any officer;

 

(c)                                   any person authorized by any of the foregoing.

 

25.2                         Signing Authority

 

In the event that the Company does not have a seal or wishes to execute a document without affixing a seal, any documents requiring signature on behalf of the Company may be signed by any one or more of the directors or officers of the Company, unless a contrary intention is expressed in a directors’ resolution.

 

25.3                         Mechanical Reproduction of Seal

 

The directors may authorize the seal to be affixed by third parties to bonds, debentures, share certificates or other securities of the Company as they may determine appropriate from time to time.  The Company may adopt a facsimile or other mechanical reproduction of its corporate seal for use in any jurisdiction that complies with the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

ARTICLE 26  — PROHIBITIONS

 

26.1                         Definitions

 

In this Article:

 

(a)                                  “security” has the meaning assigned in the Securities Act (British Columbia); and

 

(b)                                  “transfer restricted security” means:

 

(i)                                      a share of the Company;

 

(ii)                                   a security of the Company convertible into shares of the Company;

 

(iii)                                any other security of the Company which must be subject to restrictions on transfer in order for the Company to satisfy the requirement for restrictions on transfer under the “private issuer” exemption of Canadian securities legislation or under any other exemption from prospectus or registration requirements of Canadian securities legislation similar in scope and purpose to the “private issuer” exemption.

 

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26.2                         Consent Required for Transfer of Shares or Transfer Restricted Securities

 

No share or other transfer restricted security of the Company may be transferred without the previous consent of the directors expressed by a resolution of the board of directors and the directors are not required to give reasons for refusing to consent to such proposed transfer.  The foregoing provision does not apply if and for so long as the Company is a public company or a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of its articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply.

 

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ARTICLE 27 — SPECIAL RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS

 

27.1                         Common Shares

 

The holders of the Common shares will be entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at all meetings of shareholders, except meetings at which only holders of a specified class of shares are entitled to vote.  Each Common share will entitle its holder to 1 vote.

 

27.2                         Preferred Shares Issuable in Series

 

The Preferred shares may, from time to time, be issued in one or more series and the directors may, by resolution before the issuance of Preferred shares of any particular series:

 

(a)                                  alter the Notice of Articles and the Articles of the Company to fix the number of shares in, and to determine the designation of, each series; and

 

(b)                                  create, define and attach special rights and restrictions to each series of shares, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any voting rights, the rate or amount of dividends or the method of calculating dividends, the dates of payment thereof, the terms and conditions of redemption, purchase and conversion if any, and any sinking fund or other provisions, subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to the shares of the class, and to alter the Notice of Articles and the Articles accordingly.

 

The Preferred shares of each series shall, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets or return of capital in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other return of capital or distribution of the assets of the Company amongst its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, be entitled to preference over the Common shares and over any other shares of the Company ranking by their terms junior to the Preferred shares of that series. The Preferred shares of any series may also be given such other preferences, not inconsistent with these Articles, over the Common shares and any other such Preferred shares as may be fixed in accordance with clause 28.2(b).

 

If any cumulative dividends or amounts payable on the return of capital in respect of a series of Preferred shares are not paid in full, all series of Preferred shares shall participate rateably in respect of accumulated dividends and return of capital.

 

27.3                         Dividends

 

Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles:

 

(a)                                  dividends may be declared by the directors on the Common shares or Preferred shares in such amounts and at such times and in such a manner as they may determine in their absolute discretion;

 

(b)                                  nothing herein contained will oblige the directors to declare any dividend on one class of shares whenever a dividend is declared on another class of shares.

 

27.4                         Purchase or Acquisition of Shares by the Company

 

Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Company may, with the consent of the holder, purchase or otherwise acquire any share issued by it, at such times, in such manner and for such consideration as the directors of the Company may determine in their discretion, provided that the Company may not purchase or otherwise acquire any redeemable shares for an amount greater than the redemption amount thereof.

 

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27.5                         Priority

 

Subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to any other class of shares of the Company, the holders of the Common shares shall receive the remaining property of the Company upon dissolution in equal rank with the holders of all other Common shares of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 28 - ADVANCE NOTICE OF DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS

 

28.1                         Nomination of Directors

 

Subject only to the Act, these Articles and applicable securities legislation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Company.  Nominations of persons for election to the board may be made at any annual general meeting of shareholders, or at any general meeting of shareholders if one of the purposes for which a general meeting was called was the election of directors, (a) by or at the direction of the board or an authorized officer of the Company, including pursuant to a notice of meeting of shareholders, (b) by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a proposal made in accordance with the provisions of the Act or a requisition of the shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Act, or (c) by any person (a “ Nominating Shareholder ”) (i) who, at the close of business on the date of the giving of the notice provided for below in this Article 28.1 and on the record date for the receipt of notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting, or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting, and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth below in this Article 28.1:

 

A.             In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, such person must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form (the “ Notice ”) to a senior officer of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company, in accordance with this Article 28.1.

 

B.             To be timely, a Notice to a senior officer of the Company must be given:

 

i.              in the case of an annual general meeting (including an annual meeting whether or not called for other purposes) of shareholders, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the annual general meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual general meeting of shareholders is called for at a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual general meeting was made (the “ Notice Date ”), the Notice must be given by the Nominating Shareholder not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the Notice Date;

 

ii.           in the case of a general meeting (which is not also an annual general meeting) of shareholders, called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the fifteenth (15 th ) day following the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the general meeting of shareholders was made; and

 

iii.        in the event of any adjournment or postponement of a meeting of shareholders, or the public announcement thereof, occurs, the time period for the giving of Notice shall adjust accordingly and Notice must be given in accordance with Subsections B(i) and (ii) above, taking into account the date of the adjourned or postponed meeting or the Notice Date.

 

C.             To be in proper written form, the Notice to a senior officer of the Company must set forth:

 

i.             as to each person who the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for

 

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election as a director: (a) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (b) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (c) whether the person is a resident Canadian within the meaning of the Act, (d) the class or series and number of shares in the capital of the Company which are controlled or which are owned beneficially or of record by the person; (I) as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred), and (II) as of the date of such Notice, and (e) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and applicable securities legislation; and

 

ii.                as to the Nominating Shareholder, any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or any other information relating to such Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and applicable securities legislation.

 

D.             In addition, to be considered timely and in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder’s Notice shall be promptly updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such Notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting.

 

E.              The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Company to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Company or that would reasonably be expected to be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence and/or qualifications, or lack thereof, of such proposed nominee.

 

F.               The Company may disclose and make publicly available to the shareholders of the Company any of the information requested and provided to the Company pursuant to Subsection C(i) and Section E of this Article 28.

 

G.             No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 28.1; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude discussions by a shareholder (as distinct from seeking to nominate directors) at a meeting of shareholders, on any matter in respect of which such shareholder would have been entitled to submit a proposal pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such nomination is invalid due to its non-compliance with this Article 28.1.

 

H.            For purposes of this Article 28.1:

 

i.                   public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service in Canada, or in a document publicly filed by the Company under its profile on the System of Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com; or under its profile on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System at www.sec.gov/edgar and

 

I.                 Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles of the Company, Notice given to a senior officer of the Company pursuant to this Article 28.1 may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email (at such email address as stipulated from time to time by a senior officer of the Company for the purposes of such Notice), and shall be deemed to have been given and made only at the time it is served by personal delivery, email (at the address as aforesaid) or sent by facsimile transmission (provided that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received) to a senior officer at the address of the

 

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principal executive offices of the Company; provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is not a business day, or later than 5:00 pm (Calgary time) on a day which is a business day, then such a delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the next following business day.

 

28.2                         Board Discretion

 

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this Article 28.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

December 14, 2015

 

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.
151 Steeles Avenue East

Milton, Ontario L9T 1Y1

 

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

 

Re:

Common Shares of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Corporation”)

 

We are acting as counsel to the Corporation in connection with the proposed registration by the Corporation of 39,338,377 common shares of the Corporation (the “ Consideration Shares ”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 as filed by the Corporation with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2015 under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Registration Statement ”).  Further reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement dated as of June 8, 2015, as amended on each of August 19, 2015 and December 7, 2015 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among the Corporation, POZEN Inc. (“ Pozen ”), Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., (“ Tribute ”) and certain wholly owned subsidiaries of the Corporation pursuant to which the Corporation will indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Pozen and common shares of Tribute.  All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Statement .

 

We are not qualified to practice law in the United States of America.  The opinions expressed herein relate only to the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, and we express no opinion as to matters of tax or on any laws other than the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (and the interpretation thereof) as such laws exist and are construed as of the date hereof (the “ Effective Date ”).  The opinions expressed herein do not take into account any proposed rules or legislative changes that may come into force following the Effective Date and we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update these opinions or advise any person of any change in law or fact that may come to our attention after the Effective Date.

 

For the purposes of our opinions, we have examined originals, copies, or certified copies of resolutions of directors of the Corporation and shareholders of the Corporation and such other documents as we have considered necessary or appropriate in giving this opinion, including the following:

 

a)              the Certificate of Incorporation, Notice of Articles and Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation;

 

b)              a Certificate of Good Standing of the Corporation issued on December 10, 2015 by the British Columbia Registrar of Companies;

 

c)               the Merger Agreement; and

 



 

d)              a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Corporation dated December 6, 2015 approving the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance of all of the securities to be issued pursuant to the merger and the arrangement.

 

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such public and corporate records, certificates and documents relating to the Corporation as we have deemed necessary or relevant for the purpose of the opinions hereinafter set forth.

 

We have assumed with respect to all of the documents examined by us, the genuineness of all signatures and seals, the legal capacity at all relevant times of any natural person signing any such documents, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as certified or true copies or as a reproduction (including facsimiles and electronic copies), that the minute books of the Corporation contain all constating documents of the Corporation and are a complete record of the minutes, resolutions and other proceedings of the directors (and any committee thereof) and shareholders of the Corporation prior to the Effective Date, and the truthfulness and accuracy of all certificates of public officials and officers of the Corporation as to factual matters.  We have conducted such searches in public registries in British Columbia as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this Opinion but have made no independent investigation regarding such factual matters.

 

Whenever our opinion refers to shares of the Corporation whether issued or to be issued, as being “fully paid and non-assessable”, such opinion indicates that the holder of such shares cannot be required to contribute any further amounts to the Corporation by virtue of its status as holder of such shares, either in order to complete payment for the Consideration Shares, to satisfy claims of creditors or otherwise. No opinion is expressed as to the adequacy of any consideration received.

 

We have further assumed that none of the Corporation’s current Notice of Articles and Articles nor the resolutions and authorizations of the shareholders or directors of the Corporation upon which we have relied have been or will be varied, amended or revoked in any respect or have expired and that the Consideration Shares will be issued in accordance with such resolutions and authorities.

 

We have assumed the absence of fraud on the part of the Corporation and its respective officers, employees, agents and advisers and that the Corporation has and will issue the relevant Consideration Shares in good faith, for its legitimate and bona fide business purposes.  We have further assumed that: (i) the Corporation will be fully solvent at the time of and immediately following the issue of the Consideration Shares; (ii) no resolution or petition for the appointment of a liquidator or examiner will be passed or presented prior to the issue of the Consideration Shares; and (iii) no receiver will have been appointed in relation to any of the assets or undertaking of the Corporation prior to the issue of the Consideration Shares.

 

We have assumed that the Registration Statement becomes and remains effective, that the Corporation takes the corporate steps described in the Merger Agreement prior to the Completion Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and that Completion (as defined in the Merger Agreement) occurs in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

 

Based and relying on the foregoing qualifications and assumptions, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.               The Corporation has been duly incorporated under the laws of British Columbia and is a company existing under the laws of British Columbia.

 

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2.               On the Completion Date, the Consideration Shares will have been validly authorised and when issued in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares.

 

3.               Pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), no shareholder of the Corporation is personally liable for the debts, obligations, defaults or acts of the Corporation.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this Opinion with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the proxy statement / prospectus that is a part of the Registration Statement.

 

Yours truly,

 

/s/ DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

 

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Exhibit 8.1

 

 

DLA Piper LLP (US)

 

203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900

 

Chicago, Illinois 60601-1293

 

www.dlapiper.com

 

 

 

T 312.368.4000

 

F 312.236.7516

 

December 14, 2015

 

Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.

151 Steeles Avenue East

Milton, Ontario L9T 1Y1

Canada

 

Re:                              Form S-4

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as U.S. tax counsel to Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (“ Parent ”), in connection with the transactions described below. On June 8, 2015, POZEN Inc. (“ Pozen ”) and Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. (“ Tribute ”) agreed to a business combination under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, among Tribute, Aguono Limited (“ Original Parent ”), (1) Trafwell Limited (which was renamed Aralez Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (“ APHL ”), ARLZ US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. (“ Can Merger Sub ”) and Pozen, dated as of June 8, 2015 (the “ original merger agreement ”).(2) On August 19, 2015, the parties amended the original merger agreement pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement (“ Amendment No. 1 ”), whereby ARLZ US Acquisition II Corp. (“ US Merger Sub ”) was formed to replace ARLZ US Acquisition Corp. in order to optimize the corporate structure of the Parent in the future. On December 7, 2015, the parties amended the original merger agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 1) pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement (such amendment, together with the original merger agreement and Amendment No. 1, the “ Agreement ”), whereby, among other things, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (“ Parent ”), was added as a party to the Agreement in place of Original Parent, which was removed as a party to the Agreement.

 

Parent is filing its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-xxxxxx) (as hereafter amended or supplemented, the “ Registration Statement ”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) for the purpose of registering under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), ordinary shares of Parent (“ Parent Shares ”).

 

If the transactions contemplated therein are consummated on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, then (among other things) US Merger Sub, an indirect subsidiary of Parent, will merge with and into Pozen, with Pozen being the surviving corporation (the “ Merger ”). The holders of shares of Pozen common stock will be entitled to receive for each share of Pozen common stock held by them, other than cash in lieu of a fractional share, the number of Parent Shares as determined pursuant to the Agreement.

 

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K, under the Securities Act.

 


(1)                                  Original Parent was renamed Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited, and then re-registered in Ireland as a public limited company incorporated in Ireland and renamed as Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc.

 

(2)                                  Except as otherwise provided, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

 



 

In connection with our opinion, we have reviewed originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Agreement, the Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus which is contained in and made part of the Registration Statement (the “ Prospectus ”), and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.

 

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the following without any independent investigation or review thereof:

 

1.               The Merger will be consummated in accordance with the Agreement without any waiver or breach of any material provision thereof, and the Merger will be effective under applicable law;

 

2.               The legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, electronic or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of copies, and the due execution and delivery of all documents;

 

3.               The due execution and delivery of the tax representation letters delivered to us by Parent, Tribute, and Pozen on or before the date hereof (the “ Tax Representation Letters ”);

 

4.               The truth and accuracy at all relevant times of the covenants, representations, warranties, and statement of fact to be made by Parent, Tribute, and Pozen, and their respective management, employees, officers, directors and stockholders in connection with the Merger, including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Agreement, and the Tax Representation Letters;

 

5.               Any representation or statement made “to the knowledge of” or similarly qualified is correct without such qualification; and

 

6.               The Merger will be reported by Parent, US Merger Sub and Pozen on their respective U.S. federal income tax returns in a manner consistent with the treatment of the Merger as described in the Prospectus under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger.”

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the discussions contained in the Prospectus under the headings “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger—Tax Consequences of the Transactions to Holders of Shares of Pozen Common Stock” and “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Mergers—Tax Consequences to Holders of Parent Shares,” insofar as such discussions state matters of law or legal conclusions, represent our opinion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders (as defined therein) of exchanging shares of Pozen common stock for Parent Shares pursuant to the Merger and owning and disposing of Parent Shares received in the Merger. Because this opinion is being delivered prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, it must be considered prospective and dependent upon future events.  There can be no assurance that changes in the law will not take place which could affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Merger or that contrary positions may not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) or the courts.

 

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In rendering our opinion, we have relied on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury Regulations, judicial authorities, published positions of the IRS and such other authorities as we have considered relevant, all as in effect as of the date of this opinion and all of which are subject to differing interpretations or change at any time (possibly with retroactive effect).  A change in the authorities upon which our opinion is based, or any variation or difference in any fact from those set forth or assumed herein or in the Registration Statement or the Agreement could affect our conclusions.  An opinion of counsel is not binding on the Service or any court.  No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to this opinion.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K, nor do we hereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within the Securities Act or the Commission’s rules.

 

This opinion is given for use in connection with the registration of Parent Shares in connection with the Merger in accordance with the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is not to be relied on for any other purpose. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above, and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to Parent, the Merger or the Registration Statement.  This opinion letter is rendered as of the date hereof and we make no undertaking, and expressly disclaim any duty, to supplement or update this opinion letter, if, after the date hereof, facts or circumstances come to our attention or changes in the law occur which could affect such opinion.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ DLA Piper LLP (US)

 

DLA Piper LLP (US)

 

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Exhibit 23.2


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the registration of 39,338,377 shares of its common shares and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated March 11, 2015, with respect to the financial statements of POZEN Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of POZEN Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Raleigh, North Carolina
December 11, 2015




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Exhibit 23.3

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Consent of Independent Auditors

        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the use of our report dated February 27, 2015 with respect to the financial statements of Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited for the registration of its ordinary shares.

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McGovern, Hurley, Cunningham, LLP
Chartered Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants

Toronto, Canada

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December 14, 2015

   




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Exhibit 23.4

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. of our report dated October 29, 2015 relating to the statements of revenue and related expenses related to the rights to Fiorinal, Fiorinal C, Visken and Viskazide Products in Canada of Novartis Pharma AG and Novartis AG, which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 2) of Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

 

 

/s/Martin Kennard

 

/s/Steve Johnson

Martin Kennard

 

Steve Johnson

 

Basel, Switzerland, December 11, 2015

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, St. Jakobs-Strasse 25, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

Telephone: +41 58 792 51 00, Facsimile: +41 58 792 51 10, www.pwc.ch

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG is a member of the global PricewaterhouseCoopers network of firms, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.

 




Exhibit 99.1

 

December 14, 2015

 

The Board of Directors

POZEN Inc.

1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed on December 14, 2015 (the “Registration Statement”)

 

Members of the Board:

 

Reference is made to our opinion letter, dated June 8, 2015 (the “Opinion Letter”) relating to the proposed transactions involving POZEN Inc., Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. and Aralez Pharmaceuticals Limited.

 

We hereby consent to the inclusion of the Opinion Letter as Annex B to the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is a part of the Registration Statement, and to the description of the Opinion Letter and the references to our name contained therein under the headings “SUMMARY—Opinions of Pozen’s Financial Advisors—Opinion of Guggenheim Securities, LLC,” “THE TRANSACTIONS—Background of the Transactions,” “THE TRANSACTIONS—Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen’s Reasons for the Transactions” and “THE TRANSACTIONS—Opinions of Pozen’s Financial Advisors—Opinion of Guggenheim Securities, LLC.”

 

In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor do we admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Registration Statement within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Guggenheim Securities, LLC

 

GUGGENHEIM SECURITIES, LLC

 




Exhibit 99.2

 

CONSENT OF DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

 

December 14, 2015

 

Board of Directors

POZEN Inc.

1414 Raleigh Road, Suite 400

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517

 

Re:                              Initially Filed Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

Members of the Board,

 

We hereby consent to (i) the inclusion of our opinion letter, dated June 8, 2015, to the Board of Directors of POZEN Inc. (“ Pozen ”) as Annex C to the proxy statement/prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., filed on December 14, 2015 (the “ Registration Statement ”), and (ii) references made to our firm and such opinion in such Registration Statement under the captions “SUMMARY—Opinions of Pozen’s Financial Advisors—Opinion of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,” “THE TRANSACTIONS—Background of the Transactions,” “THE TRANSACTIONS— Recommendation of the Pozen Board of Directors; Pozen’s Reasons for the Transactions” and “THE TRANSACTIONS—Opinions of Pozen’s Financial Advisors—Opinion of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.”  In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder, and we do not admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.  Additionally, such consent does not cover any future amendments to the Registration Statement.

 

/s/ DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

 




Exhibit 99.3

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT VOTE TODAY IN ONE OF THREE WAYS VOTE BY INTERNET – www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE – 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. You may vote by Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your Internet vote authorizes the named proxies to vote in the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy card. POZEN INC. C/O BROADRIDGE P.O BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. August 19, 2015 and December 7, 2015, among Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Aralez Pharmaceuticals exchanged following the merger effective time for common shares of Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. shares of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. upon the conversion of convertible notes issued by Tribute   named executive officers relating to the merger. insufficient votes at the time of the Pozen special meeting to adopt the merger agreement and approve the REVERSE SIDE THE MEETING POZEN INC. ForAgainstAbstain 1. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Arrangement, dated as of June 8, 2015 and as amended on plc, Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., ARLZ II US Acquisition Corp., ARLZ CA Acquisition Corp. and Pozen, Inc., and approve the transactions contemplated thereby. 2. To approve the issuance by Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., of shares of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. to be issued by Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. in a private placement immediately prior to the arrangement, at the Equity Price. 3. To approve the issuance by Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc., after giving effect to the merger and arrangement, ofPharmaceuticals Canada Inc. in a private placement at a conversion price equal to a 32.5% premium to the Equity Price to be determined immediately prior to the date of closing of the merger. 4. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain compensatory arrangements between Pozen and its 5. To approve the Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan. 6. To adjourn the Pozen special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are transactions contemplated thereby. MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS CHANGES/COMMENTS AND NOTE ON MARK HERE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND YesNo Please sign and return this Proxy Card so that the shares can be represented at the special meeting. If signing for a corporation or partnership or as agent, attorney or fiduciary, indicate the capacity in which you are signing. If you vote by ballot, such vote will supersede this proxy. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]DateSignature (Joint Owners)Date

 


 

For Directions to the Special Meeting, please refer to the “About Us” section of our website at www.pozen.com. PLEASE RETURN THIS CARD PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE OR OTHERWISE TO POZEN INC., C/O BROADRIDGE, 51 MERCEDES WAY, EDGEWOOD, NY 11717, SO THAT THE SHARES CAN BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement of POZEN is available at: www.proxyvote.com DETACH HERE — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —— POZEN Inc. Special Meeting of Stockholders , 2016 8:30 a.m. Local Time PROXY CARD This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS CARD. PROXY The undersigned, revoking all prior proxies, hereby appoints William L. Hodges, John E. Barnhardt, and Andrew I. Koven, and each of them, with full power of substitution, proxies to appear on behalf of the undersigned and to vote all shares of Common Stock of the undersigned at the Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the offices of DLA Piper LLP (US), 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 on , 2016 at 8:30 a.m., local time, and at any adjournments thereof, subject to any directions indicated on the reverse side of this card, upon the matters set forth on the reverse side of this card. The proxies are further authorized to vote, in their discretion, upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof. If this Proxy is properly executed and returned, and not revoked, the shares it represents will be voted at the meeting in accordance with the choices specified on this proxy card. If no choice is specified, the shares will be voted by the proxies “FOR” the proposal to adopt the merger agreement and approve the transactions contemplated thereby, “FOR” the proposal to approve the issuance of shares of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. to be exchanged for shares of Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc. issued in a private placement, “FOR” the proposal to approve the issuance of shares of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. by Aralez Pharmaceuticals upon the conversion of certain convertible notes of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. to be exchanged for convertible notes of Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. issued in a private placement; “FOR” the proposal to approve the Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, “FOR” the Pozen special meeting adjournment proposal, and at their discretion on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting. (If you noted any Address Changes/Comments above, please mark the corresponding box on the reverse side.) CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE SEE REVERSE SIDE SEE REVERSE SIDE Address Changes/Comments: